GOP tries to advance Keystone XL pipeline

latimes 08-FEB-12

Hollywood regroups after losing battle over anti-piracy bills

latimes 21-JAN-12

Reid puts off PIPA vote

CBSnews 20-JAN-12

Huntsman drops out, backs Romney

cnn 16-JAN-12

South Carolina in spotlight after Romney win in N.H.

cnn 12-JAN-12

Justice Dept.: President can make recess appointments

cnn 12-JAN-12

Obama touts recess appointment: 'I refuse to take no for an answer'

latimes 04-JAN-12

Amendments to balance budget facing hurdles

washtimes 14-DEC-11

Democrats offer payroll tax cut compromise

cnn 06-DEC-11

Senate Democrats Start Push for the Payroll Tax Cut Extension

ABCnews 28-NOV-11

Man jailed for Russian murder that sparked riots

euronews 29-OCT-11

Senate Dems plan new tax to pay for jobs bill

CBSnews 05-OCT-11

Obama pushes for debt deal to avoid crisis

aljazeera 17-JUL-11

Obama appeals to middle class on deficit reduction

cnn 16-JUL-11

Israel police train for mass Palestinian protests (AFP)

news 15-JUN-11

Netanyahu pledges Israeli compromise to Congress - and gets more standing ovations than Obama's State of the Union

dailymail 24-MAY-11

Senators prod Obama to move Panama, Colombia deals

reuters 11-MAR-11

Bid to repeal US health law fails

bbc 03-FEB-11

US Senate approves new 'START' pact

aljazeera 22-DEC-10

Next steps for 'don't ask'

cnn 20-DEC-10

Health care challenge about politics, not policy

cnn 14-DEC-10

Source: White House presents proposed tax deal to Democratic leaders

cnn 06-DEC-10

Senate strikes down vote on jobs bill, critics call it a âstuntâ (Daily Caller)

news 28-SEP-10

Elena Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court

latimes 06-AUG-10

Obama: Republicans playing politics with jobless

reuters 19-JUL-10

Gov. Manchin Says He'll Begin Considering Byrd Successor On Wednesday

NPRnews 06-JUL-10

Hatch says he'll vote against Kagan's nomination

washtimes 03-JUL-10

Republicans are delaying immigration reform: Obama

chinadaily 03-JUL-10

Pro and anti-Kagan voices to be heard Thursday

cnn 01-JUL-10

Kagan Defends Approach To Military Recruiting

NPRnews 29-JUN-10

Kagan pledges open mind, impartiality if confirmed to Supreme Court

cnn 28-JUN-10

Longest serving US Senator Robert Byrd dies

telegraph 28-JUN-10

Afghan strategy 'will not change'

aljazeera 24-JUN-10

Obama on Health Care: "I Refuse to Go Back"

CBSnews 22-JUN-10

Barack Obama nominates Elena Kagan as youngest judge for Supreme Court

sundaytimes 11-MAY-10

Obama names Supreme Court choice

bbc 10-MAY-10

Obama Interviews Diane Wood for Supreme Court

CBSnews 05-MAY-10

Arizona immigrant law challenged

bbc 30-APR-10

Justice Hillary Clinton? White House says no (AFP)

news 12-APR-10

US Supreme Court judge to retire

bbc 10-APR-10

Justice Stevens 'at top of his game'

bbc 09-APR-10

Obama amends healthcare reform plan

independent 23-FEB-10

Senate Democrats unveil jobs package (AP)

news 10-FEB-10

Source: Obama, congressional leaders to talk health care Feb. 25

cnn 09-FEB-10

Baucus: Bipartisan Support for Jobs Credit

CBSnews 02-FEB-10

Justice Dept. mulls antitrust probe of college football championships

cnn 30-JAN-10

Editorial Comment: Bernanke’s battle

ft 25-JAN-10

Health Care Bill Clears Second Senate Vote

CBSnews 22-DEC-09

Health care bill passes key test vote

cnn 21-DEC-09

Don't allow federal funds for abortion

cnn 17-DEC-09

Health care overhaul bill slowed by read-a-thon (AP)

news 16-DEC-09

Government plans next file-share crackdown

ft 19-NOV-09

Senate panel OKs health plan with one GOP backer

cnn 13-OCT-09

Praise and skepticism greet Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

cnn 09-OCT-09

Current health bill unacceptable, Catholic bishops say

cnn 09-OCT-09

Senate panel rejects GOP bid to strengthen abortion provision

cnn 30-SEP-09

Key Senate panel votes down 'public option' for healthcare

latimes 30-SEP-09

Senate panel debates public option for health care bill

cnn 29-SEP-09

Medicare a Flashpoint in Health Debate

CBSnews 24-SEP-09

Baucus offers higher subsidies, other changes to his healthcare bill

latimes 23-SEP-09

Senate panel begins consideration of Baucus health plan

cnn 22-SEP-09

Health care negotiators finding common ground, Democrat says

cnn 14-SEP-09

The World from Berlin: 'It Was High Time for Obama to Win His Authority Back'

spiegel 11-SEP-09

Kennedy letter: 'Dear Mr. President'

washtimes 10-SEP-09

Politics Today: Tensions Rising Over Afghanistan

CBSnews 01-SEP-09

Kennedy laid to rest in Arlington cemetery

cnn 30-AUG-09

Nation remembers Ted Kennedy

cnn 29-AUG-09

Ted begins his last trip

thesun 28-AUG-09

Obama Health Sec'y Pushes KennedyCare: 'What Would Teddy Do?'

ABCnews 28-AUG-09

The lion who knew to strike a deal

ft 27-AUG-09

US Senator Ted Kennedy dies of brain cancer

RTERadio 26-AUG-09

Rumors influencing health care debate

cnn 21-AUG-09

Health Care Debate: Will Public Option Die?

ABCnews 17-AUG-09

Obama gets personal on health care

cnn 16-AUG-09

Senate confirms Sotomayor for Supreme Court

ft 07-AUG-09

US senate confirms Sotomayor

aljazeera 06-AUG-09

Supreme Court pick Sotomayor clears panel

ft 28-JUL-09

Obama defends health care reforms

bbc 23-JUL-09

Strong take-up for China IPOs

ft 23-JUL-09

Pelosi Says Congress Can Pass Health-Care Plan

NPRnews 22-JUL-09

Senate votes to stop making more F-22 Raptor fighter jets

latimes 22-JUL-09

Senate heads toward vote on F-22s (AP)

news 21-JUL-09

In Weekly Address, Obama Prods Congress to Pass Health-Reform This Year

WashingtonPost_B 19-JUL-09

Sotomayor's rulings 'generally in mainstream,' Republican says

cnn 16-JUL-09

House rolls out plan to make health care a right (AP)

news 15-JUL-09

Sonia Sotomayor to face questions over positive discrimination

telegraph 14-JUL-09

Senators praise, attack Sotomayor as hearings begin

cnn 13-JUL-09

Obama expected to tackle Iran, health care in news conference

cnn 23-JUN-09

Wide support for government health plan: poll (Reuters)

news 21-JUN-09

Wall Street Journal: Healthcare Overhaul a 'Fiasco'

ABCnews 19-JUN-09

Sotomayor, senators make nice -- for now

latimes 02-JUN-09

Key Republicans expect Sotomayor confirmation

cnn 29-MAY-09

Interest groups battle to define Sotomayor (AP)

news 28-MAY-09

Senators: Next justice should have wide experience (AP)

news 03-MAY-09

Lawmaker compares football's BCS to communism (AP)

news 01-MAY-09

National service programs to get a boost from Obama

latimes 21-APR-09

Pool champ from Taiwan to be S'porean

AsiaOne 28-MAR-09

Obama overturns Bush policy on stem cells

phantis 09-MAR-09

Obama to end restrictions on stem cell research

IHT 08-MAR-09

Obama to reverse Bush policy on embryonic stem cell research

latimes 07-MAR-09

CNN Student News One-Sheet: Women's History Month

cnn 01-MAR-09

Obama outlines budget: Education, energy, health care

cnn 25-FEB-09

Burris delivers speech, presides over Senate (AP)

news 25-FEB-09

Barack Obama to lift America with upbeat message on economy

telegraph 24-FEB-09

Panetta: I'd shun controversial interrogation techniques

cnn 06-FEB-09

Same old fudges and loopholes in Obama's new era of ethics

telegraph 03-FEB-09

US Senate backs treasury nominee

bbc 27-JAN-09

Hillary Clinton confirmed for Cabinet, but Eric Holder delayed

latimes 22-JAN-09

Fears for Kennedy after seizure

ft 21-JAN-09

Bush bids farewell to Washington

channel4news 20-JAN-09

Ted Kennedy falls ill at inaugural luncheon

latimes 20-JAN-09

Obama Cabinet headed toward quick Senate approval

reuters 17-JAN-09

Obama's AG pick praised by ex-FBI director (AP)

news 16-JAN-09

Holder admits 'mistakes' in Rich pardon

cnn 15-JAN-09

Obama expects Geithner to be cleared

DailyNation 15-JAN-09

Controversial pardon resurfaces as issue for attorney general nominee

IHT 02-DEC-08

Stevens Pal Denies Sen. Expected Free Work

CBSnews 16-OCT-08

Stevens' wife becoming key in corruption trial

topix 14-OCT-08

Colin Powell testifies Stevens' word is 'sterling'

cnn 11-OCT-08

[-said]: It is absolutely tragic that the prime minister of Canada is now negotiating with the Chinese to take their oil because we're too stupid to allow a pipeline to go through,

reuters 08-FEB-12

[ said]: He's got to know that none of those things he proposed really have much of a chance of going through both houses of Congress,

AP 30-JAN-12

[-said]: After listening to concerns on both sides of the debate over #PIPA, it is simply not ready for prime time,

iol 20-JAN-12

[-said]: Rushing something with such potential for far-reaching consequences is something I cannot support and that is why I will not only vote against moving the bill forward next week but also remove my co-sponsorship of the bill,

rt 19-JAN-12

[said:]: unfunded pension liabilities of state and local governments also affect the federal government's credit rating, and municipal insolvency or default threatens to place significant additional burdens on the federal government, which already spends trillions on anti-poverty programs.

reuters 19-JAN-12

[-said]: It is simply not ready for prime time and both sides must continue working together to find a better path forward,

upi 19-JAN-12

[ said]: After three years in the White House presiding over the largest expansion of government in generations, the timing of this announcement and the failure to consult Congress raise questions about the president's commitment to a real reorganization and reduction in the size of the federal government,

usaToday 13-JAN-12

[said:]: all those rich, liberal democrats who are eager to pay higher taxes can do just that. They can write a check to the IRS and make an extra payment on their tax return to pay down the federal debt. The option is right there at the bottom of their tax return.

ABCnews 12-JAN-12

[-told]: All we need is a president who will step up and start to lead and quit acting like some scaredy cat hiding in some closet in the White House,

upi 16-DEC-11

[replied that:]: the votes we cast today will tell the American people whether we honestly acknowledge the fiscal crisis posed by a $15 trillion national debt and whether we are serious

AP 14-DEC-11

[-said]: The record is clear,

news 14-DEC-11

[-said]: We are taxing and spending this country into bankruptcy,

cnn 14-DEC-11

[-says]: It would make him look like he's stupid, because as much as he hates Congress, or ... [as a] more fair statement, might hate Congress, he still needs it,

npr 10-DEC-11

[ said]: Well, that's not up to me to judge,

newschannel5 08-DEC-11

[ said]: This is not about the nominee, who appears to be a decent person and may very well be qualified,

news 08-DEC-11

[-said]: It's hard for the majority to call this a compromise when the other side hasn't been involved,

cnn 06-DEC-11

[ said]: Frankly, the only thing bipartisan about this latest political gambit is opposition to the permanent tax hike on small businesses to pay for temporary one-year tax policy,

AP 06-DEC-11

[ said]: I’m glad the White House opted against another end run around the Senate and instead has put forward a CMS nominee that the Senate must thorougly examine,

washtimes 23-NOV-11

[ said]: It’s always helpful if the president has the guts to weigh in, but I haven’t seen him weigh in on hardly anything,

washtimes 16-NOV-11

[-said]: With so much evidence of Medicare fraud, CMS must use every weapon in its arsenal to weed out bad actors to shore up this program, safeguard our seniors and protect the American people's tax dollars. Now that CMS has the authority to suspend questionable providers and suppliers from Medicare, it's inexplicably failing to use it,

newschannel5 27-OCT-11

[-told]: I always comply, but I’m just saying — and I don’t ever raise a fuss about it, nor would I,

ABCnews 20-OCT-11

[-said]: I’ve been getting a lot of complaints lately about the checks … as you pass through the monitoring stations, where people don’t want to go through the X-ray station, and so they line up on the one side where just the open-door station is,

ABCnews 20-OCT-11

[-said]: Moreover, please explain which provisions in the bill the administration supports and why,

news 28-SEP-11

[-said]: As the program is expanded to include more and more people and entities ... the myth that trade is bad for the American worker finds ready fodder and continues to build. Instead of helping build the case for trade, TAA certifications are used to show that trade is bad,

reuters 23-SEP-11

[-wrote]: According to several recent news reports, some controversial documents have come to light in the course of SEIU’s current litigation with Sudexo, Inc., [sic] including a ‘Contract Campaign Manual,’ which provides details regarding the strategies employed by the union during organizing and contract campaigns,

news 13-SEP-11

[ said]: The president's plan is nothing new,

news 09-SEP-11

[ said]: If (the payroll tax cut) is standing alone, I think that might have some success,

msnbc 08-SEP-11

[-said]: The longer this administration delays the further our economy falls behind,

news 15-AUG-11

[ said]: The answer to this is not giving the government more money to spend,

antiguanews 03-AUG-11

[-said]: I believe that what the National Mediation Board did is absolutely wrong and somebody has to stand up to them,

cnn 02-AUG-11

[-said]: conservatives could hang their hats on.

upi 02-AUG-11

[-explained]: I've been asked by our leadership to make these objections,

msnbc 02-AUG-11

[-wrote]: services, and pregnancy is not a disease to be treated. Most importantly, these mandates are an affront to the constitutionally guaranteed rights to free exercise of religion and personal conscience,

ibtimes 01-AUG-11

[ said]: Washington has consistently demonstrated that it cannot control its urge to spend,

csmonitor 16-JUL-11

[-accuses]: Fourteen years later, our nation faces a debt crisis of epic proportions. Our national debt has gone from roughly $5 trillion in 1997 to over $14 trillion today. That's more than $45,000 for every man, woman, and child in America.

usaToday 16-JUL-11

[ said]: While details of this debate change by the day, the fundamentals are clear,

upi 16-JUL-11

[-said]: The solution to a spending crisis is not tax increases,

timesofoman 16-JUL-11

[-said]: Think of how different our fiscal picture would be if we'd passed one in 1997,

usaToday 16-JUL-11

[ said]: This kind of strong budgetary reform would put us on a path to fiscal health and would prevent this White House or any future White House from forcing more debt on the American people,

csmonitor 16-JUL-11

[-said]: President Obama and his Democratic allies in Congress refuse to come up with a legitimate plan to confront our runaway spending that has left our country over $14 trillion in debt. He refuses to reform our near bankrupt entitlement programs -- all while pushing job-killing tax hikes.

upi 16-JUL-11

[ said]: It certainly will show who’s really serious about trying to get spending under control and who isn’t,

irishsun 15-JUL-11

[ said]: It certainly will show who's really serious about trying to get spending under control and who isn't,

newschannel5 14-JUL-11

[ said]: Placing the TAA spending program in the South Korea bill was not an acceptable outcome,

joongangdaily 08-JUL-11

[ said]: I hope we can find a better path forward and the president will now act quickly and submit these agreements for congressional consideration, without including the TAA poison pill,

reuters 07-JUL-11

[ said]: I support the South Korea trade agreement implementing bill and want it to pass. I strongly support it,

channelnewsasia 07-JUL-11

[-said]: But I cannot condone this abuse of Trade Promotion Authority or turn a blind eye to dubious domestic spending programs,

channelnewsasia 07-JUL-11

[-said]: The administration has been flailing around for years trying to thread the needle with their union allies,

peopledaily 02-JUL-11

[ asked]: Forty-nine states are required to balance their budgets. Individuals are required to balance their budgets. Why shouldn't the federal government?

upi 30-JUN-11

[ said]: Forty-nine states are required to balance their budgets. Individuals are required to balance their budgets. Why shouldn’t the federal government?

washtimes 30-JUN-11

[-said]: This highly partisan decision to include TAA in the South Korean FTA implementing bill risks support for this critical job-creating trade pact in the name of a welfare program of questionable benefit at a time when our nation is broke,

reuters 29-JUN-11

[-said]: TAA should move through the Congress on its own merit and should stand up to rigorous Senate debate,

upi 29-JUN-11

[-said]: The bottom line is that those who are the biggest advocates for Medicaid, and most criticize conservatives for seeking to reform the program, are happy to consign America's poorest and sickest patients to a health care gulag,

AHN 16-JUN-11

[ asked]: If FreedomWorks is anxious to spend their money, why not put it into defeating Barack Obama in the Presidential race?

CBSnews 16-JUN-11

[-said]: I think you can make a case that, without it, that we would have probably gone through a depression because things were even worse without it. But I wish I could vote on that over again,

AP 14-JUN-11

[-said]: 'I've been here 35 years and it's pretty hard to find someone with a more conservative record than I have,

AP 14-JUN-11

[-said]: Boundaries that existed on June 4, 1967 placed Israel in a precarious military situation that threatened regional stability,

nowlebanon 10-JUN-11

[-said]: This schizophrenic trade policy is doing nothing but hurting American workers and undermining our recovery,

reuters 07-JUN-11

[-said]: I'm afraid that if these agreements aren't submitted this summer, they never will be,

reuters 07-JUN-11

[-said]: Arbitrarily restricting citizens' use of our public lands and obstructing the development of domestic energy on those lands is the wrong thing to do, especially during an economic recession and without any input from Congress or local officials,

newschannel5 02-JUN-11

[ said]: Why should we put up $7.2 billion over ten years (for TAA) in a country that's currently broke?

reuters 02-JUN-11

[ said]: Why hold up three agreements that are going to create all kinds of jobs?

wsj 28-MAY-11

[-said]: If we can't get TAA through because it's too expensive under current circumstances, why hold up three agreements that are going to create all kinds of jobs,

reuters 26-MAY-11

[-said]: The administration continues to delay, requiring the Congress to agree to an unrelated spending program before they will send the Panama agreement to us for a vote,

reuters 25-MAY-11

[-said]: broke,

reuters 25-MAY-11

[ said]: This shows how fundamentally flawed the failed stimulus has turned out to be when Washington jams through almost a trillion dollars in spending with little scrutiny,

msnbc 24-MAY-11

[-said]: By calling for a return to the pre-1967 borders, President Obama has directly undermined her.

bignewsnetwork 21-MAY-11

[-said]: Israel is the United States' strongest friend and ally,

bignewsnetwork 21-MAY-11

[-told]: We’re going to win that one,

news 06-MAY-11

[ said]: I fully do not expect them to come up with anything because there is such a wide split in philosophy among that group,

news 05-MAY-11

[-told]: If they [Democrats] care for their citizens and they care for their budgets, they’re going to be with us on this,

news 04-MAY-11

[-also has urge]: You and I have talked about this issue, and I think I'm free to say that we have sent a letter to the NCAA about this issue and will be following up.

AP 04-MAY-11

[ said]: Most taxpayers are skeptical that the answer to our fiscal problems is for them to sacrifice more, when more than half of all households are not paying any income taxes and an increasingly smaller group of Americans is shouldering the burdens for an increasing larger group of Americans,

wsj 03-MAY-11

[ wrote]: may represent a thinly veiled use of taxpayer dollars for political purposes,

AP 19-APR-11

[-said]: There's still time before the filing deadline for them to give Uncle Sam some more money,

news 18-APR-11

[-said]: All three agreements need to be sent up together,

AP 06-APR-11

[ said]: The 1099 health care mandate is an albatross around the necks of American small businesses, forcing them to bear the brunt of the Obama Administration's big-spending, tax-hiking, debt- increasing agenda,

msnbc 05-APR-11

[-said]: Citing alleged food safety concerns, China has opted to outright ban U.S. beef and impose significant restrictions on other U.S. agricultural products, including pork,

ChinaPost 24-MAR-11

[-said]: I hate to talk this way, but it's true: It is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the history of this country,

npr 24-MAR-11

[-said]: Such unjustified claims impede access to the Chinese agricultural market ... and ultimately hurt American farmers and ranchers,

ChinaPost 24-MAR-11

[-said]: I hate to talk this way, but it's true. It is one of the worst pieces of legislation in the history of this country,

npr 23-MAR-11

[ said]: >Pew Research Center poll showed about half of Americans are unsatisfied with Congress’s approach to debate. It's hurting some of us ,

russiatoday 21-MAR-11

[ said]: any marginal benefits from this law are far outweighed by the heavy-handed intervention in their health care by Washington bureaucrats,

CBSnews 21-MAR-11

[-said]: This is a rail system that really is needed and has been promised, and I think it ought to be granted,

newschannel5 11-MAR-11

[ said]: While we wait, other countries are writing the rules of trade,

voanews 10-MAR-11

[ said]: It’s pathetic,

theglobeandmail 09-MAR-11

[-said]: I don't believe the president will ever act on the Colombia and Panama agreements unless these agreements move along with Korea,

reuters 09-MAR-11

[ said]: I'm pleased the Defense Department has finally awarded the contract to replace our nation's aging fleet of KC-135 tanker aircraft,

defensenews 25-FEB-11

[said:]: The only assault is from a bunch of self-interested government union employees who are putting their interests ahead of the interests of the Wisconsin taxpayers, who have been funding their runaway spending. This is not the way public servants should behave.

csmonitor 19-FEB-11

[ said]: The Build America Bonds thing, my gosh, why we have the rest of the country pay for profligacy on a couple states, it just won't get their spending under control,

reuters 17-FEB-11

[-wrote]: could reasonably be viewed as a de facto state bailout, as these interest free loans are certainly not without cost to taxpayers,

reuters 17-FEB-11

[-said]: The president left it up to Congress ... You can't make any changes without presidential leadership,

reuters 16-FEB-11

[ said]: The Obama administration hits almost every sector of our economy with a tax hike—energy taxes, taxes on hiring, higher income taxes,

wsj 15-FEB-11

[ said]: The president's proposal for a freeze in government spending might give the White House a nice talking point,

AP 14-FEB-11

[-said]: Keeping pace with its liberal tax-and-spend agenda, the Obama administration hits almost every sector of our economy with a tax hike — energy taxes, taxes on hiring, higher income taxes,

japantoday 14-FEB-11