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Mississippi River mayors call for more dam, lock funding
Mar 22, 2013
Mayors along the Mississippi River say more funding is needed to shore up aging infrastructure.
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The economy + Valentine's Day = True Love?
Feb 15, 2013
On Thursday, American Airlines and US Airways officially announced their long-rumored merger. And Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it made a match with Ketchup giant Heinz, in a deal worth billions.
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Delay of federal Sandy relief package to squeeze state budgets
Jan 3, 2013
A $60 billion Sandy relief package passed the Senate in December, but House leadership reneged on its pledge to pass the bill before the end of the session.
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U.S. still awaits a final fiscal cliff deal
Jan 1, 2013
The Senate deal permanently raises income taxes for individuals making more than $400,000 a year. It delays -- for just two months -- most of those automatic spending cuts that were set to kick in. And it includes a number of other provisions to stave off the most pressing aspects of the fiscal cliff.
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Would 'earmarks' have helped fiscal cliff talks?
Dec 31, 2012
'Bridges to Nowhere' and other pork-barrel spending used to be the grease for deal-making in Congress.
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Time for Plan C? Fiscal cliff solution stalls
Dec 21, 2012
It was called "Plan B" -- a way to avoid some of the tax increases that are part of the fiscal cliff without putting together a
broad bipartisan deal before the New Year.
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Life after congress: Political headhunters
Dec 12, 2012
Not all lawmakers at the end of their term are ready for retirement. An executive recruiter talks about how these "former electeds" make their way into the private sector.
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Scrooge visits Congress: Looking at the gift rule
Dec 4, 2012
Ethics rules lay out how much holiday cheer members and staff can have on lobbyists' dime.
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Americans want compromise on fiscal cliff
Nov 15, 2012
When it comes to the fiscal cliff, Americans do not give Republicans or Democrats a mandate on the issue.
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A balance sheet of 'political capital'
Nov 7, 2012
President Obama and House Republicans both say they have it, but who has more?
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