How To Sign A Fiscal Cliff Deal From Hawaii
Obama uses the AutoPen.
Obama uses the AutoPen.
The fiscal cliff was the easy part. Stuck in the middle with you.
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“Giving gay and lesbian couples the freedom to get married honors the best conservative principles,” Pat Brady says. State lawmakers could be considering a marriage bill as early as Thursday.
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CNN captures the Secretary of State departing the hospital where she was treated for a blood clot lodged between her skull and brain. A source tells BuzzFeed she received a second MRI.
House leaders move to ensure the upcoming Supreme Court hearing considering the Defense of Marriage Act will be the last.
He calls the school's punishments illegal, citing “irreparable” damage to the state's economy.
The party is poised for a showdown over Social Security and Medicare. Obama vs. the liberals.
“All I can tell you was this was the Speaker's decision — his alone,” the New Jersey governor says.
The “administrative payment” to the Department of Housing and Urban Development is the first enforcement action under a rule that went into effect in 2012.
Bipartisan outrage from elected leaders in New York and New Jersey, after House Republicans stalled the hurricane relief bill. “I truly feel betrayed.”
Railing against the “Boehner betrayal,” Schumer sides with Cantor.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz says the tax cuts, which the Joint Committee on Taxation says will increase the deficit by $750 billion over the next decade, are paid for.
Few political figures in recent memory leave as conflicted a legacy as Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, whose stellar, frustrating political career ends Wednesday. But documents from his time at Yale University show how his beliefs and record reflect the influence of his closest mentors, liberal and conservative.
“As far as I’m concerned, I’m on my own,” says New York Rep. Pete King. Also says New Yorkers should stop donating to his party.
Run, hide, fight. A grim twist on the workplace training tape.
A last-minute decision after a bitter “cliff” fight. “The speaker is committed to getting this bill passed this month,” says a spokesman.
A victory lap around the fiscal cliff. Obama draws line in the sand for future deficit reduction talks.
Top Republican leaders Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy abandon Speaker and vote no as economic collapse is narrowly averted. Paul Ryan's last minute change of heart.
Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy oppose the bargain. A break at the top.
Retiring congressman Steve LaTourette takes a dig at his high school classmate, and fellow Republican, Darrell Issa while Wolf Blitzer plays things cool. “I didn't see him a lot in class.”
Speaker John Boehner puts down a conservative rebellion. An almost unheard of moment in the House: Republicans will rely on Democrats to make a deal.
They say they've broken the back of Republican intransigence on taxes. “A good precedent,” says a senior White House official.
Concessions for Republicans and Democrats alike. Now to the House.
Here's the White House's spin on the deal to resolve the fiscal cliff, which has support of Congressional leaders, but opposition from both liberal and conservative wings. Also: Saved America from higher milk prices.
Biden seals the deal. With his former colleagues in the Senate, anyway.