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Promise to Trim Deficit Is Growing Harder to Keep
Kabul :: Afghanistan | over 3 years ago
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President Obama is making final decisions on his budget for next year and is still promising to outline a path to substantially lower federal deficits. But on nearly every front, that goal has gotten harder since his first budget a year ago. A
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Democrats begin work to finalize health bill
Upi :: Philippines | over 3 years ago
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President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are embarking on the tough work of ironing out differences between the House and Senate health care legislation with the aim of finalizing a bill quickly as midterm elections loom. Both houses have
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Is passage of health care reform bad for Obama?
Baghdad :: Iraq | over 3 years ago
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President Obama needs an exit strategy, and I am not referring to Afghanistan or Iraq. Congressional Democrats and Obama are headed toward a “catastrophic success” politically if they pass health-care reform in its current legislative form.
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41 is crucial number in 2010 battle for House
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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In the battle for Congress, 41 is the crucial number. That's the number of seats the Republicans need to win back from the Democrats in next year's midterm elections to take control of the House of Representatives. Next November, all 435 seats in the
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House panel approves Fed audits
Washington :: DC :: USA | over 3 years ago
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A Congressional panel approved a bill that would put the traditionally independent U.S...Fed officials opposed the measure and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank sought to soften the blow by taking the central bank's interest
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Can New AFL-CIO Plan Save Two Million Jobs - and the Dems in 2010?
Allentown :: PA :: USA | over 3 years ago
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Art Levine, t r u t h o u t Report Democratic leaders yesterday sent their strongest signals yet that they were eager to pass a jobs-creation and benefits-extension package to help stop the economic and political bleeding caused by a 10 percent
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Washington readies fresh Iran sanctions
Tehrān :: Iran | over 3 years ago
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US Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey said on Tuesday that if international negotiations over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program fail, his country is ready to slap fresh sanctions on the Islamic Republic. "This administration has demonstrated
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Q&A: Michael Moore
The Hollywood Reporter’s Matthew Belloni interviews Michael Moore: Since bursting onto the documentary scene 20 years back with Roger & Me, a blistering critique of General Motors, Michael Moore has directed the
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Congressman gets death threat over health reform
Washington :: DC :: USA | almost 4 years ago
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A North Carolina congressman who supports an overhaul of the health care system had his life threatened by a caller upset that he was not holding a public forum on the proposal, his office said Friday. Democratic Rep. Brad Miller received the call
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US lawmakers open tough climate bill debate!
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 years ago
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Washington, May 19: US lawmakers have kicked off formal debate on legislation creating a "cap and trade" system for curbing pollution blamed for global warming amid stiff Republican opposition. US President Barack Obama's Democratic allies, who
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