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Steve Contorno Examiner Staff Writer Examiner Coverage More Virginia local news coverageVirginia Republicans and Democrats promised a more transparent budget process and greater cooperation in solving a deep fiscal crisis before the Wednesday start of a legislative session already marred by lawsuits and political bickering. Legislative leaders from both sides vowed to wrap up the commonwealth’s financial blueprint by the scheduled March 10 deadline. The goal is to outline any discrepancies early and hammer them out in the open… examinerpolitics.com
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Virginia lawmakers vow to avoid deadlock on budget
ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON The Senate voted Tuesday to effectively block the Justice Department from undertaking gun-smuggling probes like the flawed “Operation Fast and Furious” aimed at breaking up networks running guns to Mexican drug cartels but that lost track of hundreds of the weapons, some of which were used to commit crimes in Mexico and the United States. The 99-0 vote… examinerpolitics.com
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Senate votes to end ‘Fast and Furious’ gun program
JERI CLAUSING,PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press PHOENIX PHOENIX (AP) — GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain apologized again Monday for remarks about building an electric fence on the Mexico border that could kill people trying to cross illegally, but he indicated the controversial proposal was still on the table. “It was a joke,” Cain said emphatically during a news conference with Maricopa County Sheriff… examinerpolitics.com
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JOSH LOFTIN Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah announced Monday that he wouldn’t challenge longtime Sen. Orrin Hatch for the Republican nomination next year, ending a statewide effort that has been building for months and possibly disappointing tea party advocates who saw him as their best shot for knocking off another GOP senator. While Chaffetz maintained during his… examinerpolitics.com
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz won’t take on Sen. Orrin Hatch
The Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says negotiations aimed at resolving the debt-limit standoff are under way at the White House. As a result, the Nevada Democrat postponed a test vote on a Democratic debt limit proposal that had been scheduled for shortly after midnight. He says he’s delaying that vote until 1 p.m. Sunday to give negotiators time to work out… examinerpolitics.com
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The Associated Press The Associated Press WASHINGTON The White House says House Speaker John Boehner’s Republican debt ceiling plan cannot pass in the Senate. But White House spokesman Jay Carney says the administration remains confident Congress will “act appropriately” and extend the nation’s borrowing authority before an Aug. 2 deadline. Carney stopped short of issuing a veto threat against… examinerpolitics.com
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KAREN HAWKINS Associated Press CHICAGO CHICAGO (AP) — Democrats’ path to taking back the U.S. House from Republicans in 2012 “runs right through Illinois,” the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said Saturday. Rep. Steve Israel of New York told The Associated Press that he believes the party can pick up two to five seats in President Barack Obama’s home state. Democrats need 24… examinerpolitics.com
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Ill. is key battleground in congressional election
BETH FOUHY Associated Press NEW YORK Democratic leaders have chosen a state lawmaker from Queens to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned his seat in New York’s 9th Congressional District last month after a sexting scandal. Assemblyman David Weprin, 55, was expected to be formally nominated Friday by leaders of the Queens and Brooklyn Democratic parties, an adviser to Weprin said Thursday. The adviser spoke… examinerpolitics.com
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NYC Dems tap state lawmaker to run for Weiner seat
STEPHEN BRAUN Associated Press WASHINGTON GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Raul says he was a lone early voice warning about deficit perils, but now his alarms are winning mainstream support that could boost his 2012 bid for the Republican nomination. The Texas congressman told CNN’s “State of the Union” that the mainstream is “moving in the direction that I have been talking about for a long… examinerpolitics.com
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Rep. Ron Paul says he sounded alarm on deficits