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Senator: IRS to pay $70M in employee bonuses

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:21:19 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Internal Revenue Service is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses despite an Obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts enacted this year, according to a GOP senator.

Booker to appear with top southern NJ Democrats

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:34:39 -0400

DEPTFORD, New Jersey - Newark Mayor Cory Booker is heading to southern New Jersey for a U.S. Senate campaign event with some of the region's top elected Democrats, including state Senate President Stephen Sweeney.

Social issues still fire up GOP despite 2012 loss

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:27:39 -0400

WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers have a message for those who want the party to soften its emphasis on social conservatism in hopes of reaching a wider national audience: Not so fast.

Texas Senate drops abortion ban after 20 weeks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:02:26 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - The Republican-led Texas Senate voted late Tuesday night for tough new restrictions on abortion clinics and providers, but abandoned efforts to ban the procedure after the 20th week of pregnancy.

House passes far-reaching anti-abortion bill

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:40:27 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Republican-led House on Tuesday passed a far-reaching anti-abortion bill that conservatives saw as a milestone in their 40-year campaign against legalized abortion and Democrats characterized as yet another example of a GOP war on women.

IRS worker: No political bias against tea party

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:47 -0400

WASHINGTON - An Internal Revenue Service manager and self-described conservative Republican said the close scrutiny of tea party groups' tax forms originated in his Cincinnati IRS office and not in Washington, according to a full transcript of his interview by congressional investigators released Tuesday.

Pa. House Dems fail to slow charity-tax amendment

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:51 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Minority Democrats in the state House of Representatives failed to slow a constitutional amendment at the center of a power struggle between the legislative and judicial branches.

NY GOP: Bar welfare cash for alcohol, strip clubs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:04:43 -0400

ALBANY, New York - New York is moving to prohibit the use of cash welfare benefits to pay for cigarettes, beer and liquor, state lottery tickets, casino games, strip clubs and illegal drugs.

Wis. Republicans looking to curtail mine protests

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:55:40 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - Republicans are looking to curtail public access to an iron mine site in far northwestern Wisconsin in hopes of stopping protesters from interfering with the project.

Court upholds Indiana legislative boycott fines

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:46:50 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - The Indiana Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld fines levied by House Republicans against Democratic lawmakers for their 2011 walkout and 2012 boycotts in a series of bitterly partisan fights.

Assistant GOP leader backs Medicaid veto override

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:23:47 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - The Maine Senate's assistant Republican Leader who helped craft a Medicaid expansion compromise says he is hopeful they can get enough votes to override Republican Gov. Paul LePage's veto.

Southern GOP leaders meeting in Alabama

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:34:07 -0400

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Republican leaders from 10 Southern states are meeting in Alabama to plan strategies for making new GOP inroads across the region.

NC Democrats, chairman reach complaint settlement

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:35:05 -0400

RALEIGH, North Carolina - The chairman of North Carolina's Democratic Party and four current or former party leaders are resolving their dispute.

Texas Democrats complain about ethics, maps

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:37:18 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - Democrats in the Texas House on Monday derided Gov. Rick Perry's veto of funding for the state's ethics watchdog and complained about Republican opposition to making any changes to the state's political maps.

Immigration splits GOP's national, House interests

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:44:02 -0400

WASHINGTON - The Republican Party's hope of running stronger presidential races by revamping immigration is about to hit a big hurdle: House Republicans.

Ex-Dem party chief sentenced in petition scheme

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:21:57 -0400

INDIANAPOLIS - A former Democratic county chairman in northern Indiana has been sentenced to a year in prison for his role in a scheme to forge signatures onto petitions placing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the state's 2008 presidential primary ballot.

Tenn. GOP supermajority struggles to find footing

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:41:31 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called misguided predictions that the new Republican supermajority in state government would devolve into infighting.

GOP state senator in Minn. race for Bachmann seat

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:01:56 -0400

ST. CLOUD, Minnesota - A third Republican is formally in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Michele Bachmann in Minnesota's 6th Congressional District.

Ex-Dem gov candidate Gregg buys country store

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:38:24 -0400

SANDBORN, Indiana - Former Democratic Indiana gubernatorial candidate John Gregg is getting into the grocery business.

Democrats: Restore Christie health clinic cuts

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:32:52 -0400

TRENTON, New Jersey - Female legislators are making another attempt to restore the funding for women's health centers that Gov. Chris Christie cut from the budget.

Left and right already swinging at Ark. senator

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 02:28:03 -0400

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - The conservative Club for Growth tags Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor as President Barack Obama's "closest ally" in the state. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun-control advocacy group says Pryor "let us down."

Zelaya's party taps wife as presidential candidate

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:35:07 -0400

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - A Honduran political party led by ousted President Manuel Zelaya has chosen his wife to be its presidential candidate in elections next November.

Conn. Democrats defend campaign finance bill

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:44:53 -0400

HARTFORD, Connecticut - Connecticut Democrats are defending a new campaign finance law former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell says dismantles ethics, contracting and campaign reforms she signed into law.

3 open Ga. congressional races dominated by GOP

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:19:10 -0400

SAVANNAH, Georgia - With three U.S. House seats in Georgia wide open in 2014, the chance to go to Washington is already attracting a crowd of several state legislators, a minister, a surgeon, a political novice and an ex-congressman seeking a comeback. So far, not one is a Democrat.

Fla. Dems hold annual dinner with no candidates

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:29:04 -0400

HOLLYWOOD, Florida - Florida Democrats made their case for the 2014 elections Saturday without any candidates to rally around.