From Bloomberg Government’s Congress Tracker blog Arizona Republican John McCain is attempting to torpedo a sequester proposal by his successor as the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. McCain said in an interview that he is working with...
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Senate Armed Services Committee members, from left, Sen. John McCain, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Sen. Deb Fischer, and Sen. Lindsey Graham gather on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 12, 2013, prior to the committee's hearing on the looming cuts to the defense budget that could be part of the sequestration.
It’s McCain Versus Inhofe Over Budget Cuts
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Sen. John McCain, right, asks a question of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, center, President Barack Obama's choice for defense secretary, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 31, 2013, during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination. Sen. James Inhofe, the ranking member of the committee, listens at left.
Hagel’s McCain: Friends Like This
Washington has redefined pretty much every other standard. Why not friendship, too? In a town where the only true best friend remains a dog — yeah, yeah, it wasn’t Harry Truman, but rather the “Give ‘em Hell” play about him,...
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David Axelrod on 'Meet the Press' in Washington on Jan. 20, 2013.
Axelrod on the Air: NBC, MSNBC
David Axelrod shaved his moustache in a simulcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” and NBC’s “Today Show.” Now he’s coming back as a paid political analyst. The Chicago-based political strategist and one-time political reporter for the Chicago Tribune who nurtured Barack...
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Sen. John McCain, left, Sen. Charles Schumer, and Sen. Lindsey Graham during the State of the Union speech on Feb. 12, 2013 in Washington.
Ribbons Honoring Newtown Victims Have Bipartisan Appeal, Except for Republican Leaders
The green ribbons sported by many of those attending the State of the Union address – most obviouslyVice President Joe Biden, given his on-camera perch behind President Barack Obama – were designed to express solidarity with the victims of the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut....
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Denver County election judge Paul Aragon collects early ballots from a passing motorist outside the Denver Elections Division building.
The 10 Closest Counties of the 2012 Presidential Election
Chaffee County, Colorado, and Lenoir County, North Carolina, don’t attract much attention in national politics because they’re not big population centers. Yet Chaffee, located about 130 miles southwest of Denver, and Lenoir, which takes in Kinston and other territory in...
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A press conference in Tehran after the return of the capsule carrying this monkey was sent above the Earth's atmosphere on Jan. 28, 2013.
McCain’s Ahmadinejad ‘Monkey’ Line: ‘Lighten Up, Folks’
Sen. John McCain, no fan of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, probably wouldn’t mind the Iranian leader blasting off into the wherever. Nothing there is new. How he said it today, though, has rankled some, including a Republican congressman who called the jibe...
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Members of a group of undocumented immigrants wanting to enlist in the U.S. armed forces line up before entering a recruitment center in Washington in this file photo.
Immigration’s Gang of Eight
That bipartisan group of eight senators proposing a comprehensive approach to immigration legislation is more than a thinking group. It’s becoming a working group. Sen. Charles Schumer, the New York Democrat among the four Democrats and four Republicans who this...
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Undocumented Guatemalan immigrants are body searched before boarding a deportation flight to Guatemala City at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona.
Obama: ‘Genuine Desire’ on Immigration
President Barack Obama, calling the proposal for an immigration overhaul from a bipartisan group of senators “very much in line” with his own goals, says he sees “a genuine desire” in Congress to accomplish this soon. “The good news is...
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A Syrian pre-Baath flag flies over the Bab al-Salam refugee camp on the Syrian-Turkish border on Jan. 1, 2013.
Obama Announces $155 Million in Syria Aid
The U.S. will provide $155 million in additional aid to the Syrian people, President Barack Obama announced in a video today. American aid, which now totals $365 million over two years, helps provide food, clean water, medical treatment and winter...
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A campaign sign for Republican candidate for Senate Ted Cruz is reflected in the sunglasses of campaign intern Lorenzo Garcia in Houston.
Cruz Control on Immigration: Driving a Line Between Texas and Tea Party
Before anyone gets carried away with the Kumbaya dance of Sens. John McCain and Chuck Schumer promoting a comprehensive and “permanent” fix for the nation’s immigration problems, take note of what’s coming from the new senator from Texas. “I have...
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