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Under pressure to comply with a Republican House rule to make all bills available “for three days” before voting on them, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced Tuesday morning he would wait until Thursday to bring the fiscal year spending bill to the floor. (more)

The Maryland General Assembly has scheduled a March 9 public hearing on a bill that would take a far more aggressive approach toward health reform in the state than passed at the federal level last year. (more)

The 14 Wisconsin state Senate Democrats who left the state two weeks ago will now face fines of $100 for each day they miss, if they miss two or more days. (more)

Congressional staffers are bracing themselves for a marathon workweek, as the House debates a plan to fund the government through the next fiscal year. Republican leadership is using an “open rule” process that allows any of the 433 House members to submit, within certain boundaries, as many amendments as they want. (more)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will force a vote in the Senate to repeal the new health care law by offering it as an amendment to the first bill the Senate takes up this year. A vote could come as early as Tuesday afternoon. (more)

In a decision steeped in the words of the Founding Fathers, a federal judge has ruled for the second time the President Obama’s health-care law is unconstitutional and must be “declared void” in full. (more)

With his first term nearing the halfway point this month, Americans are split on whether they approve of President Obama’s job performance, but support for the president has risen steadily since the November elections, a new poll shows. (more)

Following a shooting in Arizona that seriously wounded Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others, New York Democrat Carolyn McCarthy is preparing to introduce a new gun control measure on the floor of the House. (more)

On the campaign trail for Illinois State Senator and GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie fields a question about why Brady won’t be more specific about state spending cuts. Christie emphasizes that a commitment to spending cuts is specific of its own accord, especially because, as Christie claims he found, the extent and types of needed cuts aren’t clear until one reaches the governor’s office. (more)

In an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Delaware GOP Senate nominee Christine O’Donnell discusses the media’s focus on her and indicated to the host that she will not be conducting anymore national media interviews in the run up to the election. (more)

The U.S. Senate Thursday could pass a long-stalled measure that would boost lending to small businesses, giving President Barack Obama’s Democrats one of their last chances to show voters they are working to revive the sluggish economy. (more)

The Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on ending a debate on a bill that it says will aid small businesses and result in the creation of 500,000 jobs. (more)

PARIS (AP) — The French Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a measure that affects less than 2,000 women but that has been widely seen as a symbolic defense of French values. (more)

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will call the House back into session next week to approve a measure to help states ease their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Last-minute money to save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public workers overcame a Republican filibuster Wednesday and sped toward Senate passage. The House, under pressure to help hard-pressed schools nationwide, was being called back from its summer break for an expected final vote next week. (more)

The moment has been long in coming, but it may finally have arrived. (more)

People seeking unemployment benefits or welfare would have to first pass a drug test under a proposal Sen. Orrin Hatch will try to add to legislation extending the social safety net during this time of economic turmoil. (more)

The greatest hockey game ever played has come to be known as the “Miracle on Ice.” It happened in the 1980 Winter Olympics when the United States with its team of amateurs took on and beat the Soviet Union, which had won the gold every year since 1964, and was considered invincible. I remember it like it was yesterday. (more)

The automotive safety bill progressing through Congress in the wake of Toyota Motor Corp.’s historic recalls could lead to major cost implications for certain suppliers if federal regulators seek to beef up automotive “black boxes.” (more)