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- Obama budget predicts $1.3T deficit for 2012
- February 10, 2012
- The White House on Friday confirmed a report that President Barack Obama’s new budget predicts a $1.3 trillion deficit for the ongoing fiscal year. The deficit would drop to $901 billion next year under the administration’s tax and spending policies.
- Kansas Senate approves congressional map that consolidates Lawrence in 2nd, puts Manhattan in 1st
- February 8, 2012
- The Kansas Senate Wednesday approved a bi-partisan congressional redistricting plan that puts all of Lawrence in the 2nd U.S. House district.
- Mitt Romney rolls to easy win in Nevada GOP caucuses
- 10:44 p.m., February 4, 2012 Updated 12:35 a.m.
- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has won Nevada’s Republican presidential caucuses.
- Obama seeks to broaden reach of housing assistance
- February 1, 2012
- Conceding his earlier housing programs have fallen short, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a vast expansion of government assistance to homeowners, aiming to make lower lending rates a possibility for millions of borrowers who have not been able to get out from under burdensome mortgages.
- Kobach confirms he’s an unpaid adviser to Romney
- February 1, 2012
- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach confirms that he’s serving as an unpaid adviser on immigration issues to Republican Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign.
- Major GOP ‘super PACs’ raised millions in 2011
- January 31, 2012
- The most significant “super” political committees in this year’s presidential campaign revealed the names of their wealthy donors Tuesday. The casino mogul who with his wife contributed $10 million to Newt Gingrich’s group gave five times more than the group collected from all other sources.
- Romney wins big in Fla. primary, routing Gingrich
- 07:22 p.m., January 31, 2012 Updated 12:05 a.m.
- Mitt Romney routed Newt Gingrich in the Florida primary Tuesday night, rebounding smartly from an earlier defeat and taking a major step toward the Republican presidential nomination. Gingrich vowed to press on despite the one-sided setback
- Obama and GOP candidates offer a campaign preview
- January 26, 2012
- On a day that combined two campaigns into one, President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Republicans to raise taxes on the rich as GOP rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich swiped at him on the economy and criticized each other over immigration.
- Giffords resigns House seat to focus on recovery
- January 25, 2012
- In a House occasionally known for untoward exits, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords stood among cheering, crying colleagues to say goodbye Wednesday, over a year after she was gravely wounded by a would-be assassin.
- Kansas Republicans critical of Obama’s address
- January 24, 2012
- Roberts said he wished Obama had laid out details on reducing regulations, reforming taxes for all Americans, promoting businesses, such as aviation companies, and reducing entitlement spending.
- Obama: US must reclaim values of fairness for all
- January 24, 2012
- President Barack Obama says America is at a defining moment — deciding whether it will settle for being a nation where many people barely get by or one where everybody gets a fair shot at success.
- Yoder reflects on lessons of first year in Congress
- January 23, 2012
- Political observers say Rep. Kevin Yoder is poised for a long political career, one that could include a House leadership role or Senate seat. Yoder says the biggest surprise from his first year in Congress was “the lack of civility” he saw.
- Lawrence could be consolidated into 2nd U.S. House District
- January 21, 2012
- A plan to place Lawrence in one U.S. House district — the 2nd — is forming in the Legislature.
- Obama isn’t 1st president to serenade the public
- January 21, 2012
- Is it too much to ask our presidents to uphold the Constitution, command the armed forces, execute the nation’s laws — AND provide us with a little musical interlude?
- After protest, Congress puts off movie piracy bill
- January 20, 2012
- Caving to a massive campaign by Internet services and their millions of users, Congress indefinitely postponed legislation Friday to stop online piracy of movies and music costing U.S. companies billions of dollars every year. Critics said the bills would result in censorship and stifle Internet innovation.
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