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American Majority Action, the conservative group that’s leading the charge against House Speaker John Boehner continuing in his current position, said Monday evening that Boehner doesn’t have at least 50 percent of his House GOP members’ support for the fiscal

As fiscal cliff negotiations continue, Senate Republicans are attempting to replace the sequester with a new program that would look like this: $1.2 trillion in cuts would kick in two months from now, minus $24 billion in revenue from the

President Barack Obama delivered remarks from the White House on Monday afternoon on fiscal cliff negotiation progress in Congress, as Democratic and Republican leaders in the upper chamber appeared to iron out major issues pertaining to a fiscal cliff agreement:

If you’re not having as much fun as you expected this New Year’s Eve, take some comfort in the fact that the nation’s politicians are even more miserable. They just failed to avert the “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and

Numerous sources report that the House of Representatives will not be able to vote on any Senate deal to avoid the “fiscal cliff” before the midnight deadline tonight, even if the Senate were able to reach agreement, which it has

Iowa’s Democrat Senator Tom Harkin is balking at any offer to raise the tax hike threshold from $250,000 annually to $450,000 in late negotiations to prevent the federal government going over the “fiscal cliff.” The most recent offer being considered

Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2012 list of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.” The list, in alphabetical order, includes: Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Secretary of Energy Steven Chu Secretary

Today, a high ranking source in the Senate informed Breitbart News that the chances of a Congressional deal being cut to avoid the fiscal cliff were “pretty strong,” despite President Obama’s deep desire to push America off the fiscal cliff.

(AP) Progress seen in last-minute ‘fiscal cliff’ talksBy ALAN FRAM and JULIE PACEAssociated PressWASHINGTONDemocrats and Republicans say signs of progress are emerging in urgent negotiations to avert the looming `fiscal cliff’ ahead of a midnight deadline. A person familiar with

In the final hours before the “fiscal cliff” becomes a reality, President Barack Obama has left talks to… Vice President Joe Biden, who is reported to be negotiating directly with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The Hill reported yesterday: “McConnell

Joshua Boston, a retired Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, has a message for Senator Dianne Feinstein (D, CA) concerning her newest gun banning bill. Corporal Boston says, “No Ma’Am.” Boston posted an open letter to Senator Feinstein at CNN’s

Washington D.C. lawmakers in both chambers left the capitol on early Sunday night after negotiations to avoid the fiscal cliff fell apart in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D – NV) said there is “still time left to

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife Sandi, a Chicago alderman, was called a traitor to the community by local grassroots activist Mack Glover. Glover’s accusation came during a December meeting about the housing and foreclosure problems in the black communities of

By Sunday evening, Senate leaders form both parties were supposed to have reached an agreement on terms to avoid the “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and spending cuts. The Democrat-led Senate was to have voted on the deal by Monday,

(Reuters) – Financial markets would be affected adversely if U.S. lawmakers fail to agree on a “fiscal cliff” deal before Tuesday, President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Sunday, while urging Congress to act quickly to extend tax

As the day on which Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) “assault weapon” ban will be introduced draws closer, another troubling aspect of it has come to light – namely, that it will give new funding and expanded powers to the ATF for

During his Saturday weekly radio address, President Barack Obama said “we just can’t afford a politically self-inflicted wound to our economy.” For that reason, explained Mr. Obama, Congress should pass a bill to avert going over the fiscal cliff: In

In today’s chapter of “The Fiscal Cliff,” Senate Leaders Reid and McConnell are working behind the scenes to craft a deal to meet Monday’s midnight deadline. Yesterday, President Obama met with congressional leaders, for the first time in six weeks,

One out of every $20 spent in a new bill to aid victims of Hurricane Sandy will go to “non-relief-related pork,” says American Majority Action Spokesman Ron Meyer in an email to Breitbart News. On Friday, the U.S. Senate passed

(AP) All eyes on them, Senate leaders seek fiscal dealBy JIM KUHNHENN and DAVID ESPOAssociated PressWASHINGTONSenate leaders rushed to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find

The Senate approved a five-year extension of a George W. Bush-era surveillance law that allows US spy agencies to conduct wiretapping on foreign citizens without a warrant. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, approved by the House of Representatives in September,

Normally, when a legislative leader cannot convince his party rank-and-file to support his proposals, that leader resigns with honor or is ousted in disgrace. Speaker of the House John Boehner may have crossed that threshold with the failure of his