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GOP may seek to tie debt ceiling deal to tax code changes
WASHINGTON — In a little more than a week, the U.S. will hit its debt limit — and the maneuvering has begun against a backdrop of the mid-2011 drama that led to the nation's first-ever credit downgrade. An improving economy and higher taxes,...Tags: Bonds, Gene Sperling, Credit and Debt, Financial and Business Services, Consumers
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U.S. House speaker demands White House release Benghazi email
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives called on the White House on Thursday to release more information about last year's deadly attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, as his party kept up its...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Department of State, Elections, Washington, DC
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Benghazi deserves real review
Whether the House investigation into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is a political witch hunt aimed at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her possible run for president in 2016, as Democrats allege, or a principled...Tags: Elections, U.S. Department of State, Libya, Parties and Movements, Terrorism
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U.S. government begins intelligence review in Boston bombing case
WASHINGTON — The CIA and departments of Justice and Homeland Security have begun a high-level internal review of whether intelligence was mishandled prior to the Boston Marathon bombings, though President Obama and his top advisors said they had...
Tags: Justice System, Terrorism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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U.S. House set to pass tactical Republican debt bill
Reuters* White House has said it will veto bill * House Republicans are mulling debt ceiling strategy * Bill would allow U.S. Treasury to borrow more funds By Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans are expected to pass a...Tags: Labor Legislation, Medicare, Kevin Brady, Washington, DC, Government Health Care
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Comeback complete, Republican Sanford could be wild card in Congress
Reuters* Republican Sanford does not owe national party after win * Democrats say result undermines Republican pitch to women By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - Fresh off a redemptive win in South Carolina's special election, former Governor...Tags: Mitt Romney, Elections, U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Colbert Busch
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ACTUALIZA 1-Pta. surcoreana insta a Corea del Norte a elegir nuevo camino
Reuters(Reescribe, agrega citas de Park) Por Paul Eckert WASHINGTON, 8 mayo (Reuters) - La presidenta de Corea del Sur, Park Geun-hye, pidió el miércoles a Corea del Norte que abandone el "circulo vicioso" de avivar y enfriar las tensiones para obtener...Tags: Barack Obama, Pyongyang (North Korea)
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Boehner: Bondholders should be paid first if debt limit breached
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A. Boehner said holders of U.S. government bonds should be paid first if the nation's debt limit is breached, even if that means that China would get preference over the salaries of U.S. troops. Boehner (R-Ohio) defended...
Tags: Bonds, Fiscal Cliff, Government Debt, Barack Obama, Washington, DC
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Barack Obama, Conan O'Brien skewer media skillfully
Staff writerCould it be that Washington does comedy better than the Hollywood movie studios?� Conan O'Brien and Barack Obama provided more laughter Saturday night at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner than you're likely to find this weekend at the...Tags: George Stephanopoulos, Television Industry, NPR, C-SPAN (tv network), Chris Matthews
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House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, E-Commerce Industry, Amazon.com Inc., Justice System, Max Baucus
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Obama's breathtaking fall from the top
WASHINGTON - Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Air Transportation Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, Fiscal Cliff, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Obama: the fall
WASHINGTON -- Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Air Transportation Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing, Fiscal Cliff, Elections
May 9, 2013
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Apr 30, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
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Apr 28, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 7, 2013
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May 6, 2013
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