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Biden meets with Democrats, stoking 2016 chatter

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden in 2016? The inauguration is barely over but the vice president already is dropping plenty of hints that he might have another political act.

2013/01/22

Senate approves $60.4 billion Sandy aid bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved a $60.4 billion emergency spending package for Hurricane Sandy recovery. The 61-33 vote Friday sends the measure to the House, where the bill faces uncertain prospects.

2012/12/28

California offered as national mental health model

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The leader of the state Senate says California’s approach to treating mental illness should serve as a national model in response to last week’s massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn.

2012/12/20

Booker won’t run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker has ruled out a bid for New Jersey governor and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate in 2014.

2012/12/20

Hearing on voting rights turns partisan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats and Republicans sparred Wednesday over whether voter ID laws, attempts to purge voter rolls and restricted early voting were legitimate efforts to stop fraud or are strategies to hold down Democratic votes.

2012/12/19

Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts (AP photo)

Senate Dems offer Sandy disaster aid package

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats have quickly cobbled together a $60.4 billion disaster aid package for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October.

2012/12/12

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch (AP photo)

Ex-NY Mayor Koch hospitalized with pneumonia

NEW YORK (AP) – Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has pneumonia and is expected to be in the hospital through the weekend. Koch’s spokesman, George Arzt, said Wednesday that the 87-year-old former mayor is […]

2012/12/05

Boehner: Dems need to propose spending cuts

After meeting with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, House Speaker John Boehner says Democrats still haven’t recommended cuts to government benefit programs as part of a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff.

2012/11/29

Spending could tempt supermajority Democrats

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – With supermajorities in both houses of the California Legislature, voters have given Democrats a historic opportunity to push their agenda on issues such as tax reform and workers’ rights. But they […]

2012/11/15

Dems keep the Senate

(AP) — Democrats won a narrow majority in the Senate, keeping the control they’ve held since 2007, by snatching Republican-held seats in Massachusetts and Indiana and turning back challenges in Virginia, Ohio and Connecticut. Republicans […]

2012/11/06

Tax initiative, House races lead Calif. ballot

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The marquee races are foregone conclusions, with Californians poised to vote overwhelmingly Tuesday for President Barack Obama and re-elect Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, but the ballot is still full of […]

2012/11/06

Democrats seek supermajority in state Senate

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Months of campaigning and millions of dollars spent on 100 legislative races across California have boiled down to a handful of contests that will decide whether Democrats can seize unbridled control […]

2012/11/06