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But in the four years since that triumphant, emotional dinner, everything has changed for Republicans, both in Washington and Kentucky - and that includes the relationship between Bunning and McConnell, which is visibly strained. Now the minority leader in the Senate, McConnell knows that Democrats will likely be just one seat...
The proposed budget is a savvy political vehicle for reform. The federal budget process has two purposes. First, it provides “a financial measure of federal expenditures, receipts, deficits, and debt levels and their impact on the economy” in order to maintain both stability and growth...
Senator Chris Dodd, who often sits in on the meetings in case Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, can't participate, has said he expects to see legislation introduced by Memorial Day. Kennedy monitors the progress by telephone from home. Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, who has called health...
Is this, then, an equivocal triumph for Obama? I don’t think so. In the final calculation, what passed on Friday night was a somewhat reduced version of what Obama first submitted to the House. The bill that Obama will sign reflects his own policy priorities, not any...
But what makes Snowe and Collins more powerful now is that they, along with Specter, are nearly the last survivors of a once common species of moderate Northeastern Republican. As the GOP's center of gravity moves to the right, the Democratic majority has fewer and fewer potential crossovers to...