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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TOO EARLY? REPUBLICANS AUDITION FOR 2016 ELECTION
TOO EARLY? REPUBLICANS AUDITION FOR 2016 ELECTION Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks during the Ronald Reagan Dinner at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md.,…
COLO LEGISLATURE OKS EXPANSION OF FIREARMS CHECKS
By KRISTEN WYATT and IVAN MORENO Colorado State Representative Rhonda Fields, speaks to a colleague during a debate period for a gun control bill which she sponsored, inside the Colorado…
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.…
OBAMA MEETS WITH HO– USE DEMS, SENATE GOP
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., prepares to speak with reporters about the federal budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) WASHINGTON (AP) —…
AFGHAN TROUBLES SPELL TOUGH START FOR HAGEL
By LOLITA C. BALDOR U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, left, meets with Afghanistan’s Interior Minister Ghulam Mujtaba Patang at the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) headquarters in Kabul, Sunday,…
FEDERAL WORKERS BRACE FOR FURLOUGHS
By SAM HANANEL U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents and K-9 security dogs keep watch at a checkpoint station, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013, in Falfurrias, Texas. Government agencies vary widely…