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He’s joined by Bill Clinton at the White House in the face of growing opposition from both parties. President Obama took the unusual step Friday of turning to a Democratic predecessor, Bill Clinton, to help rescue the tax cut compromise plan, as conservative Republicans began to join a widening opposition that includes criticism from the president’s own party.

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President Barack Obama is predicting congressional approval of the tax-cutting compromise he has reached with Republican leaders, but he’s not ruling out that unhappy Democrats will make some changes in the mammoth…

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Nine months after agreeing to allow exploratory oil and gas drilling in Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico waters, the government changes course, pointing to lessons learned from the BP oil spill. Citing the lessons of the BP oil spill, the Obama administration reversed course Wednesday and pulled plans to open the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of the Atlantic Coast to oil and gas …

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Even in this toxic political atmosphere, Democrats and Republicans will work out at least some legislative deals,

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WASHINGTON DC – The Obama administration is preparing a stepped-up approach to policing Internet privacy that calls for new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort, according to people familiar with the situation.

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Environmental groups and industry seem headed for another battle over regulation of greenhouse gases, as President Barack Obama said he will look for ways to control global warming pollution other than Congress placing a ceiling on it.

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Besides acknowledging a “shellacking” in midterm congressional elections, President Obama on Wednesday addressed some of the fronts on which Republicans and “tea party” activists claimed victory: Environmental Protection Agency regulation on greenhouse gas and the cap-and-trade approach to energy policy….

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Barack Obama is bruised. Republicans are sounding humble. Is that a recipe for partnership?

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A chastened Barack Obama is starting Act Two of his presidency. To succeed, he has to meet Republica

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Kevin Roderick: President Obama’s remarks at the public rally, as released by the White House, are after the jump.

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