Updated at 9 pm EST The word from the House’s Republicans today carried three messages: – The Senate-passed tax bill negotiated by the White House and the Senate’s Republican leader wouldn’t fly in its current form. – It’d probably return...
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Speaker of the House John Boehner walk to a meeting of the House Republican Caucus to discuss the Senate's legislation that is supposed to blunt the effects of the "fiscal cliff" during a rare New Year's Day session Jan. 1, 2013 in Washington.
Republican Opposition to Tax Deal Yielding to Late-Night House Vote
Sherrod Brown Financial Backer Plans Own Race in 2014
An Ohio Democratic lawyer and political activist who led fundraising for Senator Sherrod Brown’s successful 2012 re-election campaign doesn’t rest on his laurels — he’s already a candidate himself for a House seat in 2014. Michael Wager, 61, will seek election...
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Rep. Kay Granger, a Republican from Texas.
Republican Defectors Ready to Talk — Taxes, Spending Cuts: `All Options’
A few dozen Republicans have joined a bipartisan call to break the impasse between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over taxes for the highest- earning Americans. The Republicans signed a letter calling for exploration of “all options”...
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