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Rep. King won't run for Senate seat being vacated by Harkin
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, will not run for the U.S. Senate seat now occupied by the retiring Democrat, Tom Harkin.
Entitlement cuts raise liberal hackles
U.S. President Barack Obama told House Republicans balancing the budget is not his top priority, lawmakers said after meeting with the president Wednesday.
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U.S. Senate Democrats Thursday presented a $110 billion alternative to the looming sequester that raises $55 billion in new revenue through the Buffett Rule.
Politics 2013: Is it 2014 already?
It's never too early to look ahead to the 2014 midterm elections for the U.S. Congress -- and retirements could throw a couple of monkey wrenches into party challenges.
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Tom Harkin announces he is leaving Senate
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced Saturday he will not run for a sixth term in 2014.
U.S. senators took a "baby step" toward limiting filibuster use but kept the longstanding 60-vote threshold to stop the minority party from blocking measures.
Filibuster issue in Senate GOP's lap
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has given his Republican counterpart until Thursday to strike a bipartisan agreement on changes to the filibuster rules.
House passes Senate's 'fiscal cliff' deal
The U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed the "fiscal cliff" deal approved earlier in the Senate, raising taxes on upper-income households.
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Palestinian  Security Forces Patrol the Border With Egypt.
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad