Mitch McConnell’s bright lines for a debt limit deal — zero revenue tax hikes and deep Medicare cuts — seem to make an agreement impossible.
Dems are apparently pushing for revenue hikes in the neighborhood of 20% of the spending cuts Republicans get in the negotiations. But that’s a non-starter. McConnell says debt reduction has to come 100% from spending cuts.
Dane County Sheriff’s office opens investigation of Supreme Court ‘chokehold’ incident.
Bachmann hails fellow Iowa native … John Wayne Gacy?
Feds ring up Blago on 17 of 20 counts in his retrial for trying to sell off the empty Senate seat of Barack Obama.
Federal judge rules Indiana cannot block Planned Parenthood funding.
Thrice married Gingrich says New York state gay marriage law ‘muddles’ marriage.
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