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WASHINGTON (AP) — Slowly, painfully and reluctantly, congressional Democrats are slogging their way toward acceptance of President Barack Obama’s tax cut compromise, which would let rich and poor Americans keep Bush-era tax cuts that were scheduled to expire this month. (more)

WASHINGTON — Negotiators worked on a deal Thursday that would extend expiring tax cuts for everyone even as House Democrats moved toward a vote to show their commitment to letting taxes on the wealthy go up. (more)

In what amounts to an epic constitutionality #fail, Senate Democrats may have blown their chances to see their food safety bill signed into law. (more)

After months of rhetoric about the Bush-era tax cuts, House Republicans will finally be put to the test on whether they will vote down a measure to extend them for the middle class. (more)

The second-ranking House Democrat said Monday that President Obama’s move to freeze the pay of civilian federal employees should also be extended to military personnel. (more)

WASHINGTON — The head of the agency responsible for airport security, facing protests from travelers and pressure from the White House, appeared to give ground Sunday on his position that there would be no change in policies regarding invasive passenger screening procedures. (more)

Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get to vote this year on just extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, a senior Dem aide tells me, signaling support for a confrontational move towards the GOP that liberals have been pushing. (more)

Democratic House Majority Leader and soon-to-be Whip Steny Hoyer expressed his dismay with Republicans for postponing a meeting with President Obama in the White House, suggesting the move was an early sign that the relationship between Obama and the new class of Republicans could be getting off to a rocky start. (more)

After weeks of uncertainty among Democrats over the future of House leadership, the party elected Nancy Pelosi as minority leader in a 150 to 43 vote. They also elected Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer for whip and South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn as assistant leader. (more)

WASHINGTON — The top six Republican and Democratic candidates running in today’s House leadership elections poured more than $6 million into their colleagues’ campaigns since 2009, nearly a third more than during the 2006 election. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite suffering near-historic election losses this month, House Democrats moved closer Wednesday to keeping their leadership team intact, with Nancy Pelosi of California still on top. (more)

Dwight Schrute would be jealous. (more)

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the incoming chairman of the House Budget Committee, shed some light Tuesday morning on the relationship between outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the rank-and-file members of the Republican caucus, a relationship that seems minimal at best. (more)

Far-left Rep. Dennis Kucinich made the boldest public comments yet late Monday regarding Democrats’ growing sense that Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York may not be their best shot at standing up to President Obama’s chief congressional tormentor, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, on the Oversight Committee in the next Congress. (more)

The biggest issue in the coming lame-duck session (and perhaps the next Congress) is what to do with the 2001 and 2003 tax relief expiring at the end of next month. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats averted a messy leadership struggle, clearing the way for Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer to become second in command of their new minority without a challenge from South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn. (more)

While the battle for Democratic whip rages between Reps. Steny Hoyer and James Clyburn, another fight is quietly brewing over who will serve as foil to top GOP oversight official Rep. Darrell Issa of California in the 112th Congress. (more)

Republicans, who were expected to be overwhelmed by internal divisions and Tea Party discord, have navigated the first set of rapids with surprising ease following the midterm elections, while Democrats have suffered a level of chaos that most did not foresee. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a fresh sign of turmoil among defeated Democrats, a growing number of the rank and file say they won’t support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically symbolic roll call when the new Congress meets in January. (more)

A younger generation of Democrats is chafing at being asked to stand aside and let a triumvirate of elders keep their leadership positions in the wake of a catastrophic midterm election result. (more)