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Obama asks public to push Congress on tax cuts

President Barack Obama is turning to the American people for help in pushing Congress to extend a payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of February. 1329226228

Texas Republicans criticize Obama's budget plan

President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2013 drew immediate rebukes from Texas Republican lawmakers for its price tag and higher fees and taxes, including more than $40 billion on oil and gas producers. 1329223829
Proposal would prohibit foreign laws in South Carolina courts

A long list of S.C. lawmakers plan to send a message to Palmetto State courts: Don't apply foreign laws here. A proposed law, which a House panel will consider later this month, is part of a growing movement in legislatures around the country. 1329224430
Kansas lawmaker proposes drug testing for welfare recipients

In a legislative session already flush with complex and divisive issues, Kansas lawmakers now want to take on their version of welfare reform: drug testing. 1329223829
Miami Judge Jordan likely to be confirmed for 11th Circuit, but in messy process

A dispute in the U.S. Senate over President Barack Obama's executive branch nominees threatens to snag the appointment of the first Cuban-born judge to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 1329221140
FACT CHECK: There are budget phantoms in the room

When a president introduces a budget, there are always phantoms flitting around the room. President Barack Obama's spending plan sets loose a number of them.
China's next leader Xi Jinping visits White House

Washington is getting its first hard look at Xi Jinping, the man destined to lead China in the coming decade, during which the global powers probably will see their economic ties grow even as they are viewed increasingly as military rivals. 1329220243
Transportation boosted to top of political agenda

After years of procrastination, the White House and Congress have suddenly boosted a long-term plan to improve the nation's roads, bridges and transit systems to the top of the political agenda.
Panetta defends military budget plan

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is defending his department's slimmed-down, $614 billion budget plan, telling senators it's time to step up and show they are serious about reducing the deficit.
Study: 1 in 8 US voter registrations have errors

Some 24 million voter registrations in the United States contain significant errors, including about 1.8 million dead people still on the rolls and many more approved to vote in multiple states, according to a report released Tuesday.