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Senior lawmakers are wrapping the budgets of nine Cabinet agencies into a $1.1 trillion spending bill they hope to complete by Christmas, a top Democrat said Tuesday
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Max Baucus and His Women
The news that the influential chairman of the Senate Finance Committee had nominated his girlfriend to a powerful post set tongues wagging
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Secret Service: 91 Breaches Since 1980
An internal Secret Service document reveals that last month's gate crashing incident at a White House state dinner was one of 91 security breaches since 1980
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Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War?
President Obama offered a reasoned case for troop expansion in Afghanistan in his speech at West Point. But Americans need inspiration as well
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Baucus: Girlfriend Merited U.S. Attorney Nom
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying she is "highly qualified"
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Admin Slashing Bailout Cost Estimate
The Obama administration will lose $200 billion less than expected from the federal bailout program and is looking at using part of the savings to fund new job creation efforts
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Obama: Jobs Plan Will 'Jump-Start' Hiring
Even as he trumpeted a slowdown in the nation's job losses, President Barack Obama put finishing touches Friday on a proposal he'll unveil next week to "jump-start" business hiring across America
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Congress Looks Toward a Jobs Stimulus
Less than a year after the $787 billion stimulus package was passed, Democrats are spooked enough by the double-digit unemployment rate to push for a new jobs bill
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Senate Rejects GOP Medicare Amendment
The Senate rejected a Republican bid Thursday to stave off Medicare cuts and approved safeguards for coverage of mammograms and other preventive tests for women
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White House Gate-Crasher Subpoena Possible
Congress wants to talk to the husband and wife who slipped through security into last week's state dinner at the White House
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No Testifying for Obama's Social Secretary?
The White House's justification for why its social secretary will not be testifying to Congress about the state dinner gate-crashing controversy has raised some eyebrows among legal scholars
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Obama to Talk Health Care with Dem Senators
bama plans to speak at the caucus meeting, scheduled for 2 p.m., as senators work through the weekend on overhaul legislation.
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