Kevin McCarthy

GOP gains point to deeper conflicts with Obama over spending, jobs, reach of government. The House becomes the headquarters for the nation's surly mood toward government as Republicans pivot from the campaign trail into a two-year attempt to neutralize President Barack Obama's agenda.

GOP leaders, positioned for big gains, plan agenda with more than $100B in spending cuts. Republican leaders, ever more confident of their chances of winning control of the House and possibly even the Senate, have begun plotting a 2011 agenda topped by a push for more than $100 billion in spending cuts, tax reductions and attempts to undo key parts of President Barack Obama's health care and financial regulation laws.

Republicans, positioned for congressional majority, plan agenda to seize on tea party themes. Republican leaders, ever more confident of their chances of winning control of the House and possibly even the Senate, have begun plotting a 2011 agenda topped by a push for more than $100 billion in spending cuts, tax reductions and attempts to undo key parts of President Barack Obama's health care and financial regulation laws.

Even with election upheaval, voters seeking change may see same faces as Capitol Hill leaders. Change at the top? Not necessarily. Whichever party controls the House and Senate after the Nov. 2 election probably will install the same leaders whose policymaking helped bring about the sour economy, nearly double-digit unemployment and deficit spending that has led voters to call for fresh faces.

Lineups for the Sunday TV news shows. Guests scheduled for the Sunday TV news shows:

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White House, top Democrats expect to extend middle-class tax cut in vote after fall election. The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress said Sunday they would find a way to extend middle-class tax cuts after the November elections, unable to secure GOP backing before lawmakers break to campaign.

White House, top Democrats expect to extend middle-class tax cut in vote after fall election. The White House and Democratic leaders in Congress said Sunday said they expect to have enough support to extend middle-class tax cuts after the November elections, unable to secure GOP backing before lawmakers break to campaign.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hammered Republicans on Saturday over their newly unveiled campaign agenda, calling the opposition party's economic ideas "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Obama calls GOP 'Pledge' to cut taxes and spending a step back that the nation can't afford. President Barack Obama says Republicans' plan to slash taxes and cut spending if the GOP retakes the House in November is no more than "an echo of a disastrous decade we can't afford to relive."

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows. Guests for the Sunday TV news shows:

Analysis: GOP rolls out vague agenda, giving Democrats a cudgel for campaign homestretch. Being simply the "party of no" against President Barack Obama has worked well for Republicans all year, and they're poised for big election gains.

Republican Party leaders Thursday unveiled a strategy to wrest control of Congress back from rival Democrats in key November elections, vowing to cut taxes and shrink government spending.

Republican Party leaders on Thursday unveiled a strategy to wrest control of Congress back from President Barack Obama's "arrogant, out-of-touch" Democrats in November elections.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American actor Kevin McCarthy, who starred as a terror-stricken small-town doctor in the acclaimed 1956 science fiction film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," died on Saturday at age 96, U.S. media reported.

Kevin McCarthy, played frantic doctor in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' dies in Mass. at 96. Actor Kevin McCarthy, who played the frantic doctor trying to save his friends and neighbors in the science-fiction movie classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died at age 96.

Kevin McCarthy, a veteran Hollywood actor best known as the star of the 1956 sci-fi cult film "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," has died aged 96, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

Democrats scramble to hold off GOP wave that could cost control of House, with dozens at risk. Their control of the House in peril, Democrats are scratching to survive in races all across the country. Disgruntled voters, a sluggish economy and vanishing enthusiasm for President Barack Obama have put 75 seats or more ? the vast majority held by Democrats ? at risk of changing hands.

Little known outside Washington, Boehner balances GOP factions, awaits chance to be speaker. John Boehner could walk down most American streets without turning a head.

After apologizing for saying he believes AIDS is a punishment from God for being gay, Jeremy Walters backpedals a bit to say he's not sure. ?After apologizing for saying he believes AIDS is a punishment from God for being gay, Iowa GOP candidate Jeremy Walters backpedals a bit to say he's not sure. Walters is hoping to unseat incumbent state Representative Kevin McCarthy, a Democrat from Des Moines, in the fall. The Republican apologized for comments he made on his Facebook wall after a stiff rebuke from One Iowa, the state's largest gay rights advocate, which called the comments ?offensive,? and state GOP leaders, who first repudiated his comments and later rescinded an invitation for Walters to volunteer at the GOP Iowa State Fair booth. ?homosexual 'GAY' is not of God!!!!? Walters wrote. ?The Holy Bible says if your 'GAY' homosexual they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. This tells me a lot so should we kill them NO. They Need to ask God to forgive them o