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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Government Health Care, Politics, Economic Indicator, Washington, DC, Eric Cantor
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Obama's budget puts the onus on Ryan
WASHINGTON — When it comes to deficit reduction, President Barack Obama may have correctly taken the measure of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and U.S. corporate leaders; that's a reason why any deficit deal is more remote than ever. Two and a...Tags: Government Health Care, Federal Reserve, Republican Party, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Child's play over the budget
WASHINGTON -- The budget feud on Capitol Hill is looking like those Vietnam War peace talks when negotiators bickered over the shape of the table. House Republicans, after howling for years about Senate Democrats' failure to pass a budget, are...
Tags: Government Health Care, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Ted Cruz, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Rep. Paul Ryan warns governors on Obama health care plan
Clout StreetThe chairman of the U.S. House Budget Committee said Monday he has been warning governors not to count on high federal reimbursement rates for expanding Medicaid coverage to low-income families under President Barack Obama’s health-care reform. U....Tags: Government Health Care, Republican Party, Politics, Executive Branch, Personal Income
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Ryan, Gutierrez say immigration reform work not deterred by Boston bombings
Clout StreetRepublican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, appearing today alongside Chicago Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez, said the terrorism events at the Boston Marathon last week have not and should not deter work on immigration reform. After an appearance at the City...Tags: Politics, Republican Party, FBI, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party
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Pall Ryan
Change of SubjectFrom Why Paul Ryan's star has dimmed by Howard Kurtz, Daily Beast: The House Budget Committee chairman has made no one happy with his latest fiscal blueprint.... For one thing, the Ryan budget pockets the Obama Medicare savings and the...... -
Who are the real 'takers'?
Contributing columnistAccording to the GOP, right-wing think tanks and Fox News, the U.S. is on the verge of becoming a nation of “takers” who want to be given (as Mitt Romney put it) “free stuff.” These takers are flush with a sense of “...Tags: Corporate Officers, Politics, Parties and Movements, Career and Workplace, Fox News Channel (tv network)
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No debt agreement, no break
With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics, John Boehner, Patty Murray, Budgets and Budgeting
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The fights Obama picks over Medicare
The budget that President Obama released Wednesday doesn't include the sort of headline-grabbing initiatives that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) included in his proposal for fiscal 2014, such as a dramatic overhaul of the tax code...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance, Drugs and Medicines, Government Health Care, Medicare
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Obama budget would have big impact in Md.
Labor unions representing federal employees reacted angrily to the $3.8 trillion budget unveiled Wednesday by President Barack Obama, who proposed trimming $20 billion from federal retirement benefits — reopening a debate many Democrats felt had...Tags: Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), Politics, Republican Party, Montgomery County (Maryland), Parties and Movements
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The Republicans' self-defeating war on eyeshades
What's with the green eyeshades? "I can't tell you how tired I am of Republicans who are green-eyeshade accountants," former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Newsmax TV last weekend. Rep. Paul Ryan's "new budget road map is more vision than green-...Tags: Government Health Care, Jimmy Carter, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Politics, Republican Party
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Ryan says deep budget cuts likely unavoidable
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Budget Committee says Republicans will oppose tax increases and, as a result, deep, unpopular budget cuts will likely take effect. Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin told NBC's "Meet the Press" on...
Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Washington, DC, Government Debt, NBC (tv network)
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