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How would Libertarians, Republicans who want minimal government help Oklahoma?
Opinion After watching the devastation in Oklahoma left in the wake of a monster tornado Monday, I wondered what the folks who say government should stay out of the business of helping states cope would do about this
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Obama Seeks to Calm Jitters on his Health Law
Manchester :: NH :: USA | 13 days ago
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Power Play Published May 10, 2013 FoxNews.com "To counter the criticism, the White House has told all Cabinet members and senior officials to use commencement speeches to drive home for graduating college students and their parents the benefits they
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Dems, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 28 days ago
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Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary. For years, House Republicans
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Republicans embrace Obama's offer to trim Social Security benefits
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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Also on the table are higher Medicare premiums and reduced benefits for better-off seniors, and a higher Medicare eligibility age...Boehner (R-Ohio) said he has moved to tamp down criticism of Obama's proposal from GOP lawmakers in swing districts,
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Dems fear Obama Social Security cut will haunt them in 2014 races
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Although Democrats have long-championed the retirement program, they say Obama's plan to reduce payments for future beneficiaries through a chained consumer price index (CPI) has weakened their stance and opened the door for Republicans to vilify the
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Obama budget: You think government is big now? Just you wait!
Toronto :: Canada | 1 month ago
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The Obama budget is two months late, of course, but that's the least of its problems...Not unless the political dynamic of this country changes dramatically...In 2023, the federal government would grow to $5.66 trillion! That means that over the next
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Five Fiscal Secrets Buried In Barack Obama's Budget
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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AP President Obama submitted a 244-page budget proposal on Wednesday for next yeara tome that met with instant criticism before anyone could read it . Obama largely delivered on what he promised during his re-election campaign last year. He raises
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Conservative Group Slams GOP Congressman For Attacking Obama On Social Security
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 1 month ago
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AP A top Republican's attacks on President Barack Obama's cuts to Social Security in his 2014 budget drew a swift and strong rebuke from leading grassroots conservative group Club for Growth. Earlier in the day, Rep. Greg Walden the chair of the
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Liberals balk at Obama's 2nd-term overtures to GOP
Ellicott City :: MD :: USA | 1 month ago
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Liberal lawmakers from Congress and a coalition of like-minded groups rallied outside the White House on Tuesday, voicing frustration at the Democratic president they say has let them down by proposing cuts to Medicare and Social Security. One day
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Politico's Tau Pretends Big Labor 'Targets' Obama, When It Just Doesn't Like One White House Proposal
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 month ago
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Labor targets Obama over proposed benefit cuts." Of course, they aren't "cuts" at all, though they are being portrayed as such. All Obama has done, according to information which appears to have been conveniently leaked (perhaps in hopes of killing
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