Topic: U.S. Republican Party
(Reuters) - Congress, after months of bitter fighting, is poised on Friday to pass a payroll tax cut extension that President Barack Obama argues is vital to the health of the economy.The legislation would continue for two months a 4.2 percent payroll ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Senate Republican on Thursday sought to break a year-end impasse over extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, an issue that has deeply divided his party and raised the risk of an economic downturn in ...
US Republican lawmakers faced a torrent of political pressure and media scorn Wednesday after triggering an uproar by blocking a compromise plan to extend a tax break for 160 million Americans.The conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, normally a bastion ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans were under growing pressure on Wednesday to agree to a 60-day extension of an expiring payroll tax cut for 160 million workers and end a stand-off with Democrats that threatens to undercut a fragile U.S. economic recovery.The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama demanded on Tuesday that Republicans in the House of Representatives pass a short-term extension of a payroll tax cut, showing an unwillingness to back down in a fight that could result in higher taxes for 160 ...
A new poll has Mitt Romney edging out Newt Gingrich as the most trusted GOP presidential candidate on gay marriageA new poll has Mitt Romney edging out Newt Gingrich as the most trusted GOP presidential candidate on gay marriage. According to the ...
Republican lawmakers are set to reject a bipartisan compromise on extending a payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits, in a new twist to a bitter year-end Washington showdown.Time is running out for Congress to act on President Barack Obama's demand for a ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a tax cut for 160 million U.S. workers set to expire in less than two weeks, Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Monday were mired in a last-ditch battle over extending it.In a surprise turnabout, Republicans in the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The fate of an expiring tax break for 160 million American workers was in doubt on Sunday after the top Republican lawmaker declared his opposition to a two-month extension passed overwhelmingly by the Senate.House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's ...
Minnesota state Senator Amy Koch on Thursday resigned from her post as Senate majority leader over an alleged 'inappropriate relationship'Minnesota state Senator Amy Koch on Thursday resigned from her post as Senate majority leader over allegations she was involved in an “inappropriate ...
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