CATCHALL SPENDING BILL ADVANCES IN SENATE
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., appears before the House Rules Committee to testify on his party’s budget proposal, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday,…
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RUSSIAN MONEY IN CYPRUS HIT BY SAVINGS SEIZURE
NATALIYA VASILYEVA Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Kirill Dmitriev, not pictured, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, in his residence Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow on Monday, March 18, 2013.…
BOEHNER SAYS HE ‘ABSOLUTELY’ TRUSTS OBAMA
FILE – In this March 13, 2013 file photo the House Speaker, Republican John Boehner of Ohio, talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington after a closed-door meeting with…
OBAMA: US SHOULD FUND RESEARCH FOR CLEANER CARS
By JOSH LEDERMAN President Barack Obama greets audience members after speaking at Argonne National Laboratory in Argonne, Ill., Friday, March 15, 2013. Obama traveled to the Chicago area to deliver…
BAILOUT LENDERS GRANT PORTUGAL EASIER DEBT TARGETS
By BARRY HATTON Fernando Cruz, right, and Sandra Alves dismantle their clothes and accessories store after closing it down due to the lack of customers, in Lisbon, Monday, March 11,…
LEW HOPEFUL ON REACHING A BUDGET BREAKTHROUGH
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew speaks after touring the Siemens manufacturing plant where electrical drive components for heavy machinery are assembled in Alpharetta, Ga., Thursday, March 14, 2013.…
SENATE DEMOCRATS UNVEIL GOVERNMENT FUNDING BILL
By ANDREW TAYLOR FILE – In this Jan. 1, 2013 file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. A…
OBAMA FRIEND OR FOE? MCCAIN CHARTS HIS COURSE
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this March 7, 2013 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republican McCain is a walking contradiction,…