Sen. Ayotte on 'one of great threats to our national security that you haven't heard of'
'It would be like shooting ourselves in the head, is what the secretary of defense has said'
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New ad: The top five congressional screw-ups of 2011
'Tis the season to be mock Congress with Christmas jokes
Survey shows corporate uneasiness tied to Eurozone, deficit crises
Business Roundtable survey also asked CEOs to rank their top cost pressures for the year
Boehner balks at automatic defense cuts: 'No one really wants to go there' [VIDEO]
'The secretary of defense has made it clear that if those defense cuts were to go into action that it would gut our military'
Sessions warns of perils of short-term solutions to debt
'A lot of the low-hanging spending fruit is going to be proposed by Republicans ... and they'll be used up too --- to fund new spending'
Christie to Obama: 'What the hell are we paying you for?' [VIDEO]
On super committee leadership: Obama isn't a senator anymore, 'he's the one in Washington, and he's got to get something done'
Bloomberg fuels presidential talk with attack on Barack Obama
NYC mayor launched attack on Obama for absence of leadership after super committee collapse
Navy Blue Angels fly into era of budget questions
The Pentagon spends $37 million for the Blue Angels
Obama urges Congress to save payroll tax cut
President made his call in the key voting state of New Hampshire where his Republican challengers will hold one of the first primary votes
TheDC Morning: Dems rely on voter fraud, says Dem
TheDC Morning: Dems rely on voter fraud, says Dem
Amid deficit crisis, White House hosts country music jamboree
First lady hosts state dining room event with Lyle Lovett, Darius Rucker, Kris Kristofferson
Blame Grover: Dems point finger at Norquist for super committee failure
'GOP rejected a balanced plan & chose to keep their pledge to Norquist to protect wealthiest 1 [percent] at all costs'
Obama promises to veto changes to automatic spending cuts, urges tax increases
'There are still too many Republicans in Congress who have refused to listen to the voice of reason and compromise'
Deficit reduction super committee super-fails
Finger-pointing begins with the corpse of the super committee still warm
Gingrich: Super committee failure 'good for America'
'I think it's going to fail --- and I think it should fail --- because it's exactly wrong'
Congress may try blocking cuts if debt panel fails
Prospects dimming for gridlocked super committee, little progress over weekend as Dems, GOP trade barbs
David Brooks: 'Welcome Greece. We are going to be Greece'
New York Times columnist is pessimistic about super committee agreement on budget cuts due next week