House GOP leaders add rape exception to abortion bill
Republican members on the House Judiciary committee had voted down a Democratic amendment to allow women who are raped to obtain an abortion beyond 22 weeks into a pregnancy.
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Government spending cuts likely deeper in 2014
The only difference between this year and next, however, is that lawmakers and agencies will have more flexibility in how spending is cut.
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House Republicans vote to end Obama deportation rule
A Republican-led effort to discard the president’s rule allowing some young undocumented immigrants to defer deportation passed the U.S. House.
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Rep. Bachmann looks forward to ‘limitless’ future, but not in the House
U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann will not seek reelection next year. But, said the former presidential candidate, she has no plans to fade from public view.
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Online retailers call Internet sales tax a ‘nightmare’
The nation is one step closer to an Internet sales tax that some online retailers think would be compliance hell.
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When will the debt ceiling need to be raised?
Congress is expected to have even more time to raise the country’s legal debt limit.
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Online sales tax could be coming to your favorite online store
The cost to shop online may soon increase if Congress passes and President Obama signs the Marketplace Fairness Act.
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Political divide over taxes and spending
Nothing, it seems, can bridge the bottomless political divide in Washington over taxes and spending.
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Senate panel approves expanded background checks on gun sales
A Senate committee approved legislation on Tuesday that would expand background checks covering all U.S. firearms sales, part of a federal gun-control push prompted by December’s school massacre in Connecticut.
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Some programs spared from the sequester
While some services are being slashed others are being spared, like social security benefits, medicaid and Pell Grants for college students.
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Obama blames Congress for ‘dumb, arbitrary cuts’
The president met with with congressional leaders at the White House prior to briefing reporters, but no agreement emerged to avert the automatic austerity that both sides oppose.
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McDonnell says ‘the excuses are over’ regarding sequestration squabble
Governor Bob McDonnell is hopeful Congress and the White House will avoid potential defense budget cuts.
