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Republicans vow to fight for spending cuts as deficit shrinks
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to press on with their campaign to further slash spending on U.S. government benefits programs despite evidence that the deficit is shrinking rapidly. The lawmakers...Tags: Freddie Mac, Dave Camp, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, Fannie Mae
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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: Eric Cantor, Elections, Budgets and Budgeting, Government Health Care, Credit and Debt
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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: U.S. Senate, White House, Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve, Budgets and Budgeting
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IRS targeted conservative groups, official says
WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service improperly singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny of their applications for nonprofit status, a top agency official said Friday, setting off calls for investigations into an organization...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Tea Party Movement, Political Fundraising, Elections
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Robert J. Fisher: Balanced budget amendment, national sales tax can eliminate U.S. debt
During the past four years, Democrats and Republicans have been engaged in a seemingly endless and futile ideological battle over taxes, spending cuts and deficit reduction. Republicans relentlessly accuse the Obama administration of "kicking the can down...Tags: Republican Party, Unemployment, Budgets and Budgeting, Career and Workplace, Politics
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McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: Executive Branch, Newspaper and Magazine, Safeway Inc., Jeb Bush, Elections
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Scholar's Bias Against Hispanics Dangerous
The Hartford CourantJason Richwine is a type in American politics. He holds a doctorate from Harvard. He writes studies, appears at conservative conferences in suit and tie, and expounds the same old nonsense about immigrants that we've been hearing since the Know Nothings...Tags: Labor Legislation, Heritage Foundation, The Washington Post, Social Issues, Think Tanks
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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: U.S. Senate, White House, Rob Portman, NBC (tv network), Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Bob Dold wants his House seat back
Tribune reporterAfter losing a close, costly election in November, Republican Bob Dold wants to reclaim a U.S. House seat in north suburbs from freshman Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider. Dold, 43, elected to Congress in 2010 and defeated in 2012, has written backers...Tags: Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Federal Election Commission, Elections, U.S. Congress
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Should Jeb Bush listen to his mother and president?
No offense to Barbara Bush, who seems like a fabulous grandmother and certainly has been a wonderful mother and wife, raising a future president and being married to another one. But Barbara, I hope son Jeb doesn’t take your advice not to run...
Tags: Jeb Bush, Elections, Mitt Romney, Politics, Parties and Movements
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Keeping Student Loan Rates Low Benefits All
If it is spring, it is the time of flowers, showers and congressional bloodletting over federal student loan interest rates, set to rise in July. Again. Last year, the federal act expired that had kept federally subsidized Stafford student loan rates...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Party, Teaching and Learning, Economy, Business and Finance, U.S. Congress
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Letters: The GOP's fresh faces
Re "The GOP's fantasy lineup," Opinion, April 7 It is hard to understand why political pundits talk about the demise of the Republican Party when it has such a strong group of future young leaders, as mentioned in Doyle McManus' column. To wit: Kentucky...Tags: Joe Biden, Executive Branch, Rand Paul, Government, Regional Authority
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May 10, 2013
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