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Delay GOP spending battle

It doesn’t look like we’re going to get the $4 trillion deficit-reduction deal President Barack Obama has been talking about. So what happens next? Seeing the recent breakdown in talks, it’s hard to imagine what Obama and Vice President Joe Biden thought they were going to get in these negotiations. Read More

As frosh fill back benches, new leaders take over

Just as fresh blood is reinvigorating the House GOP rank and file, there will be new energy in the leadership, too. Even though Republicans were out of power for just four years, the old GOP committee chairmen haven't come back to reclaim their old spots; nearly all the lawmakers who are taking over committees have never held the chairman's gavel before. Read More
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