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October 12, 2011

Lawmakers, White House regroup on jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - A day after Senate Republicans killed his $447 billion jobs bill, President Barack Obama said he isn't…
October 11, 2011

Senate Republicans defeat Obama's jobs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package President Obama had spent weeks campaigning for…
October 11, 2011

Obama says he's ready to move jobs bill in pieces

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama said Tuesday he's prepared to break his jobs bill into pieces and try to move…
October 11, 2011

Senate Republicans likely to kill Obama jobs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's jobs bill, facing a critical test in the Senate, it appears likely to die…
October 5, 2011

Senate Democrats rewrite Obama's jobs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Democrats are rewriting portions of President Barack Obama's jobs bill to include a new 5 percent…
October 4, 2011

Obama knocks GOP leader, says GOP blocks jobs vote

MESQUITE, Texas (AP) - First he singled out House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell...
September 19, 2011

'Birther' Orly Taitz mulling Senate run

So-called 'birther queen' Orly Taitz is considering running for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat in 2012.
September 7, 2011

First African-American woman on 6th Circuit Court

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate has confirmed Bernice Donald as a judge on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
September 6, 2011

Newark's Cory Booker: Is he more myth than mayor?

theGRIO REPORT - Political analysts and writers agree that Booker hasn't soothed residents' paranoia about what's going to happen to…
August 22, 2011

Allen West says he won't run for Senate

Speculation had been growing that West might join the Republican primary to challenge Sen. Bill Nelson. But the tea party…
August 2, 2011

Senate passes bill to prevent US default

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that heads off an unprecedented U.S. financial default and begins the…
July 31, 2011

It's a deal: Obama, Congress will avert default

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama and Democrats have been insisting on a one-shot debt ceiling increase of around $2.4 trillion, enough…
July 11, 2011

No stopgap: Obama demands big deal for debt limit

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama declared Monday he would reject any stopgap extension of the nation's borrowing limit by…
June 30, 2011

Republicans invite Obama to talk taxes

VIDEO - Some Republicans were clearly irked by the president's criticism during his Wednesday press conference...
June 10, 2011

Cory Booker can count on becoming Mr. Senator

OPINION - The world is waiting for Booker, and when he moves to the national scene, he is going to…
June 9, 2011

Booker 'won't rule out' US Senate run in 2014 (VIDEO)

theGRIO VIDEO - Booker told theGRIO's Todd Johnson Thursday he would 'never say never' to a potential Senate run in…
June 9, 2011

Newark Mayor Cory Booker eyes possible run for US Senate

NEWARK STAR LEDGER - Mayor Cory Booker is bringing his knack for fund-raising to the national stage, and eying a…
May 10, 2011

Mayor Setti Warren challenging Scott Brown in 2012

On paper, Warren is an impressive -- if little known -- candidate...
April 14, 2011

Congress OKs funding measure cutting $38B

WASHINGTON (AP) - In the compromise negotiations, Democrats won the deletion of all of the EPA-related provisions as well as…
February 2, 2011

Senate Republicans lose vote on health law

WASHINGTON (AP) - Moments earlier, the Senate had agreed to make one relatively minor change in the law, voting to…