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No 'fiscal cliff' deal, but Democrats, GOP closer to compromise
WASHINGTON -- Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill moved closer to a compromise to avert part of the so-called fiscal cliff, but theyremained unable to close a deal during an unusual Sunday session of negotiations punctuated by rounds of political...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Unemployment Benefits, Elections, Olympia J. Snowe, Harry Reid
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Some urge Boehner: let Dems pass fiscal cliff bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — In case the public weren't frustrated enough over Congress' failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let Democrats provide most of...Tags: Barack Obama, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Elections, Plan B (drug), Washington, DC
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No budging as fiscal cliff talks appear stalled
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans aren't budging on tax rates, and Democrats are resisting steps like raising the eligibility age for Medicare. Negotiations on averting a year-end fiscal train wreck combining big automatic tax hikes and sweeping...
Tags: Government Health Care, Career and Workplace, Jim Jordan, Elections, U.S. House Committee on the Budget
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Boehner to House GOP: Don't make Christmas plans
CBS NewsDespite some tentative signs of progress on a deal to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff," House Speaker John Boehner continues to insist that Republicans and Democrats are as far apart as ever in the negotiating process -- and is sending out warning...Tags: Religious Festivals, Eric Cantor, Harry Reid, ABC (tv network), U.S. Senate
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Leading conservative says Obama will win tax fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks after President Barack Obama won re-election and gained more leverage to make GOP conservatives bend on taxes, the new balance of power is proving vexing for both sides. Republicans still aren't budging on Obama'...
Tags: Television Industry, Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Medicare
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House OKs 'fiscal cliff' deal
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a...Tags: Government Health Care, Rick Berg, Career and Workplace, Kristi Noem, Elections
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Obama issues statement on Fiscal Cliff legislation
President Barack Obama's remarks on the "fiscal cliff" legislation passed Tuesday by the House, as provided by the White House: ___ Happy New Year, everybody. A central promise of my campaign for president was to change the tax code that was too...Tags: Taxation, Career and Workplace, Elections, Harry Reid, U.S. Senate
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Delaney, state's newest congressman, starts term
Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives, Democrat John Delaney, was sworn into office Thursday amid a flurry of symbolism and celebration but also apprehension over issues left unresolved by the last Congress. The Potomac banker, who...
Tags: Elections, Finance, Annapolis, U.S. Senate, Fiscal Cliff
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Boehner pushes Obama for cuts related to 'fiscal cliff'
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) broke the uneasy silence in “fiscal cliff’ negotiations Tuesday, taking to the House floor to refocus attention on the spending cuts Republicans are demanding from President Obama in...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Media Industry, Washington, DC, U.S. Senate
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No one retreating; Fiscal Cliff talks seem at standstill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year-end deadline approaching, quiet negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" yielded no tangible signs of progress on Monday as Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to volunteer spending cuts he will...
Tags: Barack Obama, Government Health Care, Unemployment Benefits, Medicare, Elections
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Top stories for 2012
Daily American Staff Writer1. Good news for Route 219. Route 219 was chosen as the top news story in Somerset County this year, as voted by the Daily American news department staff. On March 14, the Senate passed a two-year $109 billion transportation bill that includes...Tags: Career and Workplace, Elections, Unemployment, Court Preliminary, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland)
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Federal employees hopeful on DOMA
Current and retired federal employees who have been on the offense against the Defense of Marriage Act can't taste victory yet, but its scent is growing stronger now that the Supreme Court has decided to review the law. Federal workers and retirees have...Tags: Minority Groups, Marriage, Career and Workplace, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians
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