Tea Party Groups Seek Vengeance For Fired Staffer
The Tea Party wants to avenge Paul Teller.
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Morning Must Reads: December 13
In the news: House passes budget agreement; Farm Bill becomes symbol of “ideological ineptitude”; presidential task force recommends big changes at NSA; Senate hits rock bottom; CIA agent went rogue in Iran and disappeared
Senator Will Fast To Support Immigration Reform
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) accepts invitation from reform advocacy group Fast4Families
House Likely To Pass Budget Agreement
GOP aides expect majority of Republicans to support it
Morning Must Reads: December 12
In the news: Obama suspends nonlethal aid to Syrian opposition; House Republican leaders endorse budget deal; Senate grinds to a halt; Wall Street is fed up; Redskins bench RGIII
Morning Must Reads: December 11
In the news: TIME’s 2013 Person of the Year, a budget deal, Syrian war, NSA hacking, the Volcker rule, Obama’s approval rating, and Nelson Mandela
Conservative Groups Try to Kill Emerging Budget Agreement
‘The deal is not going to be what mainstream Republicans hoped for’
Morning Must Reads: December 10
In the news: Nelson Mandela memorial service, the Volcker rule, defense bill agreement, budget talks, the state of deception, 2014 elections, and women in the Senate
Don’t Look Now: The Do-Nothing Congress Is About to Get Stuff Done
A historically unproductive Congress takes up a series of important legislations and nominations during its final two weeks of the year
Morning Must Reads: December 9
In the news: Congress’ year-end dash; homeless children in NYC; Hillary Clinton’s legacy as SoS; Senate races; the incredible year of U.S. stocks; Kennedy Center Honors Gala
Morning Must Reads: December 6
In the news: the death of Nelson Mandela; budget talks; Bill Bratton returns to NYPD; 2 Gitmo detainees released; the Pope
Tense Endgame for Budget Talks
One week from deadline, budget negotiators Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray are a few billion dollars apart from a deal
Stumped By Earth, Congress Looks For Intelligent Life Elsewhere
The Congress that shut the government down ponders how we would talk to a planet of zebras