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Richard Cowan | Reuters – 19 mins ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will vote sometime Tuesday on a Republican plan calling for new negotiations with the Senate on extending a payroll tax cut now set to expire on December 31, House lawmakers said on Monday.

By Nicholas Ballasy : Published: 3:01 PM 12/16/2011

California Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committees, told The Daily Caller that Democrats in Congress passed the $825 billion Recovery Act because they “di

By MIKE GLOVER | AP – Fri, Nov 25, 2011

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — They are barely blips in presidential polls and their campaign cash is scarce. Some are running on empty, fueled mainly by the exposure that comes with the blizzard of televised debates in this election cycle and interviews they eagerly grant to skeptical reporters.

By ALAN FARNHAM, Nov. 21, 2011

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By ANDREW TAYLOR | AP – 2 hrs 34 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.