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The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of repealing President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act for the 37th time.
A-list comes to Washington for White House Correspondents Dinner
Politics, entertainment and the news media blended in Washington Saturday for what has become called the nerd prom, the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Black lawmakers see racism in Rice blame
Congress' highest-ranking black lawmaker says he suspects Republicans are pillorying U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice because she is black.
Dems hope to take back House, analysts aren't so sure
Democrats hope to cut into, if not outright overcome, the 241 U.S. House seats now occupied by Republicans.
Four times as many U.S. Democratic House members will have top roles in their party's convention than House Republicans had in theirs, the schedule indicates.
Dozens of Dems may join GOP on contempt
At least four Democrats in tough re-election fights said they will join Republicans in voting to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
The U.S. House voted to extend the Export Import Bank's charter for two more years in a bipartisan vote that collected 147 yes votes from Republicans.
There are no oil market disruptions that would require a release from strategic petroleum reserves in the United States, a Democratic leader said.
Pelosi rips GOP payroll tax offset plan
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday criticized a Republican plan for offsetting a payroll tax cut, saying the GOP was out to "get" the middle class.
McConnell: No extension for supercommittee
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Thursday there will be no deadline extension for the panel tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in budget cuts.
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Brad Pitt arrives on the red carpet at the New York Premiere of "World War Z" in Times Square in New York City on June 17, 2013. UPI/John Angelillo