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Federal cuts could cost California billions
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown arrives in Washington today to meet with the nation's governors as federal leaders deal with a pending deadline for budget cuts that could damage California's fragile recovery. The across-the-board budget cuts known as...Tags: Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Congress, Executive Branch, Government Debt
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White House warns of education, defense cuts in Md.
WASHINGTON -- Maryland would lose $14.4 million in federal education funding, roughly 46,000 Department of Defense employees would be furloughed and 2,050 fewer children would receive vaccines if looming across-the-board spending cuts are allowed to...
Tags: Ocean City, Annapolis, Vaccines, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Congress
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Sequester is not just GOP's fault
It is nice to know that The Sun has received the White House talking points on the sequester and written an editorial based on them, as I expect nothing less from you ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Blame can be attached to both sides. The Democrats and...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011, Politics
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Most economists see 'sequestration' budget cuts as unavoidable
WASHINGTON -- With just a few days to go before new government spending cuts are set to take effect, what are the chances that another eleventh-hour action will avert the latest impending hit to the economy? Very little, according to a survey of...
Tags: National Government, Career and Workplace, Productivity, Gross Domestic Product, U.S. Congress
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How the GOP may outmaneuver Democrats on the sequester
This post has been updated, as indicated below. Congressional Republicans may have found a way to force Democrats to accept the sequester -- for this year, at least -- thanks in part to labor protections won by federal employee unions. The sequester...
Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Career and Workplace, Elections, Barack Obama, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Wrong to blame GOP for showdown
What a joke your editorial regarding pending federal budget cuts is ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Do you not research information anymore, or do you just call up some liberal Democrats for advice? Maybe you're just blind and believe anything that...Tags: Mitch McConnell, Barack Obama, Steny Hoyer, U.S. Congress, Budget Control Act of 2011
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It's A Gray Area: Our grandchildren are bankrupt
The biggest security threat to our country is a failed economy, and today that is a genuine threat. How so? Because the simple fact is that for every dollar the federal government now spends, it is either borrowing or printing 43 cents. Obviously no...Tags: National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Afghanistan, U.S. Congress, Justice System
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Rothfus doubts Congress will stop sequestration
staff writer, @damichellegRepublican U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus said he is against the automatic cuts that will come as part of sequestration, but he is not sure Congress will act in time to avoid them. Rothfus, who was in the 12th Congressional District this week, said Congress...Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, White House, Budgets and Budgeting
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Letters: Washington's fiscal fix
Re "Obama pressures GOP to stave off 'meat cleaver' cuts," Feb. 20 As the next fiscal cliff deadline of March 1 approaches, when deep automatic federal budget cuts will come into effect, maybe it's time for someone to inform President Obama that the...Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, White House, Public Finance, U.S. Congress
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Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both. Spending by federal, state and local...
Tags: Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama, Elections, Republican Party
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Looking ahead: NCBA's 2013 policy priorities
As a fifth-generation rancher and Policy Division Chairman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), I am pleased to announce our association's policy priorities for 2013. These priorities, along with other important issues affecting cattlemen...Tags: U.S. Army, Water Pollution, Conservation, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Congress
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Obama, sequestered
During the epic deficits-and-debt donnybrook of mid-2011, two top aides to President Barack Obama proposed an ultimatum so onerous that Congress and the White House surely wouldn't let it happen. In his book "The Price of Politics," Bob Woodward of...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, White House, Budgets and Budgeting
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