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Obama nominee vows to work with Congress to fund transportation

Obama nominee vows to work with Congress to fund transportation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be transportation secretary promised on Wednesday to work with Congress to figure out how to fund U.S. transportation needs during a time of tight budgets and faced lingering Republican anger ov... [...]

May 22, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill

Amid rancor, a chance for U.S. action on trade bill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major trade legislation appears increasingly likely to clear Congress this year despite an intensely partisan atmosphere made worse by scandals plaguing President Barack Obama's administration. [...]

May 22, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
IRS’ Lerner says did nothing wrong, refuses to answer questions

IRS’ Lerner says did nothing wrong, refuses to answer questions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Internal Revenue Service official who this month revealed the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups asserted her constitutional right not to answer questions before a congressional committee on Wednesday. [...]

May 22, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor

Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor. [...]

May 22, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman

Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman

MUSCAT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday what U.S. officials said was an estimated $2.1 billion deal for Oman to buy a ground-based air defense system from U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co.. [...]

May 22, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary

Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in primary

(Reuters) - The embattled mayor of Pennsylvania's financially crippled capital of Harrisburg was ousted on Tuesday when she lost the Democratic primary to the owner of an independent bookstore. [...]

May 22, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Los Angeles voters choose from two Democrats for mayor

Los Angeles voters choose from two Democrats for mayor

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters in Los Angeles went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor in an election between two liberal Democrats seeking to lead America's second-largest city as it faces an increasingly gloomy financial outlook. [...]

May 21, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels

Senate panel backs arming Syria rebels

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its [...]

May 21, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come

House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives made clear on Tuesday that automatic spending cuts will be a recurring nightmare for Washington as it passed a measure to sharply reduce funding for government agencies... [...]

May 21, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews
Tax official at center of scandal won’t testify: lawyer

Tax official at center of scandal won’t testify: lawyer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of a scandal about the targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny, plans to assert her constitutional right not to answer questions from a congressiona... [...]

May 21, 2013 Fresh Politics, politicsNews