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It's an expensive game of fiscal chicken

Source: The Tennessean, Nov 30 2012, 2:30am CST

Before the fiscal cliff comes the political roller coaster. Agreement will seem unattainable until, suddenly, it isnt. The sickening plunge will feel endless until the car starts to climb again. But at the mo ...

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Gov. Rick Snyder cutting short Israel trip to push for Medicaid expansion in Michigan

Source: MLive.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:49pm CDT

LANSING - A proposal to expand and reform Medicaid in Michigan remains stalled in the state Senate. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder – who supports Medicaid expansion – is cutting short his trade trip to Israel and is expe ...

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Bluff called, Olympia Democrats still want tax increases

Source: Sound Politics  |   Jun 19 2013, 5:57pm CDT

In the past few weeks, Gov. Inslee and legislative Democrats were beating the drum about finalizing a budget deal and avoiding a second special session. They accused the Senate Majority Coalition of 23 Republicans and two Demo ...

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Stopping Medicaid Expansion In Its Tracks

Source: Mackinac Center for Public Policy  |   Jun 19 2013, 3:40pm CDT

Everyone in Lansing knows how this game is played: The federal expansion money will be rolling in, and in May 2016, under an entrenched Obamacare, the supposed ‘savings’ this legislation generates from its marginal changes to a massive entitlement progra ...

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New state revenue report improves climate for budget talks

Source: The Olympian   |   Jun 19 2013, 2:21pm CDT

But while Senate Majority Coalition leaders contended the new money takes all new taxes off the table and while they offered to drop business-backed demands for changes to the state-run workers compensation system House Democrats an ...

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Will the new fiscal year bring another NJ revenue roller coaster?

Source: NorthJersey.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 1:34pm CDT

Whatever the final agreement on the next state budget ends up being this month, be ready for another roller coaster ride when it comes to tracking revenues over the next 12 months. Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee ...

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Chamber mobilizes business leaders to ‘get the truth out’ about entitlements

Source: The Hill  |   Jun 19 2013, 1:20pm CDT

“We are here to begin the process of waking people up to the reality and the truth that there is a problem,” said Tom Donohue, the Chamber’s president and CEO, in introducing Josten to the crowd. The Chamber of Commerc ...

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Federal Tobacco Tax Hike Would Reduce Smoking, Raise Revenue and Benefit Lower-Income Americans, New Report Finds

Source: PR Newswire  |   Jun 19 2013, 12:48pm CDT

WASHINGTON, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: The combined policy of a tobacco tax increase and expansion o ...

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It’s almost as if Jeff Sessions’ opposition to immigration reform isn’t about the poor at all

Source: The Washington Post  |   Jun 19 2013, 12:23pm CDT

That CBO report showing that the Senate bill will boost the economy? It’s not good enough for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.). Even if it does help the economy, he says, “the benefit will go to the business owners.” He worries that “the 21 million Ameri ...

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State Budget Conference Committee Receives New Numbers on Medicaid and Revenue

Source: WCPN  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:11am CDT

The committee working out the differences between the House and Senate versions of the state budget now has updated estimates on tax revenues and Medicaid. Statehouse correspondent Karen Kasler reports thos ...

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Judge sides with provider in Medicaid fraud case

Source: The Olympian   |   Jun 19 2013, 9:46am CDT

Ex-NY senator gets 5 years in prison in tax case A former New York state senator who was accused of looting health clinics to pay for extravagances including pony rides and who pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges has been ...

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