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The Bloated Government of America
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 year ago
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Obama, he says, has devoted his efforts to saving tens of billions of dollars in cutting waste, fraud and inefficiency in government. Yet under President Obama's leadership, government spending keeps growing irresponsibly, and neither he nor his
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Wonkbook: Simpson-Bowles can't make the budget debate bipartisan
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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Wednesday could have been the day that the budget debate turned bipartisan. Instead, it was the day that the debate proved itself immune to attempts at bipartisanship. Senate Budget Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) speaks about FY2013 spending levels at a
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Food stamps, federal pensions face GOP cuts
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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Republicans controlling the House are targeting food stamps, federal employee pensions, tax breaks for illegal immigrants and subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care law in a multifaceted drive to swap cuts to domestic programs for big
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Open Thread: No Budget from Democrats for Third Consecutive Year
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 year ago
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For the third consecutive year, the Democratic-controlled Senate will not even attempt to pass a budget. This wasn't the first choice of the Senate budget committee chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) who appears to have been pressured into his decision by
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GOP wants to cut food stamps in deficit-trim drive
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major Pentagon cutbacks. The cuts to
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Hoyer: Bowles-Simpson vote was 'premature;' 'grand bargain' still possible
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 year ago
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House lawmakers last month clobbered a bipartisan budget amendment offered by Reps. Steven LaTourette (R-Ohio) and Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) modeled on the deficit-slashing recommendations from President Obama's 2010 fiscal commission. Although 100 House
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Florida Senate women flex muscles
Miami :: FL :: USA | 1 year ago
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Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau The coalition wasn't premeditated or organized. And it often included men like Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and Sen. Dennis Jones, R-Seminole...The rebellion grew out of frustration in both parties that
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Rushed California bills compromise disclosure
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Calif. (AP) Among the many bills rushed through when lawmakers passed the state budget last year was one protecting teachers if the state had to resort to automatic spending cuts in the middle of the school year. The bill prohibited school
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Sen. Conrad: Unlikely House, Senate can reach deal on spending before election
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Conrad said the debt-limit deal from last summer set discretionary spending levels not just for next year but for the next 10 years. "It's very clear that it stands in place of a budget resolution and in many ways it is stronger than the budget
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NJ Transit doesn't plan to raise fares
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | 1 year ago
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New Jersey Transit doesn't plan to raise fares in the new fiscal year. Executive Director James Weinstein told members of the Assembly Budget Committee on Monday the fiscal 2013 state budget does not include any fare increases. Weinstein also
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