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Boehner surprise: Dems barely get votes to adjourn after floor speech

Jordan Fabian - 09/29/10 12:26 PM ET

House Democrats barely won a 210-209 vote to adjourn the House without extending the Bush tax cuts.…

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House Republican lawmakers pledge 'unprecedented' cash to campaign arm

Molly K. Hooper - 09/29/10 03:07 PM ET

Boehner pledged to give $1 million if members of his conference vowed to deliver $3 million.…

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Specter's post-Senate career: A third book, 'possible' administration job

J. Taylor Rushing - 09/29/10 03:50 PM ET

"I'm following [former Senate Leader] George Mitchell's advice to never do anything too sudden," Specter told The Hill.…
Whitman faces allegation that she employed 'undocumented' housekeeper

Sean J. Miller - 09/29/10 03:07 PM ET

Whitman's former housekeeper claims that she worked for the gubernatorial candidate illegaly for nine years.…
Landrieu sees weeks of talks over hold on nomination for head of OMB

Ben Geman - 09/29/10 01:56 PM ET

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) doesn’t sound close to an agreement with the White House on offshore oil-and-gas drilling.…
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Sen. Kaufman: Biden’s old Senate seat will stay in Democratic hands

J. Taylor Rushing - 09/29/10 11:24 AM ET

The retiring senator says he “feels awful” for Rep. Mike Castle, who lost in the Delaware GOP Senate primary.…
Top uniformed officer says cuts to Pentagon budget would endanger U.S.

Roxana Tiron - 09/29/10 12:55 PM ET

Adm. Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the pressure to cut overall government spending “is growing.”…
Christine O'Donnell denies charges she falsified her academic record online

Shane D'Aprile - 09/29/10 12:25 PM ET

Delaware Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell disavowed the profile and said, "We encourage LinkedIn to remove this profile."…

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House aides: Boehner won't back Democrats' net-neutrality legislation

Sara Jerome - 09/29/10 10:56 AM ET

Aides said Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) is less likely to introduce his Internet legislation without bipartisan support.…
House approves health coverage for 9/11 emergency workers

Mike Lillis

09/29/10 03:37 PM ET

Passage followed months of contentious debate over whether the government has an obligation to pay emergency workers who fell sick.…
Van Hollen on tax cuts vote: 'We'll take the fight to the election'

Jay Heflin

09/29/10 11:55 AM ET

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Wednesday said there will be no pre-election vote on extending Bush-era tax cuts.…

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Former SEIU chief: Reports of corruption probe 'completely false'

Walter Alarkon

09/29/10 05:35 PM ET

Andy Stern said anonymous allegations against him are aimed at weakening the union ahead of a key California vote.…
Grandfathering vote sparks renewed health reform debate

Julian Pecquet

09/29/10 12:56 PM ET

Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said, "It’s an election-season effort to take potshots at the new healthcare reform law."…

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Reps. Bachmann, King allege fraud in black farmers settlement

Kevin Bogardus

09/29/10 06:03 PM ET

House Republicans on Wednesday charged that a multibillion-dollar settlement with black farmers supported by the Obama administration was rife with…
Reid, Coburn in floor spat over shark bill

Alexander Bolton

09/29/10 10:42 AM ET

Feud flares up over Coburn's objection to several bills protecting wildlife, including sharks.…
Without Emanuel, who is going to mail all of the dead fish?

Sam Youngman

09/29/10 06:00 AM ET

Obama can find a new chief of staff, but he will be hard-pressed to find one with Emanuel's larger-than-life personality.…

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