Boehner Wants To Go Big, But Will His Rank And File Follow?

Speaker of the House John Boehner , R-Ohio, speaks during the House Republican Leadership press conference at the House Republican Issues Conference in Cambridge, Maryland, January 30, 2014.

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Reed blasts government profits on student loans

Reed was reacting to a government report that revealed the profit Friday. A previous congressional report estimated that the government will pocket an additional $185 billion in profits on new student loans made over the next 10 years.

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Obama Presidential Library Site Search Begins

With Obama's blessing, top supporters are launching a foundation that will develop and build the library, which will both house his presidential records and serve as a monument to his legacy.

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Bill Maher blasts NYC mayor Bill de Blasio for slut-shaming from the left

Last night, Bill Maher took New York City mayor Bill de Blasio to task for his own version of slut-shaming.

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Firefighters, department leadership at odds over plans for Airport Heights station

Anchorage firefighters and chiefs compare the shifting placement of their stations and equipment to a long-range game of chess.

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Obama believes 2014 Winter Olympics will be safe

According to the Canadian Press on Friday, American president Barack Obama believes the 2014 Olympic Winter Games will be safe and is not discouraging Americans from attending.

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Harkin says Clinton should start Iowa campaigning

Retiring Sen. Tom Harkin says Hillary Clinton should start visiting Iowa more if she is running for president in 2016.

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With another hurdle removed for the Keystone XL pipeline, opponents are pressing lawsuits challenging the project, plus public protests and campaigns to inject the issue into the 2014 elections.

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Ga. faced iced roads as recently as 2011

Three years before a storm brought Atlanta to a standstill this week, public officials confronted very similar problems with snow and ice.

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Sen. Pays Back $11K for Jet Trip

Sen. Robert Menendez has disclosed that his campaign recently recently paid back $11,200 for a free private jet trip he took three years ago from a Florida campaign donor.

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President Barack Obama: United States can help more join the middle class

President Barack Obama says the government can act to ensure that more people are able to join and stay in the middle class.

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Farm bill plows under direct payments in favor of crop insurance and price protections

Farm subsidies that have guided agriculture through record profits in recent years are going away in the five-year farm bill that could become law in the coming week.

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Police: woman, 20, attacks mother, officers during arrest

Police in Lancaster County arrested a 20-year-old woman after she reportedly attacked her mother and responding officers on Friday night.

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Alexander Reports $3.2M on Hand for Senate Race

United States Senator Lamar Alexander's campaign says it raised nearly $770,000 in the fourth quarter and that it ended the year with $3.2 million on hand.

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Keystone XL foes undaunted by State Dept. report

Supporters and opponents both were quick to claim victories with the U.S. State Department report released Friday, which raised no major objections to the pipeline.

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Gay rights group, realtors say Rep. Mike Rogers made inappropriate comments at conference

Equality Alabama, which advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, has written an open letter to U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, accusing him of making homophobic remarks to a realtors group in Montgomery.

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Warren blasts government profits on student loans

Warren was reacting to a government report that revealed the profit Friday. A previous congressional report estimated that the government will pocket an additional $185 billion in profits on new student loans made over the next 10 years.

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Reed blasts government profits on student loans

Reed was reacting to a government report that revealed the profit Friday. A previous congressional report estimated that the government will pocket an additional $185 billion in profits on new student loans made over the next 10 years.

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Blumenthal blasts government student loan profit

Blumenthal was reacting to a government report that revealed the profit Friday. A previous congressional report estimated that the government will pocket an additional $185 billion in profits on new student loans made over the next 10 years.

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Chesterfield man sentenced to 4 years for fraud

Matthews operated First Capital Group in Virginia Beach. In court papers, the 42-year-old Matthews admitted soliciting investments from military members and their dependents and misrepresenting how their money would be used and how much interest they would earn.

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In this Dec. 3, 2012 file photo, crews work on construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline near County Road 363 and County Road 357, east of Winona, Texas.

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Eric Holder Bars Lead Investigator From Testifying Before Congress in IRS Probe

Despite the uproar the FBI closed the case on the IRS targeting scandal before interviewing a single one of the 292 conservative groups that were targeted.

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#Cheesepocalypse: Surviving the Super Bowl without Velveeta

As the clock counts down to Super Bowl XLVIII, there's still one unanswered question looming: How is America going to survive Super Bowl Sunday in the midst of a Velveeta shortage ? Kraft, which makes Velveeta, confirmed a few weeks ago that there is indeed a shortage of Velveeta products across the country, meaning that, unfortunately, the ... (more)

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MP Stewart's whirlwind winning Wednesday

The New Democrat MP for Burnaby-Douglas sat in his chair in the House of Commons and looked up at his wife, Jeanette Ashe, in the public gallery.

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Dan Rutherford charges Bruce Rauner ties to lawyer attempting $300k 'shakedown'

Dan Rutherford, the Illinois State Treasurer and candidate for governor of Illinois, is being accused of misconduct by an employee and he is blaming the employee allegations on Bruce Rauner, one of his opponents.

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Minnesota prepares to open shelters for propane users

The state of Minnesota is prepared to open warming shelters in the event that nationwide propane supply problems continue and cold weather persists in the state.

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Whoa s retiring from Congress?

California Rep. Henry Waxman this week became the latest long-serving legislator to announce his retirement from Congress this election cycle.

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President to Nominate Several to Key DOD Positions

President Barack Obama has announced his intent to nominate four people to key Defense Department positions, all of which require Senate confirmation.

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President Obama talks about pope, Super Bowl

Approval ratings -- and the events that led to the most difficult political year of his presidency -- mean very little to President Barack Obama's daughters.

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A New Debt Ceiling Strategy Is 'Gaining Steam' With Republicans

House Republicans are rallying around a new plan on their approach to raising the debt ceiling, according to The Washington Post's Robert Costa - a one-year increase tied to a request on the Affordable Care Act: House members tell me this is the GOP debt-limit plan: 1-year increase tied to "no bailout for insurance companies" under ACA Costa ... (more)

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