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How a Record Number of Women Won Senate Seats
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Female senators-elect Mazie Hirono of Hawaii (upper left), Deb Fischer of Kansas (upper right), Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota (lower left) and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin (lower right).
A number of women were recruited and groomed for political office.
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Biden to appear on NBC's 'Parks and Recreation'
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:59AM November 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off re-election, Vice President Joe Biden will appear on the NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" next Thursday.
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Obama's Hiring, Seeks Good Negotiator and Finance Wonk
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, left, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, right, might be sent packing.
Above all, the president will need advisers who can handle delicate congressional negotiations.
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Obama, GOP Leaders Lay Down Markers on Budget Deal
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FILE - This March 20, 2012 file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and President Barack Obama walk down the steps of the Capitol in Washington. The people of an intensely divided nation just created a government that looks the same way as the one before. The only hope for progress on creating jobs and everything else would be if Obama and Republicans in Congress could find some incentive to compromise.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking little time to celebrate, President Barack Obama is setting out to leverage his re-election into legislative success in an upcoming showdown with congressional Republicans over taxes, deficits and the impending "fiscal cliff." House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are willing to consider some form of higher tax revenue as part of the solution — but only "under the right conditions."
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Russia hopes for US flexibility on missile shield
Tweet Share on Facebook 9:54AM November 08, 2012 CommentMOSCOW (AP) — Russia expects Barack Obama to show more flexibility in a dispute over U.S. missile defense plans in Europe following his re-election as president, a top official said Thursday.
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Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd term
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:04AM November 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening America's approach to Iran and Syria while potentially engaging other repressive countries such as Cuba and North Korea and refocusing on moribund Middle East peace efforts.
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Seemingly endless Wis. election cycle eases to end
Tweet Share on Facebook 3:44AM November 08, 2012 CommentMILWAUKEE (AP) — Candidates approving this message have been at it for two years in Wisconsin, along with the robocalls, angry commercials, emails begging for campaign donations and glossy political mail.
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Myanmar says Obama to Visit Later This Month
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The ancient pagodas stand during sunset, in Mrauk U, in Rakhine state, western Myanmar, Nov. 8, 2012.
President Barack Obama will make a groundbreaking visit later this month to Myanmar, an official said Thursday, following through with his policy of rapprochement to encourage democracy in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Voter ideas point to compromise on fiscal gridlock
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:44AM November 08, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The voters have a plan: Consider raising taxes on the wealthy, but not everybody else. Shrink the government. Work harder on creating jobs and holding the line on prices, because economic worries are more important than cutting the deficit right now.
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New Faces: Newly elected US senators
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:43AM November 08, 2012 CommentA look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election:
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Obama wins the way his campaign predicted
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:40AM November 08, 2012 CommentCHICAGO (AP) — In the end, President Barack Obama won re-election exactly the way his campaign had predicted: running up big margins with women and minorities, mobilizing a sophisticated registration and get-out-the-vote operation, and focusing narrowly on the battleground states that would determine the election.
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House speaker says he'll consider tax increase
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:46PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner offered Wednesday to pursue a deal with a newly-re-elected President Barack Obama that would raise taxes "under the right conditions" to help reduce the nation's staggering debt and put its finances in order.
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New Faces: Newly elected US senators
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:59PM November 07, 2012 CommentA look at the newly elected U.S. senators from Tuesday's election:
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West wants ballots, voting machines impounded
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:55PM November 07, 2012 CommentWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Republican Rep. Allen West took the first steps in a legal challenge Wednesday in his closely watched re-election bid even as Democratic opponent Patrick Murphy declared a razor-thin victory.
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Biden: Dems ready to compromise on 'fiscal cliff'
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:53PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he and President Barack Obama are anxious to move forward on a bipartisan solution to the looming "fiscal cliff" that could force tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts next year.
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Analysis: Obama, GOP size each other up for deals
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:45PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — The people of a polarized nation just created a government that looks like them, and it sure looks a lot like the dysfunctional one now in place. The only hope for progress on jobs and everything else that matters is if President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress find fresh political incentive to compromise.
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GOP asks "why?" and "where do we go from here?"
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:44PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Having lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections, Republicans plunged Wednesday into an intense period of self-examination, blame-setting and testy debate over whether their party needs serious change or just some minor tweaks.
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Long lines, confusion reveal flaws in US elections
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:43PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Even as President Barack Obama was about to give his victory speech early Wednesday, dozens of Florida voters waited in line waiting to cast ballots more than five hours after the polls officially closed. Thousands of people in Virginia, Tennessee and elsewhere also had to vote in overtime.
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Fiscal cliff combines tax hikes, spending cuts
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:36PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — So just what is this "fiscal cliff" that has the financial markets rattled and economists and policymakers alike in a tizzy over the potential for sending the economy into another tailspin?
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Turnout shaping up to be lower than 2008
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:21PM November 07, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — A drop in voter turnout in Tuesday's election didn't keep President Barack Obama from winning a second term.
