OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) ? A bill to legalize gay marriage in Washington state won final legislative approval on Wednesday in a largely party-line vote that moved the state to the cusp of becoming the seventh in the nation to recognize … Continue reading
WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama is pushing Senate Democrats to use a critical year-end spending bill as political leverage to gain Republican backing for his calls to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? Democratic lawmakers on Friday vowed to keep pressing for a vote in the House of Representatives on China currency legislation now blocked by Republican leaders. “I urge the Republican leadership to put the currency bill on the … Continue reading