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Many politicians want to change the way Congress operates. So why do so many—Republican or Democrat—ultimately become the very creatures of habit they initially promised to replace, at least when it comes to pork and earmarks?
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Many politicians want to change the way Congress operates. So why do so many—Republican or Democrat—ultimately become the very creatures of habit they initially promised to replace, at least when it comes to pork and earmarks?
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*Passage of Senate plan shifts fiscal debate from deadlines. WASHINGTON, March 23- The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*Passage of Senate plan shifts fiscal debate away from deadlines. WASHINGTON, March 23- The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*Passage of Senate plan shifts fiscal debate away from deadlines. WASHINGTON, March 23- The U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*Senate signals support for oil pipeline, Internet sales taxes. WASHINGTON, March 22- The U.S. Senate was poised on Friday to pass its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*Senate signals support for oil pipeline, Internet sales taxes. WASHINGTON, March 22- The U.S. Senate was poised on Friday to pass its first federal budget in four years, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*With fiscal deadlines cleared, Congress to argue over budgets. WASHINGTON, March 22- The U.S. Senate was poised to pass its first budget in four years on Friday, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*With fiscal deadlines cleared, Congress to argue over budgets. WASHINGTON, March 22- The U.S. Senate was poised to pass its first budget in four years on Friday, a move that will usher in a relative lull in Washington's fiscal wars until an anticipated summer showdown over raising the debt ceiling.
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*U.S. agencies, programs funded through Sept. 30. WASHINGTON, March 21- The U.S. House of Representatives eliminated the threat of a government shutdown next week, approving on Thursday a stop-gap funding bill that temporarily eases partisan tensions after months of bitter fights over budgets.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- The U.S. House of Representatives eliminated the threat of a government shutdown next week, approving on Thursday a stop-gap funding bill that temporarily eases partisan tensions after months of bitter fights over budgets.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- The U.S. House of Representatives eliminated the threat of a government shutdown next week, approving on Thursday a stop-gap funding bill that eases partisan tensions after months of bitter fights over budgets.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- The U.S. House of Representatives eliminated the threat of a government shutdown next week, approving on Thursday a stop-gap funding bill that eases partisan tensions after months of bitter fights over budgets.
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CNBC's John Harwood reports the House has passed Rep. Paul Ryan's budget proposal mostly along party lines.
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WASHINGTON, March 21- U.S. House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday approved a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, in a further easing of the partisan budget wars that have consumed Washington for months.
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WASHINGTON, March 18- The U.S. Senate on Monday inched closer to passage of a bill to fund federal agencies through Sept. 30 and avoid a government shutdown at the end of this month when existing money runs out.
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Leading congressional Republicans said on Sunday a broad deal with President Barack Obama on deficit reduction and entitlement reform remains possible but differed over potential flexibility on taxes, with the House speaker and budget leader not bending
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WASHINGTON, March 17- Leading congressional Republicans said on Sunday a broad deal with President Barack Obama on deficit reduction and entitlement reform remains possible but differed over potential flexibility on taxes, with the House speaker and budget leader not bending.
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OXON HILL, Md., March 15- At a gathering for conservatives to plot their future, there was a stark reminder of the past on Friday as failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney made his first public speech since election night. Since he accepted defeat to President Barack Obama in the early hours of the morning on Nov. 7 in Boston, Romney has largely vanished from view.
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OXON HILL, Md., March 15- At a gathering for conservatives to plot their future, there was a stark reminder of the past on Friday as failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney made his first public speech since election night. Since he accepted defeat to President Barack Obama in the early hours of the morning on Nov. 7 in Boston, Romney has largely vanished from view.
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Amid all the negativism out there, I believe optimism is in the air. Sometimes you have to search for it, or read it in the fine print. But I believe the political economy is getting better, not worse.