Boehner: House Republicans willing to work with Obama
November 7, 2012
Speaker of the House John Boehner said on Wednesday that Washington should find a short-term solution to avoid the fiscal cliff and then work on
Dead candidates win elections in Alabama, Florida
November 7, 2012
Florida Democrat Earl K. Wood and Alabama Republican Charles Beasley won their respective elections but they will not take office. Both men died weeks before
The voters have spoken but Republicans may be too deaf to hear
November 7, 2012
On the Wednesday following the 2008 election, the strategists of the Republican Party, still licking their wounds from John McCain’s disaster of a Presidential campaign,
Amid tough times, Voters renew Obama’s four-year lease on White House
November 7, 2012
His lease renewed in trying economic times, President Barack Obama claimed a second term from an incredibly divided electorate and immediately braced for daunting challenges
Democrats post Senate gains but GOP holds control of House
November 7, 2012
Democrats strengthened their hold on the Senate but failed Tuesday to recapture the majority in the House of Representatives they lost two years ago. President
Overall voter turnout lower than 2008
November 7, 2012
A drop in voter turnout in Tuesday’s election didn’t keep President Barack Obama from winning a second term in the White House. Preliminary figures suggest
Voters give historic votes to legalize gay marriage, marijuana
November 7, 2012
Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and