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The booming stock market is of little solace to middle-class Americans, who continue to express concern about their financial security and the overall condition of the U.S. economy. The poor are even more bearish, surveys show.
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Support for gun control in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut remains far below the peak seen at the turn of the century, according to a survey released today.
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With eight days left before automatic federal budget cuts begin, Republicans and President Barack Obama are spending more time trying to sway public opinion and blaming each other than negotiating an agreement.
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What explains the National Rifle Association’s effectiveness in blocking gun-control legislation? That question has long plagued Democratic politicians and anti- gun activists.
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While President Barack Obama takes credit for keeping a 2008 campaign promise by ending the war in Iraq this month and pledges to wind down the war in Afghanistan by 2014, foreign policy offers a less certain election weapon.
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The inability of Congress and President Barack Obama to reach a deal on raising the national debt ceiling leaves retired Air Force pilot Phil Pignataro filled with feelings, none of them good.
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The U.S. House has a message for voters who want to cut spending: It passed a bill repealing a long-term health care program that the Obama administration had already dropped, and would bar welfare recipients from spending their benefits in strip clubs and casinos.
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The defeat of Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana revealed a streak in the U.S. electorate that decries the partisanship and rancor in Washington while helping to ensure it with their votes.
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Congress is at an impasse over a federal spending bill amid a partisan dispute on funding for disaster assistance, escalating a fight that threatens a shutdown of government operations by month’s end.
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