Obama and Cantor Got Snippy at the White House Yesterday
An exchange from yesterday's debt limit negotiations does not bode well for a deal
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For the third time in a week, officials from the IRS appeared before Congress to apologize for/not offer many new details on how and why the agency improperly targeted conservative groups for scrutiny — though one witness indicated others may have received the same treatment.
An exchange from yesterday's debt limit negotiations does not bode well for a deal
Not all of them have offered bills, but they've pushed the House to the right
The number two House Republican floated a deal that could give Obama hope
As Obama pushes the deadline for a deal up to July 19
Obama is willing to cut Medicare if Republicans consider tax hikes
Pundits saw him as a dad, a dick, a grown-up, a surly teen, a class warrior
Boehner says deadline to raise debt ceiling is "artificial" as Kyl says the date is flexible
The House is now expected to vote on a bill that would strip funding for the mission
House GOP unveils two proposals: one authorizes the mission, one sharply scales it back
Poll shows more men than women are unforgiving of Weiner's transgressions
Did the congressman do enough at his strange press conference to survive?
But votes down Dennis Kucinich's resolution calling for an end to the intervention
The House Speaker doesn't want a repeat of April's government shutdown drama
These days it seems like Congress only wants to vote on bills it's sure will fail
House Republicans want to force a vote on raising the debt ceiling without spending cuts
Overhauling Medicare is now tied to political defeat
Sources tell Fox, "They are doing this"
The case of the smugly anti-Obama license plate has been solved
Boehner has long just wanted to talk, truthfully (and sometimes seriously)
Considering major changes to Medicare would be delayed until after 2012
John Conyers wants to end the Iraq and Afghan wars; Pakistan aid questioned
Rep. Anthony Weiner is dumbfounded that the GOP would "target" NPR
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