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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican...
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Lew signals support for tax code rewrite
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jacob Lew, President Barack Obama's nominee for Treasury secretary, pledged to work with Congress on a comprehensive overhaul of the tax code while urging lawmakers to avoid automatic...
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GOP senators may delay Hagel vote over Benghazi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have questioned Chuck Hagel's truthfulness and they've challenged his patriotism.Now they're threatening to stonewall his nomination to be President Barack Obama's...
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Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote for now
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel as the nation's next defense secretary over unrelated questions about President Barack Obama's...
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Cruz's tactics boil Washington, but impress Texas
HOUSTON (AP) — Ted Cruz glanced at his black cowboy boots, beneath a silver Texas belt buckle, waiting for the admirers to stop clapping.His arrival had turned a drop-by at a Houston lumber yard into a...
View ArticleSenate committee set to vote on Obama's CIA choice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to vote on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after weeks of wrangling with the White House over access to top-secret...
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Sen. Carl Levin will not seek re-election in 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Carl Levin announced Thursday he will not seek re-election in 2014, saying he wants to serve as Senate Armed Services chairman and an advocate for his home state of...
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Obama expected to nominate Perez for Labor post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seeking to fill yet another second-term Cabinet vacancy, President Barack Obama is set to nominate Thomas Perez, an assistant attorney general, to be the next secretary of labor, the...
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House, Senate vote to curb ethics disclosure requirements
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is repealing some financial disclosure requirements for highly paid federal officials after an expert panel concluded that publishing details about their personal holdings...
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Pritzker to Commerce
President Barack Obama on Thursday chose two old friends with business executive experience for top posts on his economic team, naming longtime fundraiser Penny Pritzker to the Commerce Department and...
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Gotcha Guide: Four types of Washington investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of what Americans know about their government's crimes, misdeeds and foul-ups comes from the government itself. Washington's investigation machine never quits.Thousands of...
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More top Obama appointees using secret email accounts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of President Barack Obama's political appointees, including the Cabinet secretary for the Health and Human Services Department, are using secret government email accounts they...
View ArticleRepublicans: Give governors more school say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Education Secretary Arne Duncan and his successors would be relegated to cheerleaders for the nation's schools, and governors would be put in charge of classrooms under companion...
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High court to hear Obama recess appointments case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday waded into a major constitutional clash between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans that could fundamentally limit a president's use of...
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Immigration, student loan top congressional agenda
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats will put good will to the test when Congress returns this week to potentially incendiary fights over nominations, unresolved disputes over student loans and...
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