DEMOCRAT BOOKER WINS US SENATE ELECTION IN NJ
By KATIE ZEZIMA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Newark Mayor Cory Booker talks to supporters during an election night victory party after winning a special election for the U.S. Senate, Wednesday, Oct.…
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FOOL’S ERRAND OR HEROIC STAND? GOP ON CRUZ, LEE
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks to reporters waiting outside a closed-door meeting of Senate Republicans as news emerged that leaders reached a last-minute agreement to avert a…
BOOKER’S CAMPAIGN PATH BUMPIER THAN ANTICIPATED
By KATIE ZEZIMA and STEVE PEOPLES In this Oct. 9, 2013, photo. Senate candidate Democrat Cory Booker answers a question after debating Republican Steve Lonegan at Rowan University in Glassboro,…
HO– USE GOP LEADERS SEEK SHORT-TERM DEBT EXTENSION
By ANDREW TAYLOR Senate Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, listens as Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew,back to camera, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013,…
POLL: NO HEROES IN SHUTDOWN, GOP GETS MOST BLAME
By CALVIN WOODWARD and JENNIFER AGIESTA Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. stands on the Senate steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, during a news…
HO– USE GOP DISMISSES DEFAULT WARNINGS AS MORE HYPE
By DONNA CASSATA and CHARLES BABINGTON House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., left, face reporters during a news conference on Capitol…
HO– USE HARD-LINERS STAND UNITED IN BUDGET SHOWDOWN
By DONNA CASSATA FILE – In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo, then-Republican House candidate, now, Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks in Claremore, Okla. Hard-line House conservatives are demanding concessions…
PELOSI: REPUBLICANS CAN’T EVEN TALK TO THEMSELVES
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference about the ongoing budget fight, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The government limped into…