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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and...Tags: National Government, Government Debt, Poverty, Conservation, Politics
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Understanding the deep roots of entitlement woes
Former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Sunday columns are usually thought-provoking, but not always in the way he intended. His latest opinion piece laments the vastly expanded entitlement economy — what he calls "a European-style welfare state" ("...
Tags: Globalization, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Republicans reach out to Asian American voters with new hires
As the 168 members of the Republican National Committee head to Los Angeles for their spring meeting — a visit meant to illustrate the party’s commitment to broadening its reach even in the bluest of states — Chairman Reince Priebus...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Elections, Career and Workplace, Reince Priebus, Employment
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Bush's long-shot campaign to be seen as Truman
The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was more than an opportunity for the five living U.S. presidents to compare notes on what Stefan Lorant called "the glorious burden" of the office. It also was the beginning of Bush'...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Executive Branch, Karl Rove, Government
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Stephen Goldstein: Boston horror shows tea party way off base on taxation
The 1773 Boston Tea Party was a dramatic milestone on the British North American colonies' road to revolt and independence. So, it is only "fitting and proper" that a backlash against the present-day tea party/GOP — hopefully leading to its demise...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, Sports, Republican Party
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John David Dyche: Father (of our country) knows best
Contributing ColumnistIn 1796, after heroic military service and two presidential terms, George Washington announced his retirement from public service. His farewell address may be the most underappreciated document in America’s political canon. Washington did not...Tags: Rand Paul, Elections, Tea Party Movement, National Government, Ethics
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2012 elections boost TV stations; L.A. market reaches $1.4 billion
Politics may often seem like a dirty business, but for local TV stations it's also a very good business. Political advertising helped propel a 13.2% growth in television station revenue last year, allowing the broadcast industry to regain much of the...
Tags: Television Industry, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, Online Advertising, Elections, Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John Kerry, Rush Limbaugh, New York City, State of the Union Address
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Secret tape of McConnell bashing Ashley Judd: Anatomy of a smear
Mother Jones strikes again. The magazine that brought us the “47%” speech that killed off Mitt Romney’s presidential candidacy came out Tuesday with a recording of U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and some of his aides discussing how to...
Tags: Human Interest, George Washington University, Elections, Racism, Same-Sex Marriage
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Senate candidate seeks ruling on contributions by gay couples
WASHINGTON — While they await a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, gay rights advocates are taking their fight to a new arena: campaign finance law. A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts who supports gay marriage has...
Tags: Lawyers, John Kerry, U.S. Senate, Gay Rights, Social Issues
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The president's feeble gesture
"President Obama plans to give up 5 percent of his salary this year to draw attention to the financial sacrifice of more than 1 million federal employees who will be furloughed." -- The Washington Post, April 4 "Here's the plan. We get the warhead and...
Tags: Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Senate, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi
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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Rand Paul, Executive Branch, Ronald Reagan, Polls, Regional Authority
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