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  March 14, 2013, 8:38 am

Thursday: More charm offensive, Congress tackles jobs and spending

By Pete Kasperowicz

President Obama will continue his meetings with members of Congress today in the hopes of finding common ground on taxes and spending, despite mounting evidence that an agreement on taxes and spending may be impossible to reach.

Obama meets with Senate Republicans shortly after noon, and in the mid-afternoon he'll meet with House Democrats.

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  March 13, 2013, 8:23 am

Wednesday: House GOP to meet Obama, then vote down his welfare-to-work waiver

By Pete Kasperowicz

A day after House Republicans proposed eliminating President Obama's healthcare law, House GOP leaders and Obama will have a nice, friendly morning meeting in the Capitol. Then, the House will return to work and vote to kill an Obama administration plan that Republicans say will make people more dependent on welfare.

Obama's planned meeting with House Republicans is part of Obama's "charm offensive" that has him meeting with both parties in both houses of Congress this week.

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  March 12, 2013, 8:34 am

Tuesday: Senate Dems lunch with Obama, then move to CR

By Pete Kasperowicz

The Senate starts work at 10 a.m. and is expected to begin debate on the 2013 continuing resolution, but the real topic of debate will be the Senate Democratic lunch with President Obama.

The meeting with Democrats is the first of several meetings the president will take with members of Congress this week. Obama is hoping to use them to lay the groundwork for progress on issues like the budget, immigration and gun control later this year.

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  March 11, 2013, 8:51 am

Easy Monday: Judges, spending bill in the Senate

By Pete Kasperowicz

The Senate meets at 2 p.m., and at 5 p.m. it will start debate on two district court judges.

Votes on the two judges — Gary Taranto for the Federal Circuit and Andrew Gordon for the District Nevada — are expected at 5:30 p.m.

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  March 8, 2013, 6:01 pm

A closer look at next week…

By Pete Kasperowicz

It's now the Senate's turn to pass a spending bill for the rest of fiscal year 2013.

The House approved its version of the bill this week, which many Democrats opposed because it locks in the $85 billion sequester. Senate Democrats will try to include language giving the Obama administration more flexibility to implement the sequester, by letting federal agencies shift money between programs.

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  March 7, 2013, 11:22 am

Reid warns Saturday vote possible on CIA nominee Brennan

By Ramsey Cox

Reid frequently warns the Senate of possible Saturday votes, but rarely follows through.

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  March 7, 2013, 9:48 am

Thursday: After Paul's filibuster, Senate takes up Brennan nomination

By Pete Kasperowicz

On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) filibustered the nomination of John Brennan to be the next CIA director for nearly 13 hours. During that time, he repeatedly called on the Obama administration to say it would not use drones against Americans on U.S. soil.

On Thursday, the Senate will pick up from where Paul left off at 12:39 a.m.

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  March 6, 2013, 10:48 am

Reid says Senate can leave if GOP allows vote on CIA nominee

By Ramsey Cox and Jeremy Herb

Reid is asking Republicans to agree to an up-or-down vote for Brennan that would be subject to a 60-vote margin.

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  March 6, 2013, 9:22 am

Wednesday: House to finish 2013 spending bill

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House will pass a 2013 spending bill on Wednesday, and then leave town before tons of snow turn Washington into giant shovel-ready project.

The House meets at 10 a.m., and will immediately start work on H.R. 933, a bill funding discretionary government programs for the rest of 2013.

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  March 5, 2013, 9:33 am

Tuesday: Budget deficit, tobacco smuggling, committee budgets

By Pete Kasperowicz

The House starts at 10 a.m., and at noon it will consider two suspension bills. They are:

H.R. 668, requiring presidential budgets to include estimates of the cost of the deficit per taxpayer, and,

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