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The silhouette of Rep. Paul Ryan, running mate of Mitt Romney, during a campaign event at Glen Allen High School in Glen Allen, Va., on Aug. 17, 2012.
Ryan Bound for Akin Turf for Money
The terrain is shifting somewhat, but the fundraising goes on. Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan is scheduled to raise money later this week on embattled Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin’s home turf. According to the Web site PoliticMo, which...
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Rep. Paul Ryan at a campaign event at Walsh University on August 16, 2012 in North Canton, Ohio.
Romney’s Cheney: Norquist’s View
Paul Ryan could be to economics and tax policy what Dick Cheney was to national security — should Republican Mitt Romney win election as president. That’s how Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, sees it. “I think that...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing.
White House Stands Down — No Recess App’ts While Congress Out
The White House has agreed not to issue recess appointments to any of President Barack Obama’s nominees between now and Sept. 10 while Congress is out of session, according to an aide to the Senate’s top Republican. “They agreed not...
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Sens. Jeff Sessions, left, and Claire McCaskill, in the Capitol via the Senate subway for votes on the Food and Drug Administration reauthorization bill.
McCaskill to Skip Party’s Convention
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, an early supporter of President Barack Obama’s presidential bid in 2008, won’t attend the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this summer, a McCaskill aide said. The aide, speaking on condition of anonymity today, said McCaskill will...
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Before an afternoon meeting at the White House with Congressional leadership and the President, a member of the Gang of Six and chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Kent Conrad with reporters concerning a bipartisan deficit-reduction package put forward by the six Senators.
‘Gang of Six’ Rides Again, as 12
The ‘Gang of Six’ is back. And bigger. The six senators who proposed a bipartisan, $3.7 trillion deficit-reduction plan last summer have doubled their core membership and are working to reach consensus on a legislative draft, Senator Kent Conrad said...
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Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, in Washington.
Romney Camp Coordinating with Hill Republicans
Look for more coordination between presumed GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans. Missouri Senator Roy Blunt said that he and the campaign’s other freshly minted liaison, Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington state, will hold their first strategy session...
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John Edwards, center, arrives at a federal courthouse with his parents Wallace and Bobbie Edwards, right, in Greensboro, N.C.
Democrats Used Edwards as Bipartisan Bad Example
Not that anyone needed another reason to be glad they’re not John Edwards. But here’s one you wouldn’t have noticed unless you follow the Senate very, very closely. When Democrats proposed paying for a freeze in student-loan interest rates by requiring some...
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