Updated at 12:50 pm EST It could be a long afternoon. About 150 Democrats will support the Senate-passed fiscal cliff bill, assuming “we’ll have enough Republicans to pass this thing,” Rep. Norm Dicks, a Washington Democrat says. Rep. Debbie Wasserman...
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 1, 2013, to a Democratic caucus meeting with Vice President Joe Biden.
House Cliff Vote: 3-1 and Counting — Most Democrats Ready to Go
Meet Next Year’s New Cardinals
The House Appropriations Committee will have five new subcommittee chairmen next year, thanks to the retirements of Republicans Denny Rehberg and Jo Ann Emerson. Jack Kingston of Georgia will take over Rehberg’s job as head of the Labor, Health and Human...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner
Reid: Boehner’s `Dictatorship’ Stalled
Updated with McConnell spokesman at 11:10 am EST The temperature outside in Washington today is chilly. Indoors it’s boiling. “If we go over the cliff… it could have been avoided by a single vote” of the House, Senate Majority Leader...
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Wholesale milk prices may double if a Farm Bill is not passed soon.
Higher Milk Prices: Farm Bill Wake-Up Call?
One of the big questionmarks for the rest of the lame-duck session is what will become of the farm bill. As lawmakers were leaving last week for their break, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said only that he wanted Congress...
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President Barack Obama speaks on ongoing 'fiscal cliff' negotiations with Republican members of Congress on Dec. 19, 2012 in Washington.
Obama: Middle Class Awaits Action — Calls on Congress to Compromise
President Barack Obama, framing the fiscal debate in Washington as a question of protecting the middle class, asked members of Congress today to spend the coming holiday break thinking of their obligations to the American public. “Over the last few...
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Dec. 18, 2012 on Capitol Hill.
Plan B = Plan-Ex = Cliff, on the GPS
The House was supposed to vote tonight on Plan B. The House Republicans summoned a conference instead, and out came members saying: No vote. This was House Speaker John Boehner’s fall-back — the alternative to the fiscal cliff talks, his...
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Trucks sit outside a row of temporary housing units for oil workers in Tioga, North Dakota.
North Dakota Fastest-Growing, Florida Closes in on New York
North Dakota, where an energy boom has produced the nation’s lowest unemployment rate, is adding people at a faster rate than any other state. That’s according to an estimate released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, which said today that...
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Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama before a budget meeting at the White House.
Obama: `Gone Halfway’ in Cliff Talks — Boehner: `They’ve Done Nothing’
“I did my part,” House Speaker John Boehner said today, holding his hand to his chest. “They’ve done nothing.” “I have gone at least halfway in meeting some of the Republicans’ concerns,” President Barack Obama maintained yesterday, in a brief...
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Rep. Diana DeGette, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hold a news conference on banning high-capacity clips in the Capitol on Dec. 19, 2012.
House Democrats Gun-Shy on Guns?
As House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California led her colleagues in calling for restoring the assault weapons ban and restrictions on high-capacity ammunition magazines, she was asked about why she didn’t take such actions when Democrats controlled the White...
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Rep. Eric Cantor leaves a press conference at the Capitol.
Republicans Ready to Raise Taxes: Cantor
The Republican-run House has the votes to raise taxes on top-earners. So says Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader. Leaders plan that vote after 7:30 pm EST today, Cantor said today. They also plan to keep the House in...
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