The nation in brief
Posted: September 14, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “A lot more can be done next year, after the election, than can be done right now. Six months from now, hopefully we’ll have a different Senate and a different president.” Rep. James Lankford, a freshman Republican from Oklahoma, as the House endorsed an increase in federal spending as part of a stopgap measure, with Republicans setting aside their demands for deeper spending cuts Article, 1A
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