Daniel Inouye

NEWSMAKER-Senate appropriations boss to help divvy up shrinking pie Tuesday, 15 Jan 2013 | 12:59 AM ET

WASHINGTON, Jan 15- Last year when NASA researchers in Baltimore discovered the fleeting glimmer of an exploding star, they named it "Supernova Mikulski," after one of their chief patrons in the U.S. Congress.
REFILE-WRAPUP 2-US Republicans push their own plan, fiscal talks languish Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | 11:56 AM ET

WASHINGTON, Dec 20- As a year-end deadline looms, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with their own "fiscal cliff" plan in a move that muddles negotiations with the White House to avoid steep tax increases and spending cuts.
WRAPUP 3-US Republicans push their own plan, fiscal talks stalled Thursday, 20 Dec 2012 | 12:55 AM ET

WASHINGTON, Dec 20- As a year-end deadline looms, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with their own "fiscal cliff" plan that muddles negotiations with the White House to avoid steep tax increases and spending cuts.