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Payroll tax cut bill faces major hangup in House of Representatives
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In a battle that's described as 'full-throated warfare,' House Republicans are demanding that their Senate counterparts return from vacation to negotiate a longer extension of the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits.
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Payroll tax cut bill to be voted down by House GOP
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The House intends to vote down a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut that cleared the Senate late last week, Speaker John Boehner said Monday, and request immediate negotiations on a full-year renewal
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Payroll tax cut extension vote scheduled for late Monday
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House Democrats and Republicans are once again in a stare-down as they put a bill that would extend a payroll tax cut to vote on Monday night, but House GOP members say they'll vote the Senate's version down.
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Senate passes extension of payroll tax and jobless benefits
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The $1 trillion year-end budget bill that the Senate passed on Saturday morning not only once again averts a government shutdown, but also extends a payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for thousands of Americans.
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Senate to vote on spending measure in weekend session
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The Senate is set to vote Saturday on compromise legislation to extend the payroll tax cut and jobless benefits for two months. It's a partial victory for President Obama, but it sets up more fighting in a short period of time.
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Obama signs stopgap measure, awaits spending bill
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President Barack Obama has signed a 24-hour stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating as he awaits Senate action on a $1 trillion spending bill.
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Bargainers reach deal to head off gov't shutdown
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Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. They also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another year.
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Steny Hoyer draws challenger
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Republican Delegate Anthony O'Donnell will challenge Rep. Steny Hoyer in the state's 5th Congressional District.
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Protesters to converge on D.C.
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Thousands are expected to camp out at the National Mall this week for what's called 'Take Back the Capitol.'
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Senate rejects, for now, extending payroll tax cut
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The Senate blocked a plan to renewed a payroll tax cut because it would have been paid for by taxing the rich.
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Senate approves $662 billion defense bill
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Ignoring a presidential veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a massive defense bill.
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Harold 'Bud' Otis may run for Bartlett's seat
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The longtime top aide to Republican U.S. Rep. Roscoe Bartlett says he has resigned and is considering running for his boss's western Maryland seat.
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Rep. Barney Frank to retire, closing long career
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Frank, 71 and a lifelong liberal, won a House seat in 1980 was one of the first lawmakers to announce that he is gay.
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Maryland Senator among lawmakers asking for hearing after Penn State scandal
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The Senate has scheduled the first congressional hearing in the wake of the Penn State child abuse scandal.
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Congress may try blocking cuts if debt panel fails
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The same legislators who concocted the "supercommittee" and the budgetary booby trap just four months ago could end up spending the 2012 election year and beyond battling over defusing it.
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Debt deal prospects grim, says GOP co-chair
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The Republican co-chair of Congress' debt supercommittee says chances are slim that the panel can agree on a plan to reduce spending by $1.2 trillion over 10 years.
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Congress' bipartisan spending bill shows GOP split
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Congress has sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan spending bill that averts a federal shutdown, but widespread Republican defections underscore rifts between the party's conservatives and pragmatists.
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John Delaney considers run for Maryland's 6th District
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Democrat John Delaney says he's considering joining the race for the U.S. House seat held by Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett.
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