House Speaker John A. Boehner scolded President Obama on Sunday for politicizing issues upon which Democrats and Republicans agree, including the need to prevent a hike in interest rates on federal student loans. Read full article > >

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Altogether groups like Crossroads GPS plan to spend in excess of $100 million on ads by November, far more than in 2010 and much more than Democrats are likely to be able to match.

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Conservative Groups Spend Heavily in Senate Races

Many Democrats have decided to retire rather than risk defeat in newly configured House districts, leaving the districts in play or solidly Republican.

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North Carolina a Front in Democrats’ Battle for House

If Republicans are truly engaged in a “war on women,” as the Democrats claim, they are fighting it about as well as Gen. Custer did at Little Bighorn. First they were routed over their objections to contraception . Then they had to defend Rush Limbaugh’s insults of Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke and Ted Nugent’s description of two top Democratic leaders as “varmints.” On top of that, the Republican National Committee chairman is on record drawing a parallel between women and caterpillars , and Democrats have been ambushing Republicans almost daily with topics as varied as mammograms and membership at Augusta. Read full article > >

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Democrats battle back against Republican ‘war on women’

Senate Democrats take their turn Wednesday on the General Services Administration's $800,000 boondoggle — a simmering political scandal involving wasteful spending at a Las Vegas conference.

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Republican opposition ensured that a measure pressed by President Obama and Senate Democrats to raise effective tax rates for the superrich would not come to a decisive vote.

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‘Buffett Rule’ Debate Blocked by Republicans

The great moral debate of the 2012 campaign is turning out to be as inspiring as drunks arguing over a bar tab. The basic argument is this: “Who’s not paying their fair share?” Democrats have pointed the finger at millionaires, and this week, President Obama is pushing, again, for the “Buffett Rule” — which would require those who make more than $1 million per year to pay a bigger portion of the country’s taxes. Read full article > >

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The charge of judicial activism that has long motivated Republican voters could become useful for Democrats, strategists in both parties suggest.

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This Election, Supreme Court Could Rally Democrats

The House is expected to pass to 2013 budget plan Thursday that has virtually no chance of becoming law, but creates a clear contrast with Democrats on a number of critical tax and spending issues heading into the general election campaign.

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House Democrats have released an election year budget proposal they say would begin to curb deficits without making major changes to growing entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid. by pairing spending cuts with higher taxes on the wealthy. Read full article > >

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Democrats release budget to compete with Ryan plan

BIPARTISANSHIP IS rare in Congress these days, but if you want to get Republicans and Democrats to support your industry’s wish list, just recast it as a job creation program. That’s one lesson of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act — yes, the JOBS Act. A package of measures long sought by Silicon Valley and its venture-capitalist allies, the JOBS Act would significantly deregulate start-up company fundraising. It passed the Senate, 73 to 26, on Thursday and seems headed for approval soon in the House, which voted 390 to 23 to approve an earlier version March 8. President Obama has signaled his intention to sign it. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: The legitimate goals — and overblown claims — of the JOBS Act

We thought we knew just how many seats Republicans needed to win in order to regain a Senate majority in 2012. Then came Angus King . The independent former governor of Maine entered that state’s open Senate race Monday night as the prohibitive early favorite, throwing a wrench in Democrats’ plans to win the seat from Republicans. Read full article > >

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Why Angus King is the most important Senate candidate in the country

Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords launch a new attempt to rewrite the government’s controversial plans for the NHS in England.

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Rewrite NHS bill – Lib Dem peers

President Obama will take the stage at the University of Miami on Thursday to defend his energy policy at a time when gas prices are on the rise, Republicans are blaming him for it and even some Democrats are pressing him to take stronger action to protect consumers. Read full article > >

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Taking heat on gas prices, Obama to defend energy policy but offer ‘no quick fixes’

Republicans and Democrats raced on Tuesday afternoon to complete an agreement over how to pay for some of the components of a deal to extend a payroll tax cut and unemploment benefits.

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Obama Welcomes Signs of Progress on Payroll Tax Cut