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Portman: Obama needs to give Dems ‘political cover' for entitlement reform
Washington :: DC :: USA | 2 months ago
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Obama has recently reached out to a number of Republicans, including Portman, on fiscal matters, an effort the Ohio Republican praised but called insufficient. "What the president needs to do is to reach out not just to Republicans, but to Democrats,
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GOP Aims to Turn Sequester Ax Into Scalpel
Singapore :: Singapore | 2 months ago
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Republicans in Congress a fresh opportunity to shine a light on the sometimes peculiar-sounding items in the federal budget. In the weeks leading up to the March 1 start of the broad cuts, known as the sequester, the White House warned of the harm
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House GOP debates changing Medicare sooner than they'd planned
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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Ryan readies the new GOP budget, House Republicans are debating whether to apply the party's proposed Medicare changes a year earlier than planned, when Americans who are now 56 reach retirement age. No decision has been made, and Ryan declined to
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Obama Tries to Sway Rank-and-File GOP
Memphis :: TN :: USA | 3 months ago
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Barack Obama, unable to reach a deal on fiscal issues with Republican leaders, has begun courting more junior GOP lawmakers in hopes of creating a coalition to push through a budget deal that includes tax revenue increases. Since Saturday, Mr. Obama
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Republican goal to balance budget could mean deep cuts to health programs
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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The strategy runs counter to warnings from prominent Republicans such as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal against becoming the party of austerity. Just as GOP lawmakers are tacitly endorsing sequester cuts to the Pentagon, long a sacred cow, they fear the
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Conservative groups urge GOP to let budget cuts go forward
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | 3 months ago
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With little time left to strike a deal to head off Friday's arrival of the sequester , conservative advocacy groups are urging congressional Republicans to stand firm and let the $85 billion in automatic cuts to this year's federal budget go forward.
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Sen. Levin pondering reelection
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) still has not decided whether he will seek reelection in 2014, raising new questions about the veteran lawmaker's future. Levin, who turns 79 this summer, is one of the most senior Senate
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Iowa lawmakers to take up Voter ID proposal
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Lawmakers in the state House are set to consider a bill that would require voters to show photo identification at Iowa polling places. The state government committee is scheduled to consider the legislation at a Thursday meeting. The measure is
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Unions target GOP with sequester ads
Washington :: DC :: USA | 3 months ago
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National Education Association have sponsored the six-figure ad buy that will air in Washington and several other markets next week. The ads blame Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and several other GOP lawmakers for the coming budget
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MONEY LYING AROUND? Pols Push to Use Unspent $$ to Offset Sequester
Congress :: AZ :: USA | 3 months ago
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FoxNews.com While the Obama administration says automatic spending cuts will mean budget pain for Americans everywhere, lawmakers say the government is sitting on more than enough money to soften the blow. The sequester is expected to take a $85
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