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Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a conference on gun violence at Western Connecticut State University on Feb. 21, 2013 in Danbury, Conn. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Biden: Victims Will Be Loudest Voices On Gun Control

Vice President Joe Biden says he’s determined to make sure the loudest voices in the gun-control debate are the voices of the victims.

2013/03/12

File photo of President Barack Obama. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

President Obama To Discuss Energy, Climate Change At US Lab In Illinois

The White House says President Barack Obama will talk about energy and climate change during a visit next Friday to Argonne National Laboratory, near Chicago.

2013/03/08

President Barack Obama applauds after unveiling a statue of Rosa Parks during an unveiling in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill February 27, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Rosa Parks Statue Unveiled at Capitol

President Barack Obama says civil rights icon Rosa Parks has taken her rightful place among those who have shaped the course of U.S. history.

2013/02/27

Boehner: ‘Mr. President You Got Your Tax Increase, It’s Time To Cut Spending Here In Washington’

With Congress back from a weeklong recess, House Speaker John Boehner showed little willingness to move off his long-held position that the sequester be offset through targeted spending cuts, not the package of cuts and tax increases Obama supports.

2013/02/25

File photo of President Barack Obama. (Credit: Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

President Obama Pushes Preschool Programs In Georgia Trip

President Barack Obama’s ambitious plan to expand preschool programs comes as one out of every 13 students already in Head Start classrooms is at risk of being kicked out if lawmakers don’t sidestep a budget meltdown.

2013/02/14

File photo of President Barack Obama. (credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

President Obama Minimum Wage Plan Renews Economic Debate

President Barack Obama’s call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and boost it annually to keep pace with inflation is already getting a trial run. Ten states make similar cost-of-living adjustments, including Washington state, where workers earn at least $9.19 an hour, the highest minimum in the country.

2013/02/14