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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate vote to impose sanctions on China for its unfair currency practices was put off Thursday, delayed by the partisan divisions that have come to characterize this Congress. (more)

For all of President Obama’s insistence that Congress must “pass this bill now,” and Democrats’ assurances that they have the votes necessary to pass it, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was in no mood to vote on the president’s jobs-creation bill Tuesday afternoon. (more)

If you’re looking for information about the inner workings of Congress’ secretive debt-reduction “super committee,” you won’t find it in the newspaper or on cable news. But for a hefty fee, you can buy access in the form of a Capitol Hill staffer-turned-lobbyist. (more)

The national debate on the next generation of stimulus came to my backyard today as President Barack Obama held a political rally in my community to push for passage of his jobs package and used the replacement of an aging interstate bridge as his background visual. (more)

As both chambers prepare for debate this afternoon on debt deal reached by lawmakers Sunday evening, most of the attention will be focused on efforts to get conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats on board to vote yes. (more)

Finally some light at the end of the tunnel? (more)

Led by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 43 Republican senators declared in a Saturday afternoon letter that they won’t vote for the debt ceiling plan Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is offering. (more)

Republican South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint said Tuesday that the McConnell back-up plan on the debt limit could be the downfall for Republicans.  (more)

The debt limit plan designed by Senator Mitch McConnell is political engineering of the highest order: Take a thorny issue with lots of angles, distill it to its political essence and come up with a way to minimize your pain and maximize your benefit. No, the plan doesn’t reduce the size of the federal debt by one dollar. It doesn’t limit government or expand freedom, nor does it punish President Obama for failing to do the same. It may, however, give Republican officeholders an issue to run on in the next election cycle. For that reason, many in the Republican leadership consider it brilliant. (more)

Congress might be running out of time to raise the $14.3 trillion national debt ceiling, but Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan is the biggest disappointment since “Soul Plane.” (more)

Just when you thought you’d heard it all in the debt ceiling debate. (more)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to hike the debt limit has only one thought behind it — fade the political heat. The plan purportedly makes the Democratic president bear the political burden for increases in the debt limit, to the benefit of Republicans. But the plan does nothing for the good of the country. (more)

The Heritage Foundation came out in full force against the back-up plan proposed this week by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in the absence of a deal on raising the debt limit. (more)

Democrats, afraid Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s plan to raise the debt ceiling will hurt their party’s image, are expressing distaste for the proposal. (more)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has signed on to co-sponsor the Cut, Cap, Balance Act, The Daily Caller has learned. (more)

White House debt-ceiling negotiations have collapsed into a public relations duel, as each political coalition tries to harness the public’s simultaneous fears of defaults and runaway budgets. (more)

Debt limit negotiations took a surprising turn Tuesday, when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered a backup plan that essentially gives President Barack Obama the authority to unilaterally raise the debt limit. (more)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell issued a rather lengthy press release Tuesday morning that blasted President Obama’s handling of the debt limit debate and dedication to big government. The criticism, however, shrouded the biggest takeaway from the statement: Republicans will not let the government default on its debt. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Budget talks between President Barack Obama and his GOP rivals are at a frustrating standstill, leading a top Republican to launch a long-shot proposal to give Obama sweeping new powers to muscle through an increase in the government’s debt limit without the approval of a bitterly divided Congress. (more)

Republicans have a political opportunity to promote legislation that would establish Guantanamo Bay prison as the default detention facility for jihadis following the White House’s controversial decision to transfer a Somali jihadi from U.S. military custody to a civil court in the United States. (more)