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Boehner: 'I'm not threatening default'
Yesterday
House Speaker John Boehner denied he was threatening default when he called for equal or greater spending cuts to accompany a future increase in the debt ceiling.
Romney, aided by prop, pushes debt message in swing state Florida
Yesterday
Mitt Romney continued to drive a debt-oriented message on Wednesday, extending his "prairie fire" of debt metaphor with the assistance of a debt clock.
Debt-ceiling showdown returns to Washington
Yesterday
First Read: Speaker Boehner lays down markers for the next debt-ceiling fight that include deep spending cuts and no tax increases.
Romney wins Nebraska, Oregon primaries
Yesterday
Mitt Romney won the Nebraska and Oregon Republican primaries on Tuesday, adding to his delegate haul in his march toward the GOP presidential nomination.
Republican Fischer upsets rivals in Nebraska Senate primary
2 days ago
Insurgent Republican candidate Deb Fischer bested two rivals with superior financing and organizations to win the Republican Senate nomination in Nebraska on Tuesday.
Romney wins Nebraska primary
2 days ago
Mitt Romney won the Nebraska Republican primary on Tuesday, adding to his delegate haul in his march toward the GOP presidential nomination.
GOP charts path to Senate majority through Neb. Senate primary
2 days ago
Republicans face a tight three-way race on Tuesday for a Senate nomination in Nebraska, one of the states that the GOP hopes to win this fall to put the party on the path toward taking control of the upper chamber.
Boehner lays down markers on year-end 'fiscal cliff'
2 days ago
Boehner said that the House would vote this fall "before the election" to extend the Bush-era tax cuts, and vowed to extract additional spending cuts in exchange for again raising the debt limit.
A day of contradictions for Obama
2 days ago
First Read: From same-sex marriage to Bain Capital, Obama campaign finds itself out of step.
Bill Clinton, Paul Ryan headline fiscal summit talks
2 days ago
Bill Clinton as symbol and a source of wisdom can be a flexible campaign instrument – used in different ways by Democrats and Republicans depending on the circumstances.
GOP kills civil unions in Colorado special session
3 days ago
A last-ditch effort by Colorado's governor to give gay couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after Republicans rejected the proposal.
Obama: Gay marriage 'strengthens families'
3 days ago
At an LGBT event in New York, Obama spoke about same-sex marriage and the need of equal rights for all.
Obama's Bain attack plays into middle class anxiety
3 days ago
The Obama campaign's assault on Mitt Romney's private sector career is meant to accomplish two goals: tarnish the cornerstone of the presumptive GOP nominee’s political biography, and play into middle class voters' economic anxieties over the actions of large financial institutions.
Paul says he'll cease campaigning in coming primaries
3 days ago
Texas Rep. Ron Paul said Monday that he'll cease campaigning in upcoming caucuses and primaries, an announcement of symbolic, if not substantive, significance.
Clyburn seeks 'national policy' legalizing same-sex marriages
3 days ago
Rep. James Clyburn, the House Democrats’ third-ranking leader, said the question of legal recognition of marriage between same-sex couples should be decided at the national level.
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