Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
DAL2000092901 - 29 SEPTEMBER 2000 - DALLAS, TX, USA: U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, surrounded by members of the Kilgore Rangerettes, at the opening of The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future, in association with the Smithsonian Institution, September 29, at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. rw/mo/Moises Olmos UPI
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Congressional budget dickering went on into the night in Washington Sunday while the nation lurched ever closer to the so-called fiscal cliff.
A senior Republican accused President Barack Obama of wanting to take the United States over the "fiscal cliff" for political gain.
The political divide of the U.S. Congress remained the same after Election Day 2012, with Republicans controlling the House of Representatives and Democrats holding onto the Senate.
Another major conservative voiced support for U.S. immigration reform this week but this one has been calling for it for a while, albeit not as loudly as he has for tax cuts.
The Tea Party movement, vital to the 2010 Republican takeover of the U.S. House, will be instrumental in the GOP drive for control of the Senate, observers say.
Tea Party insurgent Ted Cruz's easy win over a well-known Texas politician for the GOP's U.S. Senate nomination is part of "a great awakening," Cruz said.
Ted Cruz, who is backed by the Tea Party movement, defeated establishment choice David Dewhurst in the Texas Republican Senate runoff Tuesday, returns showed.
U.S. Senate Democrats are calling on supporters of the DREAM Act to appeal to opponents and put a face on the issue of illegal immigration.
A bipartisan resolution was introduced Tuesday in the U.S. Senate to make Juneteenth or June 19 a national holiday celebrating the end of slavery.
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