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Where Rand Paul's small-government credo fails: kids with autismSen. Rand Paul says 'politicians get in the way of most answers.' But autism provides a compelling counterpoint. The federal government provides the vast majority of research money as well as crucial services and legal protections.
House Republicans dooming 2016 nominee with Latino votersHouse Republicans' hard line on immigration certainly plays well to the base, but it points to potentially significant problems ahead for the 2016 presidential election.
Tea party set to lose its final two battles in Kansas and TennesseeIn all likelihood, tea party candidates will not win their primaries in Kansas and Tennessee, meaning establishment Republicans will have beaten every tea party challenger for the Senate. But that doesn't mean the tea party is going away.
Bush on Bush, and the best presidential memoir never writtenGeorge W. Bush's forthcoming memoir on his father should be worth a read, but the best memoir by a former president skipped his presidential years.聽
No, the Senate did not block the House border bills 鈥� yetThere's a report that the Senate has already blocked the House border bills, passed on Friday, from going anywhere. That time may come, but it hasn't yet.
Rand Paul escapes trap set by immigration activists. But what about 2016?Pro-immigration activists tried to embarrass a hardline tea party Republican eating lunch with Sen. Rand Paul Monday. Senator Paul fled the scene quickly. As a potential GOP presidential candidate in 2016, he's in a tough spot on immigration.
Most US voters now dislike own congressmen. Will they vote them out?When it comes to public confidence in US institutions, Congress has had the bottom of the barrel to itself for years. But, curiously, Americans haven't said they wanted to get rid of their own member of Congress 鈥� until now.
What's President Obama's cousin doing on the Kansas ballot?Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts (R) faces an unusual challenger in Tuesday's GOP primary: a distant cousin of President Obama's. Here's how they're related.
Here's what the 'do-nothing' Congress actually did do 鈥� and whyA few things have been accomplished since January, even though this Congress is the least productive in two decades, according to a Pew analysis.- Five-year-old Minnesota mayor loses re-election to 16-year oldRobert "Bobby" Tufts, age 5, lost his bid for a third consecutive term as mayor of Dorset on Sunday. Eric Mueller, a 16-year-old won. The population of Dorset, Minn.: as many as 28 people.
Why the Latino vote matters in 2014 midterms: immigrationIn the battle for control of the US Senate, only one key state in 2014 has a significant Latino population. But the midterms are a dress rehearsal for 2016, and both parties see immigration as a defining issue for their voters.
Immigration legislation explains why nothing gets done in D.C.The Senate's failure to pass a border bill and the House's fumbling efforts to pass its own speak to how many different people can 'veto' legislation in American politics. That's nothing new, but the tea party insurgency has added a new levels of complexity.
House passes border bill, Senate doesn't. So why does House get the blame?All the attention this week was on House Republicans' stuttering 鈥� but ultimately successful 鈥� attempts to pass a bill to address the border crisis. Yet the Senate failed to pass anything.聽
Why Eric Cantor is stepping down earlyEric Cantor's early retirement came as almost as much of a surprise as the former majority leader's stunning upset in this year's GOP primary. But there are advantages to leaving early.
Congress leaves town: How far can Obama go it alone on border crisis?With emergency funding in limbo, President Obama claims an opening to relieve the child migrant crisis on the border. Legal analysts say there's much that he can do.
Whew! House Passes Supplemental!The House passed a $694 million border bill that's better than nothing. Had the House tried to pull off what the Senate got away with, they would have been attacked mercilessly.
Immigration: Obama unloads on House Republicans, warning he鈥檒l act on his ownPresident Obama spoke about the US-Mexico border crisis a day after the Republican-led House descended into chaos as it tried unsuccessfully to pass immigration legislation.
Judge gives Florida Legislature two weeks to redraw congressional districtsThe judge last month identified two districts as having been drawn to achieve partisan advantages for Republicans in violation of a state constitutional amendment banning political gerrymandering.
House GOP patches family feud on border bill: what that means for future dealsThe new House GOP leaders who were made to pull back border legislation Thursday reached out to disgruntled tea party conservatives, tamping down the rebellion on the right but making a deal with the Senate even more unlikely.- Unemployment rate rises in July: why that may be a good sign for economyThe unemployment rate ticked upward to 6.2 percent of the labor force, up from 6.1 percent the month before, according to the Labor Department. Sometimes unemployment can rise even as more people get jobs
