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Republicans, Democrats doing electoral calculus in determining support for taxes, healthcare

Global Politics

Conventional wisdom said votes to extend some of the Bush-era tax cuts and to repeal the healthcare reform bill will fall along party lines, and they still may. But with election just months away, elected officials are plugging numbers into a more detailed equation to figure out how to cast their vote.

Moderate politicians beat hasty retreat from halls of U.S. Congress

Global Politics

Deals, compromise led to Senate health reform passage

Global Politics

Politics and oil

Global Politics

Election 2012: The Year Ahead

The World

Finance regulatory bill blocked in Senate

Conflict & Justice

Senate Republicans held their caucus together and blocked debate on a bill to re-regulate the financial industry late Monday afternoon. Democrats indicated that they would delay the rest of their agenda to keep bringing the bill back.

The World

Washington: First public hearings on Fort Hood, important vote on health care reform

Conflict & Justice

The first public hearings on the Fort Hood shootings got underway on Capitol Hill yesterday. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich tells us why the Senate was so focused on the question of terrorism.

The World

Sen. Ben Nelson works hard for peace in the Senate

Global Politics

Senator Ben Nelson (D-Neb) has a long history of reaching across party lines to reach consensus on pressing issues in the Senate. In the face of the partisan bickering over the stimulus, Senator Nelson finds himself in the center of the debate.