Republicans Won’t Block Sotomayor Nomination

Coburn proposes $9 trillion deficit cut measure (AP)
AP - One of the Senate's staunchest budget-cutters unveiled Monday a massive plan to cut the nation's deficit by $9 trillion over the coming decade. The plan by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is...

GOP leader says give Obama new debt limit powers (AP)
AP - With compromise talks at a vituperative standstill, Senate Republicans unexpectedly offered Tuesday to hand President Barack Obama new powers to avert a first-ever government default...

Senate blocks repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell' (AP)
AP - Senate Republicans blocked a major year-end push by Democrats to lift the military's ban on openly gay troops on Thursday, dealing a huge blow to gay rights groups' hopes for repeal of...

Senate showdown may pave way for year-end tax deal (AP)
AP - Senate Republicans derailed legislation Saturday to extend expiring tax cuts at all but the highest income levels in a political showdown that paradoxically clears a path for a...

GOP says it'll block bills until tax cuts extended (AP)
AP - Senate Republicans threatened Wednesday to block virtually all legislation until expiring tax cuts are extended and a bill is passed to fund the federal government, vastly complicating...