House Of Representatives, Senate Approve Payroll Tax Cut

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Plan now heads to Obama for final approval.

Boehner Declares Birth Control Rule "Will Not Stand"

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Dan Watson
Editor-in-Chief

Health-care mandate requires all employers, even religious, to provide birth control services

GOP Elite Pledge To Extend Payroll Tax Cut

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Benjamin Gottlieb
Executive Editor

VIDEO: House Speaker Boehner says a bipartisan deal to extend the payroll tax cut will be obtained "fairly quickly."

"60 Minutes" Questions Pelosi, Boehner's Insider Investments

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Staff Reporters

Should our lawmakers be able to use insider information to pad their own pockets?

Obama Says He Will Not Sign Stop-Gap Solution On The Debt

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President Barack Obama

Staff Reporters

President Obama will continue to fight for "big deal" debt reduction plan despite opposition from GOP leaders.

How Will A Government Shutdown Impact D.C. Residents?

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Olga Khazan
Senior Editor

'Bottom line: it won't be good'

Government Shutdown: Obama Says Progress Made But No Deal Yet

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Callie Schweitzer, Kevin Douglas Grant
Editor-in-Chief, Executive Editor

Though Obama said he would like to hear of a deal by the morning he added, "I'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism." In a statement, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, "We have narrowed the issues, however, we have not yet reached an agreement. We will continue to work through the night to attempt to resolve our remaining differences." National Journal tweeted that a Reid spokesman said, "It’s all down to women’s health."