Can you smell what Congress is cooking? Tater-tots and more, washed down with Jell-O. Not to mention Rep. Michele Bachmann’s volcanic “Metro” dish with a whole can of sweet corn, or Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s hold-the-SPAM (not to be confused with e-mail) pepperoni...
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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, check on judges former Rep. Vin Weber, R-Minn., left, and House Chaplain Patrick Conroy during the second annual 'hotdish' competition in the Capitol Visitor Center, featuring casserole-like dishes from members of the Minnesota Congressional Delegation, on March 7, 2012. The dishes of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and Rep. Chip Cravaack, R-Minn., tied for first place in the competition.
Tater Tots and Pepperoni (Hold the SPAM) — What Congress is Cooking
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Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., arrive at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on April 10, 2013, to announce that they have reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers.
Toomey, Manchin: Read Second Amendment Rights Protection Act
Read it, say Sens. Pat Toomney and Joe Manchin: The Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act. In the art of bill title as political statement, this one’s a classic. They put their bill online last night. Manchin even...
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Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, meets in his office with families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., including Nelba Marquez-Greene, mother of victim Ana Marquez-Greene and Mark Barden, father of victim Daniel Barden, on the day he announced that he reached a bipartisan deal on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, at the Capitol in Washington, on April 10, 2013.
Majorities Favor Stronger Gun Laws Republicans Vowing to Block
A majority of Americans favor stronger gun laws and believe undocumented immigrants should get a path to citizenship, according to a poll released today. As the Senate prepares to vote on whether to allow gun legislation to be debated, amended...
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President Barack Obama walks to the White House, with just three days until the $85 billion in reductions for this year are scheduled to start.
Polls Backing Obama on Sequestration
Two surveys out today show Americans siding with President Barack Obama over congressional Republicans on how best to address the automatic spending cuts due to take effect March 1. A Washington Post/ABC News poll taken Feb. 20-24 showed 67 percent disapproving...
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Fairfax, Virginia.
Obama’s Florida, Virginia Leads Narrow: Swing-State Poll
Republican challenger Mitt Romney has pulled closer to President Barack Obama in two key swing states — Florida and Virginia — as he finished preparations for tonight’s first presidential debate. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist College survey of likely voters...
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President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on his way to New York City on Sept. 18, 2012 in Maryland.
Obama’s Advantage Over Romney: Five Points, NBC/Journal Poll Finds
President Barack Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney even as a majority of voters continues to disapprove of the president’s handling of the economy, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. Obama holds a five-point advantage over Romney, 50...
Read more »Brokaw: will.i.am on Mars, I’m Not
Venerable television journalist Tom Brokaw admitted to a first today: He told musician will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas that he’s never been on stage with an artist “who’s been heard on Mars.” Brokaw, the retired NBC News anchorman, shared...
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President Barack Obama exits Marine One to board Air Force One for a trip to Ohio on Aug. 21, 2012.
Obama’s Slim Advantage in Poll — Finding Little Impact from Ryan
President Barack Obama holds a four-percentage-point lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll that also shows low approval ratings for Congress. The poll released today showed Obama with 48 percent backing, Romney with 44 percent. Obama has never...
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Mitt Romney leaving a fundraising event in Manhattan on August 9, 2012 in New York City.
Who’s Romney Talking About Here?
Updated at 7:30 and 8:15 pm EDT As he works to stir publicity about his pick of a running mate, Mitt Romney sat for NBC News. Chuck Todd, political director and chief White House correspondent for NBC, asked the Republican...
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Great Britain's Rebecca Gallantree during the training session at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park, London.
‘Nowhere Man’ Says London Ready
Sometimes, it takes some time to get it right. The morning headlines in London were not kind to Mitt Romney, visiting for the opening of the Olympic games there. “Nowhere Man,” a writer in The Times of London called him...
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