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Speaking of House seats … the math geek readers of Swing State Project have released their latest round of data on congressional districts, calculating the respective vote tallies for President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain in almost every district in California, Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania. An analysis of which districts voted for George W. [...]

Faced with rising criticism from economists and Democrats alike, President-elect Barack Obama yesterday scrapped his plan to include $150 billion in business tax credits in his emerging economic stimulus proposal.
The provision would have given businesses a $3,000 tax credit or every new employee they hired, and every employee they planned to fire but retained instead. [...]

Fueled by their congressional victories in 2006, House Democratic leaders moved bills on renewable energy, health insurance for children and an economic stimulus package — only to run into a wall of GOP opposition in the Senate and presidential vetoes. But Obama’s election could tear down that wall.