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Justice won't prosecute Holder for contempt of Congress
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The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress does not constitute a crime and he won't be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.
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Eric Holder contempt hearing scheduled
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, whose investigation first turned up problems in Operation Fast and Furious, said the action by the House committee "is straightforward and necessary. Contempt is the only tool Congress has to enforce a subpoena."
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House OKs controversial GOP student loan bill, ignores veto threat
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Both parties agree students' interest costs should not rise, but Republicans want to pay for it by abolishing a preventive health fund and Democrats want to end subsidies for oil and gas companies.
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Payroll tax cut approved by Congress
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Congress on Friday approved a two-month renewal of payroll tax cuts for 160 million workers and unemployment benefits for millions.
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Payroll tax cut vote set for Friday
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Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions — despite serious opposition among some tea party Republicans.
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Payroll tax deadlock ends as House caves
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House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers.
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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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House shoots down spending bill
A stopgap spending bill to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 was upended in the House late Wednesday when Democrats pulled back their support in protest of cuts made to offset disaster aid in the package.
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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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President Barack Obama takes jobs plan to Ohio school
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President Obama will promote his plan to pour $25 billion into school modernization Tuesday in Ohio, the backyard of one of main political rivals, House Speaker John Boehner.
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Obama would hike taxes to pay for his jobs bill
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Challenging Republicans, President Obama proposed paying for his costly new jobs plan with tax hikes.
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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: Boehner retools plan to solve debt crisis
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Six days away from a potentially calamitous government default, House Republicans appeared to be coalescing Wednesday around a work-in-progress plan by House Speaker John Boehner.
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Debt crisis: Dems, GOP at odds as debt default risk looms
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"We can't allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington's political warfare," Obama said. Boehner said he had given "my all" to work out a deal.
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Debt crisis: Dems, GOP at odds as debt default risk looms
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"We can't allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington's political warfare," Obama said. Boehner said he had given "my all" to work out a deal.
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Debt negotiations resume briefly Saturday at White House
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Saturday's debt talks between President Obama and Congressional leaders lasted less than an hour, wrapping up just before noon. The talks came a day after John Boehner broke off negotiations with the White House.
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Boehner, Obama trade blame for debt talks breakdown
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House Speaker John Boehner abruptly broke off talks with President Barack Obama Friday night. Obama called Boehner and other leaders to the White House Saturday to continue negotiations.
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Debt ceiling dispute boils: Capitol's hot, inside and out
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Talks between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner seemed stuck in limbo Friday.
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