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A new plan crafted by Gov. Scott Walker (R) would allow guns in most of Wisconsin's state Capitol, while most photos would still be banned.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sunday that saving the jobs of police and firefighters was not the role of the federal government.

Though Pennsylvania has voted Democrat in every presidential election for the past two decades and President Barack Obama won the state 55-44 in 2008, a Republican legislative tactic could cost him a 2012 victory there even if he wins the state's popular vote. Pennsylvania's Republican leadership is taking advantage of a perfect storm of redistricting and electoral reform that may spell trouble for Obama in 2012.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top Republican foes in the US Congress closed ranks Tuesday to assail his $447 billion jobs plan, as startling new figures painted a bleak picture of US economic woes.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top critic in the US Senate on Tuesday blasted the White House's new $447 billion blueprint for battling high unemployment as "more of a reelection plan than a jobs plan."

Republicans appointed to a congressional deficit panel will have to buck public opinion if they intend to block tax hikes on the rich.