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By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WriterWASHINGTONFirst it was people earning at least $1 million a year. Now Democrats seeking their next election-year target for tax increases on better-off Americans may have found it: the owners of many privately held corporations. Democrats

Not just the White House is up for grabs in November — every member of the House of Representatives faces re-election, and a top Democrat predicted Tuesday his party would “take back the majority” in 2012. Steny Hoyer, the House’s

President Obama has been making a big deal of late over his supposed help for young people with their student loans. Today at University of North Carolina, for example, he said: You’ll hear a lot of folks say education is

Yesterday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) took to the floor of the Senate to announce that he will raise at least one budget point of order to the postal reform bill currently being considered. That’s because the Congressional Budget Office has

Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney was campaigning in Pennsylvania ahead of the state’s Tuesday primary with Marco Rubio in tow, the US senator widely discussed as a possible running mate. Rubio is the latest among potential vice presidential picks to

Under the guise of granting higher wages and healthcare benefits to daycare providers and personal care attendants, Connecticut’s Democratic-led state House has passed a bill that will force these workers to collectively bargain with the state. However, the director of the Connecticut

(AP) Auditors call for end to Medicare bonus programBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONIn a rebuke to the Obama administration, government auditors are calling for the cancellation of an $8 billion Medicare program that congressional Republicans have criticized as a political ploy.

President Barack Obama’s unconstitutional recess appointments might be struck down by a federal court, with a heavyweight legal challenge now carrying the torch for the U.S. Senate in this challenge. Senior officers in the executive branch of government must be

Sen. Orrin Hatch will face a primary fight this summer from former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist. Needing 60% of the delegates from the Utah Republican Convention, Sen. Orrin Hatch fell short by just 1% after a spirited morning filled with

(AP) Utah GOP delegates deciding fate of Sen. HatchBy KEVIN FREKING and JOSH LOFTINAssociated PressSALT LAKE CITYSen. Orrin Hatch began laying the groundwork for the next state Republican convention even before he watched Sen. Bob Bennett go down to defeat

(AP) Obama casts GOP as barrier to low-cost educationBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONEager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education, using his Internet and radio address Saturday to preview an argument

American families make and live by a budget.  But not the Congress.  Thursday marks the 1,086th day since Senate Democrats passed a budget plan, despite the fact that doing so merely requires a simple majority vote.  Yet Sen. Harry Reid’s

(AP) GOP pushes business tax cut through divided HouseALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublicans rammed an election-year, $46 billion tax cut for most of America’s employers through the House on Thursday, ignoring a White House veto threat in a debate both parties used

American families make and live by a budget. But not the Congress. Thursday marks the 1,086th day since Senate Democrats passed a budget plan, despite the fact that doing so merely requires a simple majority vote. Yet Sen. Harry Reid’s

On Thursday, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) gave MSNBC’s Chuck Todd a bumbling interview chock full of misleading and inaccurate statements as he attempted to explain why Senate Democrats reversed their decision to move forward with a budget

Marco Rubio, the Florida Senator whom many insider Republicans believe has an inside track to be Mitt Romney’s pick for his running mate, slipped today in an interview with the University of Phoenix/National Journal Next America project. “I don’t want

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn last year signed into law massive increases in personal and corporate income tax rates. However, that hasn’t kept Quinn’s state from facing ongoing budget holes caused by high spending. Medicaid is costing the Land of Lincoln

Yesterday I spoke with Wisconsin Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (along with my Breitbart colleague Mike Flynn, who was visiting St. Louis). This grassroots mom and cancer survivor is in the fight of her life, under attack by labor groups who

(AP) GOP ready to push business tax cut through HouseBy ALAN FRAMAssociated PressWASHINGTONRepublicans are using a House vote on tax cuts for nearly every employer in the country to make an election-year statement that they want to help companies create