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WASHINGTON (AP) — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy is promising conservative GOP lawmakers "I'm not John Boehner" as he seeks their support to replace Boehner as speaker. McCarthy and his two Republican rivals for the speaker's job took turns meeting behind closed doors Tuesday night
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There's another Republican race under way and it has nothing to do with the presidency, although it will have plenty of impact on federal policymaking. John Boehner's abrupt retirement as speaker of the House of Representatives, announced last week, means the GOP will soon select a
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WASHINGTON (AP) — With Congress in turmoil, House Speaker John Boehner abruptly informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hardline conservative opposition that threatens an institutional crisis. The 13-term Ohio Republican, second in line to the
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Nearly 200 retired generals and admirals attached their names to an open letter sent to Congress on Wednesday, saying the controversial Iran nuclear agreement threatens national security and lawmakers should reject the deal, according to the Washington Post. A total of 190 retired officers from all five branches of the
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Written by Deb Riechmann and Erica Werner WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative House Republicans have embarked on an eleventh-hour political maneuver to derail the Iranian nuclear deal, saying they can't vote on it until the president coughs up copies of side deals Tehran negotiated with atomic inspectors.
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Written by Erica Werner and George Jahn WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's nuclear deal is flaring over revelations of a secret side agreement involving Iranian inspections. But House Democrats are shrugging off the report and claiming they have the votes to back up Obama anyway.
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By Bruce Schreiner GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) — President Barack Obama has "a great likelihood of success" in his showdown with congressional Republicans on the Iran nuclear deal, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell grudgingly acknowledged on Monday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House narrowly passed a Republican-led rewrite of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law on Wednesday, voting to dramatically lessen the federal role in education policy for the nation's public schools. The bill, sponsored by Minnesota Rep. John Kline, gives states and local school
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