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DCCC Chairman Israel: Dem House takeover 'in sight'
Democrats are "in sight" of taking over the Republican-controlled House after the November elections, says Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel, saying that up to 75 GOP held seats are in play this year.
Santorum: Obama wrong to cite Jesus in gay marriage shift
Former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania said Thursday that President Obama is wrong to suggest that Jesus Christ would be on his side in his newfound support for gay marriage and predicted the president's shifting position will motivate social conservatives to head to the polls this fall.
Tea party leader: Voting for Romney? Bring Pepto-Bismol and barf bag
The leader of Tea Party Nation said he knows he will vote for presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney when he heads to the polls in November, but the idea gives him some serious heartburn.
Obama raises money off gay-marriage decision
Fresh off completing his "evolution" on gay marriage, President Obama used his newfound stance to help raise funds late Wednesday.
Blunt questions Labor Department's new press controls
Sen. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, is pushing back against tighter new Department of Labor media rules on the release of sensitive data such as jobless benefits and unemployment figures.
Poll shows Romney, Obama tied in Ohio
President Obama and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney are in a statistical tie in Ohio, and the potential addition of home-state Sen. Rob Portman as Mr. Romney's running mate makes no difference, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday.
Democrats campaign on Obama's gay marriage announcement
Minutes after President Obama told ABC he now supports gay marriage, Democrats were already campaigning on the issue.
Obama promoting junk food? Physicians' group thinks so
A leading physicians' nonprofit is taking aim at President Obama's penchant for hot dogs, burgers and other junk foods.
IRS paid for employees' real estate classes
The IRS paid for employees to take course in real estate or Japanese and Mandarin language classes as part of its continuing-education benefit program, according to an audit that found the agency wasn't doing a good enough job of checking what it was paying for.
Romney: Obama is peddling outdated liberalism
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney swung through Colorado on Wednesday, where he employed what could be described as the "I-know-you-are-but-what-am-I" line of attack against President Obama.
House votes to stop Obama immigration lawsuits
The House voted early Wednesday morning to stop the Obama administration's lawsuits against state immigration laws.
Rep. Sessions: GOP will gain seats in November
The head of the House Republicans' fundraising arm predicts his party not only will retain control of the House next year, it will gain seats — pushing back at estimates by many political experts that the GOP will drop up to 15 seats in November.
Inmate tops 40 percent in W.Va. primary against Obama
In a show of President Obama's unpopularity in West Virginia, a federal prison inmate captured 41 percent of the vote Tuesday in the state's Democratic presidential primary.
Democrats withdraw Trayvon amendment
Democrats backed off of their effort Tuesday to offer a "Trayvon amendment" to pressure states to drop their stand-your-ground laws after learning it was likely to be ruled out of order under the evening's rules for debate on the House floor.
House to vote on Trayvon amendment
House Democrats said Tuesday they will offer an amendment to push to overturn stand-your-ground self-defense laws in states like Florida.
