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Republicans say deal can be done on U.S. "fiscal cliff"
WASHINGTON - A senior Republican senator voiced confidence on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers would forge a deal on the year-end "fiscal cliff," while a top aide to President Barack Obama signaled a willingness to compromise over raising tax rates on the rich.
Momentum builds for U.S. immigration reform plan
- Two U.S. senators launched a fresh move to put together a bipartisan immigration reform plan on Sunday, restarting talks on a proposal that includes a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country.
Senate leader McConnell a big loser on Election Day
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell set two top goals for the 2012 election: a Republican takeover of the Senate and the defeat of President Barack Obama.
U.S. Congress created this cliff and may now plunge off it
WASHINGTON - The "fiscal cliff," a metaphor drawn from nature, was actually created by members of the U.S. Congress, who designed it to be so horrible that they and the president would come to their senses and avert it in the nick of time.
Obama to meet labor, business leaders for fiscal talks
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama will meet business, labor and civic leaders this week ahead of negotiations with top lawmakers to avert sharp tax hikes and deep spending cuts that loom at the end of the year, a White House official said late on Sunday.
Obama's final win in Florida gives him 332 electoral votes
MIAMI - With almost all ballots in Florida counted, U.S. media on Saturday projected President Barack Obama the winner in that state four days after he won Tuesday's national election.
Supreme Court to review law on minority voting rights
- The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to review a legal challenge to the Voting Rights Act, a landmark law adopted in 1965 to protect African-American voters who had faced decades of discrimination at the polls.
Democrat Jay Inslee elected Washington state governor
SEATTLE - Former Democratic U.S. Representative Jay Inslee will be Washington state's next governor after Republican state Attorney General Rob McKenna conceded defeat on Friday.
Vote may be close on Justice Department antitrust chief
WASHINGTON - The stalled nomination of William Baer to be chief of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division may move forward in the coming weeks, a person with knowledge of the situation said on Friday.
Hit political blogger Nate Silver on future of predictive modeling
NEW YORK - Nate Silver is an oxymoron come to life: the famous statistician.
Election shines light on long path to post-racial America
So much for post-racial. When President Barack Obama won his historic bid for the U.S. presidency in 2008 as the nation's first black president, there was a lot of talk about new era for American. But his re-election on Tuesday showed that in U.S. politics, race has far from become a back-burner issue.
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