‘Politics’ Articles
Tax break extensions lose momentum before election
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress is unlikely to renew before November elections 67 temporary tax measures that expired at the end of 2011, Senator Orrin Hatch, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, told Reuters on Tuesday.
Nevada is friendly turf for Romney
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The next state in the Republican nominating contest, Nevada, is friendly turf for front-runner Mitt Romney, who easily won here four years ago and is perhaps even stronger in the state this time round.
Romney confident, Newt to press on as Florida votes
ORLANDO/TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Anticipating victory in Florida's game-changing Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, Mitt Romney looked ahead while his struggling rival Newt Gingrich vowed to press on with his White House quest.
Hoyer: Keystone XL cannot be rushed
The Keystone XL oil pipeline "has merit" but shouldn't be approved without thorough study, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) argued Tuesday. Read more...
Key Republican says to consider Fed nominees on merits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Senate Republican on Tuesday said President Barack Obama's nominees to the U.S. central bank should be considered on their merits, suggesting bad blood over recent "recess" appointments would not derail them.
Lawmakers press Obama on China auto parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Midwestern U.S. lawmakers and union groups on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to restrict imports of auto parts from China that they said benefited from massive illegal subsidies and threatened hundreds of thousands of American jobs.
Gingrich raises $10 million in end 2011, $5 million in January
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich raised about $10 million in the last three months of 2011 and $5 million in January, his spokesman said on Tuesday, giving him the financial footing to stay in the race even if he loses Florida.
Obama Forgets to Hit Compassion Button
Yesterday, in speaking with Jennifer Weddel, the wife of an unemployed semiconductor engineer, President Obama displayed why he is sometimes overrated as a politician. Instead of hitting F8, which I think is the Obama Compassion Button, he hit F7, which is the Obama Lecture...]
