Politics

Scott Brown ran for the Senate vowing to rein in government spending and cut the federal budget deficit. A year later, he is open to increasing the national debt limit so the government can both spend and borrow more. The clash between his campaign rhetoric and voting record underscores the theme of the Scott Brown's first year replacing a liberal icon, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

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Will he be fired or not? And if not Michael Steele as GOP chief, then who? It was anyone's guess as the election of the next Republican National Committee chairman got under way Friday.

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U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison's retirement announcement nearly two years before Texas voters will choose her successor gives aspiring candidates plenty of time to prepare.

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