DEMOCRATS WORK TO RAISE NUMBER OF FEMALE GOVERNORS
By STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks at an Emily’s List town hall discussion entitled “Madam President” in Manchester,…
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HO– USE REPUBLICANS SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR BUDGET DEAL
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters’ questions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec.…
BIPARTISAN BUDGET DEAL SETS OFF SOME GRUMBLING
By ANDREW TAYLOR House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a…
HEALTH CARE DEBATE HAS TRUST, POLITICS THEMES, TOO
By NANCY BENAC FILE – In this Nov. 13, 2013 file photo, House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds up a checklist related to the preparation for the…
SENATE DEMS PUSH OBAMA NOMINEES, GOP BIDES TIME
By ALAN FRAM FILE – This June 4, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama pausing as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington where…
DEMS, OBAMA, HEAD INTO 2014 DISTANT, DETERMINED
By LAURIE KELLMAN FILE – In this Jan. 3, 2013, file photo, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., right, participates in a mock swearing-in ceremony with House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, for…
VA. GOV ENDING TERM WITH SCANDAL-STAINED YEAR
By ERIC TUCKER FILE – In this Oct. 12, 2012, file photo Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, shakes hand with Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, left, as…
ADVOCATES PRESS OBAMA TO ACT ON IMMIGRATION
By DONNA CASSATA In this Nov. 25, 2013, photo, President Barack Obama, left, stops his speech and turns around in response to an unidentified man, right, who heckled him about…