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Bipartisanship on Capitol Hill or Just a Holiday Breather?
We look at how Washington's first budget agreement in three years brought an end to paralysis, and how long that's likely to last.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenDemocratic Senator Harry Reid says, "Gridlock… is ending." But Republican Lindsay Graham says, "Even when we're functioning we're dysfunctional." We look at how Washington's first budget agreement in three years brought an end to paralysis, and how long that's likely to last. Also, fighting in South Sudan leave hundreds dead, and President Obama's delegation to the Winter Olympics is as remarkable both for who's on it — and who's not. Is it a deliberate snub at the anti-gay posture of Vladimir Putin's Russia?
Banner image: (L) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and (R) House Speaker John Boehner. Photos: Gage Skidmore
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3 storiesFighting in South Sudan Leave Hundreds Dead
Two years after breaking away from Northern Sudan, South Sudan is awash in weapons. Now, after an alleged coup attempt Sunday, between 400 and 500 are reported killed and 800 wounded.
Read the story8 minBipartisanship on Capitol Hill or Just a Holiday Breather?
There may not be a government shutdown any time soon, but that's the best even supporters can say for Washington's first budget agreement in three years. And it leaves establishment Republicans so divided from Tea-Party colleagues there's real doubt that anything else will get done until after next year's elections.
Read the story36 minUS Winter Olympics Delegation a Statement to Russia
President Obama waited a long time before announcing America's delegation to the Winter Olympics in Russia. First Lady Michelle Obama led the US delegation to the Summer Olympics in London, but there's no member of the President's family in the delegation to Sochi.
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