Jennifer Steinhauer

Conservative Republican and former Tea Party leader Jim DeMint is leaving the city Senate to head conservative research group The Heritage Foundation.

By: Jennifer Steinhauer ,; TheNewYorkTimes

December 6, 2012

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Tea Party Focus Turns to Senate and Shake-Up

The primary victory of a Tea Party-blessed candidate in Indiana illustrates how closely Republican hopes for a majority in the Senate are tied to candidates who pledge to infuse …

By: Jennifer Steinhauer &; Jonathan Weisman ,; TheNewYorkTimesNewsService

May 13, 2012

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BREAKING: Olympia Snowe Will Not Seek Re-Election

In a surprise that could reconfigure the fight to control the Senate, Senator Olympia Snowe, a three-term Republican from Maine, said Tuesday she would not run for re-election, citing …

By: Jennifer Steinhauer ,; NewYorkTimesNewsService

February 28, 2012

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Tentative Deal Reached to Preserve Cut in Payroll Tax

Washington - Members of a House-Senate committee charged with writing a measure to extend a payroll tax reduction and provide added unemployment benefits reached a tentative agreement Tuesday evening, …

By: Jennifer Steinhauer ,

February 15, 2012

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For Giffords, House Comeback Is One Too Many

Washington — For months, Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in an assassination attempt last year, signaled that returning to Congress, something she desperately longed to …

By: Jennifer Steinhauer ,

January 23, 2012

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Extension of Tax Cut Stalls in House as GOP Objects

Washington - The House Republican leader on Sunday flatly rejected a short-term, bipartisan Senate measure to extend a payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, setting the stage for a …

By: Jennifer Steinhauer ,

December 19, 2011

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Senate Votes to Extend Payroll Tax Cut

Washington - In the ultimate cap to a year of last-minute, half-loaf legislation, the Senate voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend a payroll tax cut for a …

By: Jennifer Steinhauer ,

December 17, 2011

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