President Obama wants Congress to end certain tax breaks for the very wealthy. In response, Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would require those earning $1 million annually to pay no less than 30 percent in taxes. The bill faces Republican opposition, and is likely to be an election year issue.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/04/146342119/buffett-rule-becomes-a-bill-and-congress-bickers?ft=1&f=1003

Capuano, Michael E. Cardoza, Dennis A. Carnahan, Russ Carney, Christopher P. Carson, André

Last year it looked like stricter controls would be put in place to limit workers’ exposure to dangerous silica dust. But for almost a year, the proposed regulations have been stalled at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Worker safety advocates are growing frustrated, but industry stakeholders say current regulations are sufficient.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/01/146168033/new-silica-rules-languish-in-regulatory-black-hole?ft=1&f=1007

Childers, Travis W. Christensen, Donna M. Chu, Judy Clarke, Yvette D. Clay, Wm. Lacy

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Courtney, Joe Crenshaw, Ander Critz, Mark S. Crowley, Joseph Cuellar, Henry

Michael Scherer, Time
ewt Gingrich ended his campaign against Mitt Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney’s senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason.Amid the orange groves and senior centers, the successful investment bank served as Gingrich’s red meat for the right. “You look at Goldman Sachs, which was the number one funder of Obama; now they’re the number one funder of Romney,” he told CBS News, just a day before the polls closed. “I think…

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/02/03/why_wall_st_is_under_fire_from_the_right_amp_left_272747.html

Edwards, Chet Edwards, Donna F. Ehlers, Vernon J.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/02/03/disability_claims_swelling_in_recession_272822.html

Blackburn, Marsha Blumenauer, Earl Blunt, Roy Boccieri, John A. Boehner, John A.

The Susan G. Komen Foundation’s decision to remove funding from Planned Parenthood has set off a storm of criticism. Katha Pollit of The Nation says it’s pretty shocking that Komen would deprive women of services it has itself admitted they have no other way of getting.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/03/146336388/the-nation-komen-pinkwashes-anti-choicers?ft=1&f=1057

Burgess, Michael C. Burton, Dan Butterfield, G. K. Buyer, Steve Calvert, Ken

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Boyd, Allen Brady, Kevin Brady, Robert A. Braley, Bruce L. Bright, Bobby

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/02/02/obama039s_divisive_presidency_272755.html

Bartlett, Roscoe G. Barton, Joe Bean, Melissa L. Becerra, Xavier Berkley, Shelley

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney can argue that winning ugly is still winning, especially in a contest he could not afford to lose. But Romney's decisive victory in Florida came at a price. He aggravated Newt Gingrich's hostility to him, with all the trouble that could entail, and left behind a dispirited Republican electorate in a state the GOP needs to win this fall.At least until now, this primary process has weakened rather than strengthened Romney. It has sowed doubts that he has any understanding of how average people live, and opened up a slew of questions about his personal wealth…

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/02/02/how_romney_won_and_lost_113000.html

Conyers, John Jr. Cooper, Jim Costa, Jim Costello, Jerry F. Courtney, Joe

Ed Kilgore, Washington Monthly
Yesterday, with Gov. Mitch Daniels’ signature, Indiana became the 23d state, and the very first (other than Indiana itself during a brief period ending in 1965) in the industrial northeast and midwest, to enact “right-to-work” legislation—or as folk in the labor movement call it, a “right to work for less” law.Politically, it could reflect a shift of conservative and Republican anti-labor strategy from a focus on reducing the strength of public-sector unions (rationalized by alleged budget savings to be achieved by reducing wages and…

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/02/02/indiana_smites_unions_272785.html

Heinrich, Martin Heller, Dean Hensarling, Jeb Herger, Wally Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie