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Medicare bill: How 11 minutes of bipartisanship solved 12 years of frustrationFor 12 years, Congress has been passing a temporary 'doc fix' to patch a hole in Medicare. This year, however, John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi saw an opportunity to fix it permanently. Now, the Senate must agree.
How Republicans avoided a budget revolt 鈥� for a day, anywayRepublican deficit hawks were prepared to revolt against the House leadership's budget plans, but an inventive maneuver saved the day.聽
The curious thing about how the media is covering Ted CruzSen. Ted Cruz if the first major candidate to announce he's running for president in 2016. Yet the media is already exhaustively covering the election as a horse race.
Is California Gov. Jerry Brown becoming the Jerry Falwell of the left?Gov. Jerry Brown has brought morality into the debate over immigration reform and climate change. Jerry Falwell did something similar in the 1980s. The results weren't good.
Cruz eyes insurance via Obamacare, a law he vows to scrapWith the wife of the GOP presidential candidate having taken an unpaid leave of absence from her job, the family will聽soon lose access to health insurance.
#TedCruzCampaignSlogans: How Ted Cruz went from candidate to cautionary taleAfter Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz announced his candidacy on Twitter, the snarky backlash on the social network was unprecedented. What went wrong?
The ExplainerHawk v. hawk: Can GOP balance fiscal goals with higher military spending?The budget presents a thorny political challenge for congressional Republicans: Fiscal hawks call for a tighter focus on debt reduction, while defense hawks say a strong US military is paramount.
In 2016, Ted Cruz could be 鈥榗onsiderable factor鈥�Sen. Ted Cruz might not have a great chance to become president, but he could have an important influence on the race.
Five things Americans still don鈥檛 understand about ObamacareFive years after the Affordable Care Act became law, a new survey shows that 57 percent of Americans do not feel they have enough information to fully understand the law.
US Rep. Patrick Murphy to run for Florida Senate seatThe second-term congressman from southeast Florida is going after the US Senate seat that current Sen. Marco Rubio holds, but is expected to forego when he announces his 2016 presidential bid.
David Petraeus probably won't serve time: A double standard?Washington marinates in leaks, but only lower-level officials are hit with Espionage Act cases, an attorney argues, showing a long-standing double standard when it comes to prosecution.
Ted Cruz wants to be president, save American liberty (not in that order)Sen. Ted Cruz will officially announce his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election Monday. Where he plans to do it points to what kind of candidate he might be.
What happens if Hillary Clinton doesn鈥檛 run? Chaos for Democrats.Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn鈥檛 said yet whether she鈥檒l run for president. If she doesn鈥檛, Democrats would scramble for the most viable alternative among a list that鈥檚 not very strong.- Cover StoryAmerica's political royaltyWhy political dynasties, from the Adams to the Clinton to the Bush families, are both loved and loathed in the United States.聽
- America's top 10 political familiesYes, the Kennedys, Roosevelts, and Rockefellers are on the list. But don't forget the Frelinghuysens and Bayards, too.聽
Gun control advocates lose another round with departure of ATF chiefATF Director B. Todd Jones resigned this week, under fire for attempting to ban armor-piercing bullets used in AR-15 assault-style weapons. It鈥檚 another victory for gun-rights groups.
Monitor BreakfastIs McConnell 'out of bounds' to ask governors to defy EPA?Senior White House official says Senator McConnell's plea to governors to refuse to submit compliance plans to the EPA on coal-fired power plants is 'way outside the bounds of the position that he was elected to.'
Obama says Republican budget just helps the rich. Is he right?While the House and Senate GOP budget plans are short on details, it's clear that spending cuts will be steep, probably including lower spending on education and the social safety net.聽
Curious twist in sex trafficking debate gives glimpse of a gentler CongressSen. John Cornyn (R) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) engaged in a search for common ground on the Senate floor Wednesday. It was a rare moment when two senators from opposing sides talked to each other, rather than at the cameras.
GOP budget 'lacking policy details'? That's no reason to criticize it.The teeth of a congressional budget resolution is not in its policy. It's in the processes it establishes for legislation for the remainder of the fiscal year.
