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High stakes in Romney-Obama battle over Bain, economy

Dan Balz — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:05:00 EST

President Obama’s Chicago-based campaign team has been waiting months to launch a real attack against Mitt Romney’s experience at Bain Capital. Even before Romney’s Republican presidential rivals started going after him, Obama’s campaign was preparing for the moment that arrived this week.

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Republican reactions to Obama’s State of the Union address vary in tone

Sandhya Somashekher

President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night prompted an array of reactions from conservative critics, whose divergent responses mirrored the fractures on display this year in a bruising Republican presidential primary.

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Obama warns Republicans over debt ceiling fight

David Nakamura — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:37:40 EST

President Obama warned congressional leaders on Wednesday that he would not tolerate a replay of the bitter debt ceiling fight of last summer that nearly put the United States in default and led to the nation’s first ever credit-rating downgrade.

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Laurie Kellman — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:48:34 EST

House Republicans are revising their proposal to renew the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, but not enough to satisfy President Obama and other Democrats intent on preserving their lead among female voters in this volatile election year.

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George W. Bush endorses Mitt Romney

Karen Tumulty — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:37:00 EST

As presidential endorsements go, this one could hardly have been more low-key. ABC News caught up with former president George W. Bush in an elevator in downtown Washington on Tuesday and asked the question that elicited the sound bite.

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Group of Eight set to meet; France’s Francois Hollande to first visit Obama

David Nakamura, Howard Schneider — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:06:20 EST

Leaders of the world’s eight richest economies are set to gather at Camp David this weekend amid questions about Europe’s spiraling debt crisis.

But before they do, one key player, French President Francois Hollande, will stop by the White House to introduce himself to President Obama.

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Export-Import Bank reauthorized by Senate

Rosalind S. Helderman — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:26:00 EST

On Tuesday, Congress accomplished something relatively rare: It passed a piece of legislation and sent it to the president for his signature.

On a broad bipartisan vote of 78 to 20, the Senate voted Tuesday to extend the life of the U.S. Export-Import Bank and expand its authority to make loans to U.S. exporters.

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Higher taxes on wealthy unite Democrats

Paul Kane — Tue, 15 May 2012 10:20:00 EST

Even with signs of an economic recovery feeding optimism about President Obama’s reelection chances, congressional Democrats continue to run highly individual reelection campaigns independent of the president’s record and agenda.

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