Congress
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How's Congress doing? Not good, Americans say
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The public's contempt for Congress exceeds that of other American institutions.
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Senate panel approves freeze in defense spending
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A Senate panel on Thursday unanimously approved a $513 billion bill that freezes the Pentagon budget.
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Obama proposes $450 billion jobs plan, mostly tax cuts
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President Barack Obama unveiled a larger-than-expected $450 billion plan Thursday night to boost jobs and put cash in the pockets of dispirited Americans.
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Weather satellites: How much do we need them? (And more.)
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Do we really need NOAA's polar-orbiting satellites? Of course, but maybe that's not the only question meteorologists should be asking themselves.
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Obama to propose $300 billion to jump-start jobs
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President Barack Obama is expected to propose $300 billion in tax cuts and federal spending Thursday night to get Americans working again.
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DAYBREAK DAILY: New poll not kind to President Obama
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New poll gives a sobering picture for the man who sits behind The Big Desk.
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Congress returns to tackle jobs
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Congress is reconvening this week for what could be a painful confrontation over how to put Americans back to work.
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Obama urges Congress to pass transportation bill
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President Barack Obama says failure to ensure funding for roads and construction jobs is a path to economic disaster.
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Phillip A. Hamilton, former Virginia legislator, sentenced
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Former high-ranking Virginia legislator Phillip Hamilton was sentenced Friday to 9½ years in prison for bribery and extortion.
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Rep. Chris Van Hollen named to supercommittee
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has named Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., to the debt supercommittee.
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Budget deficit, debt supercommittee members named
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Members of the powerful new committee responsible for coming up with a plan to reduce the federal budget deficit were named.
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Waivers for No Child Left Behind tests coming for states
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Education Secretary Arne Duncan said that states can skip the tests as long as they implement other reform efforts.
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Issa subpoenas documents in Boeing case
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Rep. Issa has subpoenaed documents in the House Oversight committee's lawsuit against Boeing Co.
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Patent reform, trade agreements could get passed after recess
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When Congress gets back to work after Labor Day it will have the chance to achieve something that it hasn't been able to for a while: Passing legislation that might actually create jobs.
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FAA shutdown ends, but anxiety remains
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After a shutdown lasting two weeks, more than 70,000 FAA workers and contractors will get a paycheck again. One lawyer with the agency has little faith left in Congress.
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Debt ceiling committee faces touch deficit reduction challenge
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For six Republicans and six Democrats, the toughest-to-swallow items on the deficit-cutting menu await.
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Debt Crisis: House begins debate on debt deal
After the long public fight, the House Monday begins debate on the debt deal.
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Virginia politicians split over debt ceiling
CommentTwo Virginia politicians expressed opposing views on a plan to raise the debt limit backed by Republican House Speaker John Boehner.
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