What Obama needs to do tonight
Obama seeks 5-year spending freeze
It's the first concrete detail released by the W.H.
McConnell: I get more Obama ear time
GOP prebuttal: No more spending
GOP frames call for investment as another stimulus.
Reid blasts Obama on earmarks
He calls out the president before SOTU address.
17 Dems join GOP in budget cut vote
Members align to win House approval of a resolution to roll back domestic appropriations.
Lawmakers save seats for SOTU
Pols start the scramble to get plum seats.
Giffords intern backs gun control
An aide tweets for Rep. Giffords
A staffer wishes Daniel Hernandez happy birthday.
Giffords to be honored at SOTU
The wounded lawmaker's colleagues will keep a seat open for her during the president's address.
CNN: Tea party is 'major force'
The network defends its decision to run Michele Bachmann's response to the State of the Union.
McCarthy embraces bipartisanship
A meeting with the House minority whip foreshadows a possible bipartisan alliance.
Left laments Obama's move to center
Poll: Unpopularity of reform spikes
Record high in public opposition to health care law.
Kirk not sorry for 'end zone dance'
He reveled in the GOP’s defeat of a $1.1 trillion spending bill riddled with earmarks.
Sanchez becomes top Dem on Ethics
Rep. Linda Sanchez takes over for fellow Californian Rep. Zoe Lofgren.
Cantor to join world elites in Davos
The trip will be an opportunity to introduce the international finance community to the GOP majority.
Scalia charms Tea Party caucus
FCC hit with second legal challenge
Metro PCS challenges net neutrality regulations.
Rep. Rivera facing ethics issues
GOP insiders already are drawing plans for a replacement should the freshman resign.
Harkin wary of filibuster deal
Senator calls a proposal “baby steps.”
Gibbs: 'Birthers' aren't 'rational'
The press secretary also hints that the president will touch on gun rights in the State of the Union.
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Gibbs hints at a ban on earmarks
"The president will draw a very sharp line on pet projects," the spokesman says before the speech.
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Note to GOP: Don't be 'petty'
Republicans "should simply let the president have his night." What's your take on the SOTU?
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Life lessons
Michelle Obama talks about being a role model at the first-ever National Mentoring Summit.
Ill. Supreme Court to hear Rahm case
Alito to skip State of the Union
Six justices are expected to attend, but Alito will be speaking at the University of Hawaii law school.
Time for politicians to tell the truth
Opinion: Pols may talk tough about deficits, but their proposed cuts are tepid.
Flimflammery over 'Obamacare'
Opinion: The only thing supporters of the law have going for them is the truth.
Anyone can be the GOP nominee
Simon has three questions potential canididates should ask before deciding to run for president.
Webb: Obama 'not the prime minister'
2012 GOP-ers keep low SOTU profile
Few top Republican prospects plan to offer much comment on the president’s remarks.
Pawlenty: Obama should say 'sorry'
He discusses what he'd like to hear at the SOTU.
Browner to leave within weeks
Aide: “The mission of her office will remain critical."
NLRB puts off worker Facebook flap
The hearing will address whether its lawful to fire a worker for comments on a social network.
Newt proposes abolishing EPA
Issa panel keeps Dems in the dark
They keep Democrats out of the loop on W.H. probe.
O'Reilly celebrates Olbermann's exit
But he declines to mention him by name.
Poll: Optimism at nearly 4-year high
Forty-three percent of those surveyed think things are going well with country, up 14 points from December.
Talk show host talks tough for 2012
Herman Cain, who netted just 4 percent in the straw poll, isn't intimidated by better-known rivals.
Talent won't run in Missouri
Sharpton, Santorum duel over race
Santorum: Obama should be stridently anti-abortion.
2012 siren: Barbour to South Carolina
The Mississippi governor will visit the Republican-heavy Upstate for two events.
2012 hopefuls at anti-abortion events
“We must not remain silent when great moral battles are being waged” Pence says at a rally.
Farm subsidies test GOP pledge
A system of payments that's still pumping billions into Republican districts could present a problem.
