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Obama on Singing Protesters: Change Tougher Than Expected

President Barack Obama said Thursday that bringing change had been more difficult than a lot of us expected, after a group donors interrupted a campaign speech to protest in song the detention of the soldier that allegedly released a trove of government cables which eventually were obtained and disseminated by Wikileaks.

McConnell Rejects Obama's 2014 Trigger for Deficit Cuts

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected the notion of committing to future budget cuts after the President leaves office as he appointed a fellow Senate Republican to a debt panel to discuss how to reduce the long-term federal deficits.
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Egyptians and supporters celebrate the resignation of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak outside the country's embassy in London

World reacts to Hosni Mubarak's resignation

Hosni Mubarak’s somewhat belated decision to resign as President of Egypt has elicited almost universal joy (mixed with caution) from leaders and prominent figures around the world:
U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gives the thumbs up to the audience at the 38th annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, February 10, 2011. The CPAC is a project

McConnell Mocks Democrats' Reagan Tributes

Sen. Mitch McConnell said Democrats' recent tributes to late President Ronald Reagan on his 100th birthday were an attempt to draw attention away from thei policies over the past two years.
Lindsay Cronin carries her snowboard back up the hill in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington January 27, 2011.

Senate defeats health care repeal

U.S. Senators on Wednesday defeated a bill to repeal last year's landmark healthcare bill, as Republican party members came up short against the Democratic majority. The vote was 47-51.

Budget battle in opening stages

President Barack Obama and members of Congress agree that cutting the federal deficit is important but what should be cut and by how much is the debate ahead as the next budget battle takes shape.

China's Hu rapped by Congress, assures U.S. in speech

Chinese President Hu Jintao got an earful of U.S. lawmakers criticism on North Korea and human rights on Thursday, but tried to assure the United States that China's military and trade policies were not a threat.

Health benefits and cost in focus for repeal vote

U.S. lawmakers will consider new health care insurance benefits and the cost of paying for them on Wednesday, as the House heads to a vote on whether to repeal last year's major health care overhaul law.

MLK holiday was not without controversy

The United States today celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., America’s pre-eminent civil rights leader, who was gunned down by an assassin on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 39 years old.

Lawmakers' unity, security mark week after Arizona shooting

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are displaying a symbolic show of unity and will hold meetings about security this week, with no votes on legislation expected in the wake of the Arizona shooting over the weekend which killed six people and critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-AZ.

Republicans take over U.S. House, dilute cuts

Republicans scaled back plans for deep cuts in U.S. government spending as they took power in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, diluting a key promise that helped them to victory in November's election.
U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks before signing into law a bill at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, December 17, 2010.

Obama repeals military gay ban

Backdropped by the U.S. flag, and the flags of each military branch, President Barack Obama signed the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell into law on Wednesday.
The U.S. Capitol Dome is lit after the first significant snowfall of the season as the House of Representatives worked late into the evening to pass the $858 billion package of renewed tax cuts and more unemployment benefits in Washington, December 16, 20

Congress sends tax deal to Obama

Congress passed a compromise deal late Thursday to keep alive Bush era tax cuts for all Americans and continue to provide unemployment benefits for millions of workers, with President Barack Obama set to sign the bill into law.
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Obama's $858 billion tax-cut plan heads to House

A deal that President Barack Obama struck with Republicans to extend tax cuts for nearly every working American and spur job growth moves to the House of Representatives for passage as early as Thursday.
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Obama's tax cut compromise threatened by House Democrats

House Democrats are rebelling against Obama's tax cut compromise with the Republicans. On Wednesday, they essentially rejected it in its current form by passing a non-binding resolution to block it from coming to the House floor.

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