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With the postmortems of this year’s biggest congressional events winding down, it’s not too early to start forecasting the top Hill stories of the year ahead. Whatever happens in the career of John A. Boehner is sure to make the list. If he makes good on his own current assertions by securing a third consecutive term as speaker of the House, that will be one of the more notable events at the Capitol in 2014. That’s because it would seal a total turnabout from the shaky hold he had on his power only a few weeks ago and would mean...

President Obama remains at least an even bet to win reelection. Democrats are favored to hold on to the Senate — an outcome few prognosticators envisioned at the beginning of the year. And yet, with a little more than a week to go, the party holds almost no chance of winning back the House. “They called the fight. It’s over. We’re going to have a House next year that’s going to look an awful lot like the last House,” Stuart Rothenberg, the independent analyst who runs the Rothenberg Political Report, said. The outlines of a comeback for Democrats seemed possible....

FL Gov. Jeb Bush Statement by Governor Jeb Bush in Opposition to Congressional Authorization of Private Financing of Agricultural Sales to Cuba For Immediate Release Thursday, April 18, 2002 Contact: Katie Muñiz (850) 488-5394 TALLAHASSEE -- "As early as this afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives may be considering a Motion to Instruct House Conferees on the Farm Bill, H.R. 2646, to support the U.S. Senate position lifting restrictions on the private financing of trade in agricultural goods to Cuba. I respectfully urge the U.S. House of Representatives to reject this motion. Authorizing financing for Cuba is troublesome from a...