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Pelosi Will Stay as Minority Leader: Report
 Pelosi to Stay On 
 as Minority Leader 
UPDATED
Nov 14, 2012 9:39 AM CST

Pelosi to Stay On as Minority Leader

Broke the news while surrounded by fellow female House reps

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi will stay on as House minority leader in the new session of Congress, she announced this morning, after first revealing her decision to her caucus at a private meeting, the AP reports. Pelosi broke the news at a press conference surrounded by her fellow female House reps, which...

Senate Democrats Pass Bill to Cut Middle-Class Taxes

Symbolic move isn't going anywhere in the House

(Newser) - Senate Democrats got to make an election-year statement today: They passed a bill that would extend the Bush tax cuts for the middle class but let them expire for the richest Americans, reports the Hill . The prospects in the House, where Republicans want to extend the tax cuts for the...

White House: Stubborn GOP Will Cost You $1,600

Democrats, Republicans trade tax cut barbs

(Newser) - In its ongoing effort to extend the Bush tax cuts for (and only for) the bottom 98% of households, the White House today released a report calculating that the average family making less than $250,000 a year would see their taxes go up $1,600 if a deal isn'...

Boehner: ObamaCare Has to Be &#39;Ripped Out&#39;
 Boehner: 
 ObamaCare 
 Has to Be 
 'Ripped Out' 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Jul 1, 2012 12:01 PM CDT

Boehner: ObamaCare Has to Be 'Ripped Out'

Dems dodge calling penalty a 'tax'

(Newser) - To call the ObamaCare penalty a tax or not was the question dominating the talk show airwaves today, with John Boehner leading the charge with the dreaded T-word. "The American people ... do not want the government telling them what kind of insurance policy they have to buy, and how...

Senate Reaches Deal to Freeze Student Loan Rates

7M students could save as rates stay at 3.4%

(Newser) - Student loan rates will stay at 3.4% for another year, thanks to a Senate deal on the issue, insiders tell the Washington Post . With President Obama and Mitt Romney both pushing for the freeze—which prevents rates from jumping to 6.8% July 1—the agreement is no surprise,...

DC's 50 Most Powerful People

Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell top the list

(Newser) - Who are the real power brokers in Washington? GQ names the top 50 in its biennial list of the most powerful people in DC—although, the magazine notes, "People with the last names Obama and Biden not included." The top five:
  • Eric Cantor: The House majority leader is
...

Reid Delays Anti-Piracy Vote
 Reid Delays Anti-Piracy Vote 
Jan 20, 2012 9:38 AM CST

Reid Delays Anti-Piracy Vote

As Republicans solidify PIPA opposition

(Newser) - Harry Reid has postponed Tuesday's test vote on the Senate's anti-piracy bill, after a storm of online protests convinced several of the bill's co-sponsors to switch sides, the AP reports. Democrats have now emerged as the main backers of the PROTECT IP Act, the Wall Street Journal...

Buffett Dares GOP to Donate More Taxes

Says he'll match them, and 'even go 3 for 1 for McConnell'

(Newser) - Warren Buffett's ready to donate money to pay down the national debt—provided Republicans lawmakers do so first. When Buffett called for higher taxes on the rich last year, Mitch McConnell and many other Republicans told him to " send in a check ," and John Thune even introduced...

Out of Congress, Ideas but No Compromise

 Out of Congress, 
 Ideas but No 
 Compromise 
payroll tax war
Dec 22, 2011 11:34 AM CST

Out of Congress, Ideas but No Compromise

Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Dave Camp talk payroll tax cut

(Newser) - The theme of the day is compromise—at least, politicians offering their ideas about what a compromise should look like, without deciding to actually compromise. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell came out with one of his own, in what Politico describes as "a blow to House Republicans." McConnell'...

House Speaker John Boehner Set on Keystone XL Pipeline Measure
Pipeline May End Up in
Final Tax Deal
Dec 16, 2011 12:30 PM CST

Pipeline May End Up in Final Tax Deal

Republicans adamant about keeping Keystone in play

(Newser) - Republican lawmakers are determined to push through a measure speeding a White House decision on the Keystone XL pipeline—and they're ready to link it to the payroll tax cut extension. If the Senate sends the House legislation that extends the tax break, as well as jobless benefits and...

Unemployed Hold Sit-In in Mitch McConnell's Office

They were eventually kicked out without seeing McConnell

(Newser) - A group of about 30 unemployed people spent all day sitting in Mitch McConnell’s office yesterday, insisting that they would not leave until they spoke with the Senate minority leader. They sat quietly in his waiting room, occupying every chair in the office and much of the floor, the...

Senate Feud Surfaces Over College Football

Mitch McConnell pulling strings for Louisville, angering W. Va senators

(Newser) - A war is brewing in the Senate over… college football? Yep. Mitch McConnell is making a zero-hour backroom push to get Louisville into the Big 12, calling officials at the conference’s other schools to sing his beloved alma mater’s praises, sources tell Politico . That’s put him in...

Sunday Talk Shows: Hillary Clinton Calls Moammar Gadhafi's Death a 'Great Relief'
  Hillary Clinton: 
 Gadhafi Death a 
 'Great Relief' 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Oct 23, 2011 1:27 PM CDT

Hillary Clinton: Gadhafi Death a 'Great Relief'

Plus, John McCain, Michele Bachmann, Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McConnell

(Newser) - Add Hillary Clinton to the list of people not exactly choking back tears over Moammar Gadhafi's death: The secretary of state today said that while "no one wants to see any human being" meet such a grisly end, "I know what a great relief it was to...

Obama Jobs Bill Heads to Senate to Die

Republicans will filibuster

(Newser) - The Senate will hold a vote to begin debate on President Obama's jobs bill today, but Republicans are likely to filibuster the measure, denying it the 60 votes it needs, the AP reports. Republicans have been signaling their opposition, likening the bill to 2009's stimulus, which Republicans regard...

Reid Uses 'Nuclear Option' to Change Senate Rules

Move limits amendments that can be proposed after filibusters

(Newser) - Harry Reid shocked Congress last night when, without warning, he deployed the so-called “nuclear option” to change the Senate’s rules. No, he didn’t get rid of the filibuster. He barred senators from (stay with us) making motions to suspend the rules, a move that allows them to...

Debt Super Committee an Open Book—for Lobbyists

Influence peddlers get their due

(Newser) - The debt “super committee” tends to meet in secret, won’t disclose its donors or post its documents online, and has turned a deaf ear to calls for greater transparency from good government groups—but it’s an open book to the best connected lobbyists on K Street, Politico...

Did GOP Cross Line With Letter to Bernanke?
Did GOP Cross Line With Letter to Bernanke?
OPINIONs
Sep 21, 2011 1:05 PM CDT

Did GOP Cross Line With Letter to Bernanke?

Some pundits think Republican leaders shouldn't play politics with Fed

(Newser) - The latest political firestorm comes courtesy of the top four Republicans in Congress (Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Jon Kyl, and Eric Cantor), who wrote a letter to Ben Bernanke urging restraint on the economy. "We have serious concerns that further intervention by the Federal Reserve could exacerbate current problems,...

Paul Ryan: 'Buffett Rule' Amounts to Class Warfare
 Paul Ryan: 
 Obama Waging 
 'Class Warfare' 
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP
Sep 18, 2011 11:13 AM CDT

Paul Ryan: Obama Waging 'Class Warfare'

'Buffett Rule' finds no fan in Budget Committee chair

(Newser) - The so-called Buffett Rule, President Obama's pending plan to raise taxes on the rich named for Warren Buffett , found an outspoken critic in Paul Ryan today, Politico reports. "Class warfare might make for good politics, but it makes for bad economics," the House Budget Committee chairman tells...

GOP Makes Its Debt Super-Committee Picks

Here you go: Hensarling, Camp, Upton, Kyl, Toomey, Portman

(Newser) - We're three-quarters of the way there. The GOP today announced its picks to serve on the debt "super committee," bringing the total number of seats filled to nine. At the top of John Boehner's list is Texan Jeb Hensarling, who will co-chair the committee with Democratic...

Senate Passes Bill to Raise Debt Ceiling, Sends It to President Obama
 Senate 
 Passes 
 Debt Deal 
Aug 2, 2011 11:46 AM CDT

Senate Passes Debt Deal

No surprises as bill goes to Obama for his signature

(Newser) - Just one more step to go now: The Senate passed the debt ceiling bill this afternoon as expected and sent it along to President Obama for his quick signature, reports MSNBC . The legislation, which passed 74-26, allows the ceiling to be raised just ahead of the midnight default deadline. It...

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