Inbalance of Power
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Bitter partisanship, ideological clashes, and relentless obstruction have been woven through Washington from the beginning. What is new is the divisions fall along mutually reinforcing lines.
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Congress will take the first steps toward an orderly budget process, beginning what both parties hope is a move away from quick fixes. But the plans will be miles apart ideologically.
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Rep. Paul Ryan called his third budget an "invitation" to President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats to begin bargaining toward a deal to balance the budget.
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A GOP-led panel has been listening to entrepreneurs vent about Obamacare. And boy do they have a lot to say.
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Bitter partisanship, ideological clashes, and relentless obstruction have been woven through Washington from the beginning. What is new is the divisions fall along mutually reinforcing lines.
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Solutions for overcoming the partisanship that produces political gridlock in Washington.
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We're tired of hearing about the sequester and its brutal budget cuts. But this is standard operating procedure in American politics, historians say.
Politics
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Atlanta Fed President Lockhart told CNBC more solid economic data and a "substantial improvement" in jobs are needed.
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The rhetoric is heating up: North Korea warned that its military has been cleared to wage an attack on the US, while the Pentagon beefed up its defense of Guam.
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President Obama is reportedly returning 5 percent of his salary in tribute to furloughed federal workers, with CNBC's John Harwood.
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