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Supporters for passage of a new agriculture law rally near the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 12, 2012.
Fiscal Cliff Bonus Savings Offered: Un-sticking that Stuck Farm Bill
Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow is urging her party’s negotiators to throw another big piece of legislation into the mix during fiscal-cliff talks. Her suggestion: Look at the Senate-passed farm bill, S. 3240, according to spokesman Ben Becker. Bloomberg Government...
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Patrick Murphy of Florida.
Next Baby of the House: Patrick Murphy
Move over, Aaron Schock. Come January, when you begin your third term, you’ll no longer be the youngest guy in the House. That distinction will go to Patrick Murphy, who’s two years younger. He’ll be a member of Congress before...
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Actor Jonathan Goldsmith with the Skinny Water models at the Skinny Water At Maxin's Fillies & Stallions Party.
World’s Most Interesting Fundraiser
The White House that brews its own beer, with the president delivering a case of it to a firehouse along the campaign trail, has found another front-man for the president’s pitch for the vote of the working-class man. Actor Jonathan...
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Alaina Carnan of Lexington, Ky., works in the Senate campaign office of Rep. Todd Akin in Chesterfield, Mo.
Todd Akin’s $100,000 Day
Missouri Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin, who’s been asked to drop out of the race by seemingly everyone in his party’s leadership, used that opposition to fuel a $100,000“ money bomb” ’in donations Wednesday. His party’s presidential candidate, Mitt Romney,...
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Job seekers talk to recruiters at a Choice Career Fair in New York, on July 18, 2012.
Typo in the Typo Fix Ties Up the House
One wrong led to another and two embarrassing fixes on the House floor. Republicans needed to repair their anti-regulation bill, H.R. 4078, because of a typographical error. Instead of triggering action when the UNEMPLOYMENT rate falls to 6 percent, the...
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Speaker John Boehner after a meeting of the House Republican Conference where he and other members addressed issues including the efforts to repeal the health care law.
Health-Care Repeal: Democratic Test
They opposed President Barack Obama’s health-care bill, though once it became law they voted to keep it on the books. Now, as Republican House leaders take the law upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court to a repeal vote, the 10...
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Graduating students at a commencement ceremony.
Sanchez Pays Off Her Student Loans
Cross Linda Sanchez off the list of lawmakers still paying off their student loans. Adam Hudson, a spokesman for the California Democrat, said she paid off the loans earlier this year, so the disclosure reports released a year from now...
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'Chavo' a male beagle adopted from a shelter by Rep. Linda Sanchez in Washington.
Congresswoman Still Paying Off 1992 Student Loan
California’s Linda Sanchez doesn’t stand out as a House member with a law degree. What’s unusual is that she’s still paying for it. The annual financial disclosure reports released today show that the five-term Democrat still owes more than $15,000...
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Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Mortgage Disclosures: Schumer’s Rate High, Kyl’s Low
The House and the Senate have released a new batch of disclosure forms that show, in broad ranges, the personal wealth of lawmakers. A few highlights so far: * New York’s Chuck Schumer stands out among Senate leaders for how high...
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Abandoned properties await renovation in Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine neighborhood.
What Congressional Disclosure Forms Won’t Reveal
The House and Senate looked at the same new ethics law and came up with two interpretations of what it requires. As a result, the residential mortgage disclosures being made public this week won’t produce enough data about House members to...
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