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The National Rifle Association used the threat of an election-year backlash to tamp down U.S. Senate support for expanded background checks on gun sales -- even though the lobbying group lost almost every race it spent money on during the 2012 campaign.
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Senate Republicans say curbing the growth in entitlement spending and shrinking the deficit are the main topics during a dinner discussion with President Barack Obama tonight at the White House.
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The spending bill Congress passed shows $1.2 trillion in budget cuts that weren’t supposed to happen are now part of the political landscape.
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Brick-and-mortar retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. see an opportunity to claim victory in a lobbying duel against online companies that don’t collect sales tax from their customers.
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Voter frustration over the economy and dissatisfaction with Washington returned control of the U.S. House of Representatives to Republicans and strengthened the party’s hold on the Senate.
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Republican candidates for open U.S. Senate seats dominated their Democratic rivals in fundraising during the last three months, while incumbent Democratic senators including Harry Reid also fell behind in the competition for campaign cash.
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Voters in 12 states delivered a mixed message as a Democratic senator in Arkansas survived a primary challenge, two former chief executive officers captured Republican nominations in California and a Tea Party activist won a race in Nevada to challenge the leader of the U.S. Senate.
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Two Democratic U.S. senators will try to beat back primary challengers who could deny them re- nomination today in an election year that’s becoming tough for incumbents.
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President Barack Obama assembled what he called his own basketball “dream team,” calling in retired basketball greats Michael Jordan and Patrick Ewing to help him raise more than $3 million for his re-election.
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U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas overcame the anti-incumbent mood among many voters and won the Democratic nomination for a third term in Washington, according to the Associated Press.
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