Topic: United States
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans thwarted Democrats' attempt on Thursday to confirm Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.The Senate vote to overcome a Republican filibuster was 53 to 45 and 60 votes were needed.(Reporting by Dave Clarke; Editing ...
DENVER (Reuters) - Though demographic trends lean in his favor, President Barack Obama has work to do in Colorado to woo Hispanics, the voting bloc that holds the key to victory in this battleground state and, potentially, nationwide.Strong support from Latinos helped ...
(Reuters) - Former MF Global chief Jon Corzine plans to deliver opening remarks when he appears before a congressional panel on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter.The situation is still fluid. It is not yet clear if he will at ...
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday the "gaping inequality" facing the middle class was the "defining issue of our time" in a passionate outline of his 2012 reelection message.Obama traveled to Kansas in a bid to commandeer the aura of barnstorming president ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will pick up the endorsement of former Vice President Dan Quayle at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, a Romney campaign official said.Quayle was vice president to Republican President George H.W. Bush in the ...
He’ll make it interesting, but GOP voters will find Romney the better bet to beat President Obama.He’ll make it interesting, but GOP voters will find Romney the better bet to beat President Obama.It's hard to ignore Newt Gingrich’s return from the dead ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During his quick ride to the top of voter surveys, Newt Gingrich has cast himself as the more conservative alternative to a flip-flopping Mitt Romney, the other leading Republican candidate for president.But the rise of Gingrich, a former speaker ...
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney flexed his campaign's organizational muscle in the key early voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday, unleashing hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors and make phone calls on his behalf.The former ...
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney flexed his campaign's organizational muscle in the key early voting state of New Hampshire on Saturday, unleashing hundreds of volunteers to knock on doors and make phone calls on his behalf.Standing before ...
White House hopeful Newt Gingrich's surge in the polls has upended the race for the Republican nomination, setting up a key showdown between him and Mitt Romney in the first caucus vote in Iowa.Gingrich has pledged to make near-daily appearances in the ...
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