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Republicans say they will follow "the people's priorities" when they gain power on Capitol Hill next month. Yet when it came to Tax Cuts for the wealthy and other top issues that dominated the just concluded lame-duck Congress, the GOP either defi…

The legislative accomplishments were anything but lame in the post-election period, according to analysts and even some of President Barack Obama's Republican adversaries who begrudged him some late 2010 victories, including a nuclear arms reducti…

WASHINGTON – This is the story of a "Lame Duck" Congress that wasn't. Shaken by a historic election in which angry voters canceled Democratic control of the House, lawmakers of both parties and President Barack Obama tried something new: T…

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., poses for a picture as he... WASHINGTON (AP) - In the middle of a House debate, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky handed the woman in charge of the rules a paper bag. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-…

WASHINGTON – In the middle of a House debate, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky handed the woman in charge of the rules a paper bag. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., peered inside, saw the bottle of Maker's Mark bourbon and laughed. I…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the middle of a House debate, Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky handed the woman in charge of the rules a paper bag. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., peered inside, saw the bottle of Maker’s Mark bourbon and l…

(CBS/AP) President Barack Obama eased into the first day of his Hawaiian Vacation Thursday, opting for Privacy over publicity after wrapping up a frenzied lame-duck legislative session. The president began with what's become a familiar routine du…