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Congress shows just how optional a budget can be
This post has been updated, as indicated below. During the last three years of President Obama's first term, Republicans (and a fair number of readers here) blasted congressional Democrats repeatedly for failing to pass a federal budget -- even in 2010,...
Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, U.S. Congress, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Public Finance
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Medicare financial outlook improves, but problems still loom
WASHINGTON — The federal government projected Friday that Medicare's main trust fund would not run in the red until 2026, two years later than projected last year, in part because of slower growth in healthcare costs. Prospects for the Social...Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, Economy, Business and Finance, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace
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Making the case for food stamps
Los Angeles TimesTo hear Republicans -- and some Democrats -- in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps (the...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Nutrition
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Romney donors to get a first look at potential 2016 contenders
An early morning skeet-shooting excursion with Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin. A golf game with Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky. A chance to mingle over breakfast with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Those are just a few of the offerings available to the...Tags: Rand Paul, White House, John Hickenlooper, Economy, Business and Finance, Ann Romney
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Too juvenile to govern
WASHINGTON — With budgetary tantrums in the Senate and investigative play-acting in the House, the Republican Party is proving once again that it simply cannot be taken seriously. This is a shame. I don't share the GOP's philosophy, but I do...Tags: National Government, Rand Paul, Congressional Budget Office, Public Finance, John McCain
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Obama's re-election budget
After hearing President Barack Obama's robust response to their budget-cutting proposals, Republican leaders seemed shocked to hear that the president sounds like — gasp! — a Democrat. At least Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell knew what...Tags: Health, Clarence Page, Heads of State, George Washington, Economy, Business and Finance
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For Republicans like Rand Paul, the 2016 campaign has begun
Reuters* With no clear front-runner, Republicans jockey for position * Senator Paul seeks to show his appeal is broad enough * For Republicans, generational and ideological change looms By Samuel P. Jacobs CONCORD, New Hampshire, May 24 (Reuters) - Seeking...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rand Paul, White House, Executive Branch, Regional Authority
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House feels the heat on immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Committee approval of a sweeping Senate immigration overhaul has put pressure on the House, where Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and top leaders have been pushing a bipartisan group of lawmakers to produce its own bill. House...
Tags: Steve King, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Justice and Rights, Career and Workplace
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The case for food stamps
To hear Republicans — and some Democrats — in Congress talk, you'd think food-stamp dollars just disappear into a black hole. The prevailing debate in the Senate and House versions of the farm bill, which contains funding for food stamps...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Nutrition
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U.S. debt limit resets at higher level, budget impasse grinds on
Reuters* New debt limit reset at $16.7 trillion * No movement seen in Congress on budget talks By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government added $306 billion in new debt during a four-month suspension of the federal borrowing limit, the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC, Patty Murray
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Shrinking U.S. deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
Reuters(Repeats story with no changes to text) By Jason Lange and David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the U.S. tax system, trim government spending and reform...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, George Washington, Congressional Budget Office
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Raddatz returns, gets Centre degree while telling war stories to grads
tkleffman@amnews.comMartha Raddatz told one on herself Sunday during her commencement address to Centre College’s Class of 2013. The highly decorated and respected ABC foreign correspondent who has reported from war zones around the world, the White House and the...Tags: Easter, Iraq, Education, U.S. Department of Defense, University of Louisville
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