House Elections
WASHINGTON - Jettisoning partisan campaign-season rhetoric, if only for a moment, House Republican leader John Boehner said Thursday that both parties bear the blame for "dysfunction in Congress" and urged lawmakers to adopt a cut-as-you-go-rule to curb their appetite for spending on new federal programs.
WASHINGTON - The second-ranking House Democratic leader says the House probably won't vote this week on extending middle-class tax cuts and will deal instead with the issue after the elections.
WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't ruling out a vote to extend soon-to-expire tax cuts before lawmakers go home to campaign in the next week or two, even though Senate Democrats have abandoned plans to vote before the Nov.
WASHINGTON - When Republican members of Congress need literature to send out to constituents on their doings in office, dozens turn to a Utah firm that churns out slick, full-color mailers at taxpayer expense.
WASHINGTON - When Republican members of Congress need literature to send out to constituents on their doings in office, dozens turn to a Utah firm that churns out slick, full-color mailers at taxpayer expense.
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