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Ten for Friday: Auto failure = Wall Street doom
Spin CycleAn auto bailout failed in the Senate after Republicans demanded cuts in UAW wages to the level of non-union competitors, and the UAW wouldn't go along. It seemed to reflect yet another grand failure of America's political leadership. Global......Tags: Assault, Local Government, Rod Blagojevich, The New York Times, Parliament
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Monday Morning Ten: Gov miffed at SNL
Spin CycleGov. David Paterson is really really mad about a Saturday Night Live skit that made fun of him. The National Federation of the Blind complained, too. Gov. Paterson plans to raise $4 billion in new taxes and fees to......Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Government, Regional Authority, National Government, Barack Obama
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Washington Follies: Confirmation Sked
Spin CycleHere's the schedule of confirmation hearings in DC, via The Page: Thursday, Jan. 8 Tom Daschle for Health and Human Services secretary Friday, Jan. 9 Rep. Hilda Solis for Labor Tuesday, Jan. 14 Sen. Hillary Clinton for Secretary of......Tags: Environmental Politics, Hillary Clinton, Ken Salazar, Timothy Geithner, Arne Duncan
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Obama's anti-smoking health nominee
The Swampby Mark Silva Barack Obama's own personal battle with tobacco is somewhat well known - he has confessed to falling off the no-smoking wagon from time to time. The nation's battle with tobacco is another matter. Now the president-elect has......Tags: Health Organizations, Medical Services, Government, University of Miami, Government Health Care
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Senate to Obama's nominees: not so fast
The Swampby Janet Hook The Senate later today is expected to confirm several of President Obama's Cabinet choices -- but only those uncontroversial enough to be approved by voice vote. It is not yet clear exactly which ones will come up,......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Timothy Geithner, Politics, United States
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Tom Daschle faces grilling on taxes, fees
The Swampby Noam N. Levey Tom Daschle, once considered assured of breezing through his confirmation as secretary of Health and Human Services, soon will face tough questioning on Capitol Hill about underpaying his income taxes and his extensive work for clients......Tags: Services and Shopping, Health Insurance, Drugs and Medicines, Parliament, Health
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Senate finance chair still backs Daschle
The Swampby Frank James When a presidential nomination runs into trouble in the Senate, it's important to listen to what the chair of the relevant committee says. What you're looking for is any indication that the chair is shifting into "I'm......Tags: Politics, Max Baucus, Economy, Business and Finance, Parliament, Government Health Care
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Americans: Tax cheats not taken lightly
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Nine in 10 Americans say it is "not at all'' acceptable to cheat on taxes. That's what the IRS says. The agency's annual survey - while it may have been conducted in August - came......Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Politics, State Budgets, Parliament
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Ten for a Monday: Spending and cutting
Spin CycleMartha Washington may have been a looker (at left) instead of a frump. Wall Street's $18.4 billion in bonuses to New Yorkers is just a part of the trough its executives fed at this year, as they were simultaneously......Tags: Unemployment, Martha Washington, Career and Workplace, Kirsten Gillibrand, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Daschle: Tax problems
Spin CycleAnother Obama cabinet nominee has acknowledged that he had to pay back taxes after he was nominated -- HHS nominee Tom Daschle. Apparently, he paid $100,000 on Jan. 2 after acknowledging that he hadn't reported a luxury car and......Tags: State Budgets, Politics, Barack Obama
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Daschle's tax problem: Second nominee
The Swampby Noam N. Levey Former Sen. Tom Daschle, tapped by President Obama to lead his healthcare reform campaign, failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes in the three years before Obama nominated him in December to head the Department......Tags: Trips and Vacations, Services and Shopping, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Vehicles, Parliament
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Axelrod: Geithner eyeing Wall St. bonuses
The Swampby Mark Silva The White House - and that means the president - clearly is angered by news that Wall Street has paid out billions of dollars in bonuses while collecting billions of dollars of federal money in a bailout......Tags: Karl Rove, CEO Pay, Consumer Electronics Industry, David Axelrod, Government
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