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- Romney: I’ve paid at least 13 percent tax rate in each of past 10 years
- Paul Ryan budget supporter target of House Democrats’ first TV ad of general election
- Campaign’s fierce rhetoric on Medicare dims hope for a solution, experts say
- Can Mitt Romney become more likable?
- Obama, Romney campaigns shift to debate over energy
- Both camps hit trail running in race to define GOP ticket
- Paul Ryan is Romney’s VP pick, setting up stark choice on budget issues
- Romney spokeswoman praises his efforts on health-care reform as governor
- Sarah Palin’s winning streak ends with Missouri’s Steelman
- Republicans in Missouri pick Todd Akin to face Sen. Claire McCaskill in November
- Mitt Romney’s poll numbers at standstill, Washington Post-ABC News poll finds
- Romney’s favorability ratings stall
- Palin hopes to extend winning streak with Missouri endorsement
- House votes to extend tax cuts at all income levels
- In election year gambit, GOP House extends Bush tax cuts
- Obama budget chief Jeffrey Zients to Congress: Sequestration ‘not the responsible way’ to cut debt
- John Boehner, Harry Reid reach early deal to avert shutdown
- Retiring Rep. Steve LaTourette: You have to ‘hand over your wallet and your voting card’ to extremes
- Congressional leaders near budget deal to keep government running
- 2012 has more intraparty incumbent battles than ever before
- Democrats apply legislative pressure on Mitt Romney to release more tax returns
- Senate fails to move DISCLOSE campaign transparency bill for second day in a row
- DISCLOSE Act, new donor transparency law, blocked in Senate
- Republicans urge talks to defuse impending budget cuts
- Amid tax posturing, Senate GOP blocks bill to encourage small business hiring
- Jesse Jackson Jr. being treated for ‘mood disorder,’ his office says
- House again votes to repeal health-care law, a now-familiar symbolic gesture
- Obama to meet with Congressional Democrats as tax debate hits Hill
- Obama proposes tax-cut extension for middle-class households
- North Dakota’s booming economy gives the political dynamic a rarefied air
- Politics plays role in some Democrats’ support of Holder contempt vote
- Student loan extension, highway funding approved by Congress
- Student loan deal passed by Congress
- Nancy Pelosi on Affordable Care Act ruling: ‘Now, Teddy can rest’
- John Boehner: If Supreme Court doesn’t strike down health-care law, ‘House will move to repeal what’s left of it’
- Senate deal would freeze student-loan rates for year
- Student loan rate deal reached, Senate leaders say
- Senate should hold firm on VAWA provisions, Murray says
- Student loan deal appears near in Senate
- Senate wants reports on how automatic budget cuts will affect domestic, defense programs
- Boehner: No ‘spiking the ball’ if court rules against health care
- As Senate approves farm bill, lawmakers agree to ask for more details on impact of automatic budget cuts
- Obama urges students, parents to pressure Congress on student loans issue
- Many lawmakers not mentioning word ‘Congress’ in campaign ads
- McConnell declines to take position on Obama’s immigration decision, until Romney does
- Congress faces an agenda full of front-burner issues
- Senate primaries in four states set key matchups
- Negotiations to avoid taxmageddon have begun, top Senate Democrat says
- Reid puts his Nevada campaign machine to work for Senate hopeful Shelley Berkley
- Obama warns of congressional inaction on student loan bill
- White House skeptical of GOP student loan proposals
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers to serve as Romney’s House GOP liaison
- Jeb Bush is not yet a candidate, but gets treated like one on Capitol Hill
- New GOP proposal on student loans
- Republicans outline new ideas for keeping student loan rates low
- Republicans cheer Davis’s defection to GOP
- GOP showing small shifts on taxes
- Senate fails to agree on student-loan rate freeze
- Mitt Romney distances himself from racially fueled proposal to attack Obama
- House approves GOP bill to renew Violence Against Women Act; Democrats say it’s too narrow
- Senate rejects Obama budget, Republican alternatives
- Export-Import Bank reauthorized by Senate
- Geithner warns Boehner, GOP on end-of-year debt limit showdown
- Taxmageddon sparks rising anxiety
- Senate campaign in Florida off to a sluggish start
- House passes bill to shield Pentagon from automatic spending cuts
- Sen. Harry Reid: Richard Lugar ‘drummed out by tea party zealots'
- House to vote on GOP plan that would forestall Pentagon cuts
- Noting personal beliefs, Reid says gay marriage should be left to states
- Student loan plan fails in the Senate
- House opens debate on how to replace Pentagon cuts
- Obama, Romney campaign for youth vote
- Obama signs executive order to protect troops from for-profit college deceptive practices
- Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill passed by Senate
- Two Republican House members say Obama misquoted them
- Republicans announce House vote to keep student-loan rates steady
- Congress focuses on Violence Against Women Act
- Congressional battle brewing on how to pay for student loan rate cut
- Democrats plan to force vote on Arizona immigration law if it’s upheld by court
- Romney backs extension of low student loan interest rate
- Sen. Claire McCaskill takes fight to super PACs as Missouri swings farther right
- Romney gaining conservatives’ support, if not their hearts
- House approves tax-cut plan for small businesses
- House approves small-business tax cut plan
- New spending clash looms: Obama threatens veto on House bills that would raise caps
- Instead of Democrat budget, chairman proposes Simpson-Bowles plan
- Senate rejects consideration of ‘Buffett rule’ tax increase for millionaires
- Romney tries to reassure NRA that he will aggressively defend gun rights
- Romney tries to reassure NRA that he will aggressively defend gun rights
- House approves $3.5 trillion budget plan proposed by Paul Ryan
- House approves Ryan budget plan to cut spending, taxes
- Bipartisan plan to cut deficits gets meager support in House
- Rep. Bobby Rush chided for wearing hoodie on House floor for Trayvon Martin
- House could vote this week on budget plan modeled on Simpson-Bowles ideas
- John Boehner offers veiled critique of Mitt Romney’s Russia comments
- Democrats release budget to compete with Ryan plan
- In budget battle, GOP regroups on Medicare message
- Rep. Paul Ryan says he’d ‘consider’ a vice presidential candidacy
- John McCain: Romney aide’s Etch a Sketch remark blown out of proportion
- Ryan budget heads to House floor after tight committee vote
- Club for Growth: Ryan budget a ‘disappointment’ to conservatives
- Santorum: Ryan budget plan ‘a great blueprint,’ but doesn’t cut enough
- Ryan introduces GOP budget plan, slashing social programs and tax rates
- GOP budget plan cuts deeply into domestic programs, reshapes Medicare, Medicaid
- Republican budget proposal to be unveiled
- House Republicans to propose dramatic changes to tax code
- Senate Democrats warn House GOP not to cut too deeply in budget plan
- House GOP’s Ryan to unveil new budget
- Amendment to highway bill sideswipes Little Tobacco
- As GOP waits for dust to settle, party leaders sharpen case for reelection
- Scott Brown’s Mitt Romney problem
- Only Romney sends surrogates to Tennessee GOP event
- Super Tuesday voters frustrated with Republican campaign, candidates
- A voter suggestion: Gingrich should be White House ideas man, not president
- Super Tuesday: In Tennessee, some Santorum fans
- Across the country, volunteers gear up for big Election Day
- Rick Santorum says ‘survivor’ campaign must now narrow to two candidates
- For Romney and Santorum, Super Tuesday’s prize is spelled Ohio
- Birth control exemption bill, the ‘Blunt amendment,’ killed in Senate
- Santorum’s scrappy rhetoric a campaign staple
- Rick Santorum’s ‘phony theology’ criticism of Obama follows a familiar theme
- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine endorses Rick Santorum, rescinding support for Mitt Romney
- Santorum reports millions in income as Washington consultant
- Romney’s work on Olympics, Mass. projects reveals complex history with earmarks
- Mitt Romney faces major test in Michigan primary, once thought an easy win
- Mitt Romney, defending bailout position, says he’d be a ‘Detroiter in the White House’
- Mitt Romney wins support of Maine caucus-goers
- Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign stuck in lukewarm
- Rick Santorum’s strategy of focusing on low-key races paid off
- It’s deja vu as Congress tackles payroll tax cut extension again
- Payroll tax negotiations heat up again
- Nevadans head to the polls amid little suspense
- Florida to blame for early, endless race, RNC members say
- After big Florida victory, Romney heads to Minnesota, Nevada
- Daughter’s illness is quandary for Santorum
- Rick Santorum cancels Sunday campaign plans to be with ill daughter Bella
- After strong debate performance, Santorum says ‘our time will come’
- Newt Gingrich launches furious attacks against Mitt Romney in Florida speech
- Ahead of debate, Romney focuses on Obama, while Gingrich calls primary rival ‘hypocritical’
- Gingrich mocks Romney’s ‘self-deportation’ plan for illegal immigrants
- Romney offers tough review of Obama’s State of the Union speech
- Newt Gingrich using energy, power of tea party movement
- Mitt Romney: Banks that foreclose ‘aren’t bad people’
- Mitt Romney charges Obama will not offer true State of the Union
- Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich clash sharply in Republican presidential debate
- Rick Santorum says he’ll release tax records this week
- Santorum’s hopes may be dashed
- Voters say they opted for Gingrich’s ‘guts’
- Romney scrambles to fend off Gingrich in South Carolina
- Newt Gingrich cancels SRLC appearance because of sparse attendance
- At South Carolina GOP debate, four survivors spar; Gingrich adds host to the fray
- Rivals vie to battle Romney from the right — alone
- Newt Gingrich says he’d be ‘delighted’ with Rick Santorum endorsement
- Gingrich and Santorum sets sights on South Carolina — and Romney
- Gingrich hits Romney on mortgage comment, reaches out to Hispanics
- New Hampshire voters hammer Santorum over his views
- Rick Santorum faces aggressive heckling from gay rights, Ron Paul and Occupy supporters
- Rick Santorum talks to voters in N.H. — and talks and talks and talks
- Santorum plans to woo blue-collar workers in New Hampshire
- Santorum hopes strong Iowa finish will spark campaign’s next phase
- Rick Santorum’s closing argument in Iowa: Don’t settle
- In Iowa caucuses, Rick Santorum is counting on his personal bonds with voters
- Major GOP candidates spread out across Iowa ahead of caucus
- Santorum gets campaign boost from Jim Bob Duggar of ‘19 Kids and Counting’
- For Romney, a ‘big hill to climb’ with conservatives
- Santorum on Register poll: ‘We’re the campaign with momentum’
- Santorum draws voters, media in small-town Iowa
- Santorum hopes for breakout in Iowa caucuses
- Rick Santorum brings homey style to Iowa sports bar, as supporters savor his rise
- Payroll tax fight leaves Hill Republicans divided and angry
- House GOP agrees to 2-month extension of payroll tax cut
- Congress leaves town with an uneasy stalemate and looming payroll tax hike
- Obama blasts GOP after House Republicans defeat two-month payroll tax cut
- House Republicans intent on killing Senate payroll tax cut deal
- Senate, House on collision course over payroll tax cut extension
- Boehner: House Republicans oppose Senate payroll tax deal
- House Republicans not sold on payroll tax cut package
- Senate leaders reach agreement to extend payroll tax cut for 2 months
- Keystone pipeline emerges as main sticking point in payroll tax talks
- Congressional leaders reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown
- Senate leaders say deal on spending, tax cut measures may come soon
- Payroll tax cut and spending bill stall in Senate, raising threat of shutdown
- Senate rejects quick vote on House payroll tax bill
- Congress debates payroll tax cut, government funding omnibus
- White House threatens to veto House payroll tax cut bill
- House payroll tax measure can pass with GOP support alone, McCarthy says
- Compromise spending measure not yet ready to be unveiled
- House to vote on extension of payroll-tax reduction
- Congress edges toward a compromise on spending
- Senate rejects proposals to slash federal payroll taxes
- Democratic, Republican payroll tax cut extension plans both blocked by Senate
- New House GOP payroll tax proposal ties extension to Keystone pipeline project
- Senate Dems says Obama would delay Hawaii vacation for payroll deal
- Boehner says House Republicans are having ‘good conversations’ about their own payroll tax plan
- Republicans split on Democratic plan to extend payroll tax cut
- Senate Democrats’ plan would tax those making more than $1 million
- Senate Democrats unveil scaled-back extension of payroll tax holiday
- For Romney, a day of door knocking in N.H.
- Cain in New Hampshire: It ain’t over til it’s over
- Perry, Huntsman woo New Hampshire lawmakers
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