Recent Votes

• Obama: 'I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth'

  President Obama said he related to middle class Americans “looking for a chance,” as he highlighted his administration’s efforts to retrain unemployed workers for new jobs.

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• US condemns troops who allegedly posed with dead suicide bombers in Afghanistan

  Updated at 2 p.m. ET: KABUL: The Los Angeles Times published photos showing U.S. troops posing with the body parts of dead suicide bombers in Afghanistan on Wednesday, prompting condemnations from American officials even before the pictures were posted on the newsp …

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• Administration pushes anti-waste effort, savings

  The Obama administration says it is saving taxpayers billions of dollars in improper payments to vendors and contractors, the result of a concerted attempt to reduce errors and instances of fraud in outside expenditures. To better coordinate the effort among executive agencies, i …

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• Obama, flanked by millionaires, renews push for Buffett Rule

    President Obama sought Wednesday to expand his push for the so-called Buffett Rule by highlighting its support among corporate chieftains and even Republicans. Flanked by a group of millionaires and their secretaries, Obama hit for another consecutive day on themes of fai …

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• Analysis: Obama tested by events outside control

  This is the economy election, right? Tell that to the world. President Barack Obama is getting another dose of the reality of his job: the out-of-his-control events that shape whether he will keep it. He is lobbying Israel not to launch on attack on Iran that could set the Middl …

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