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Tax hike on wealthiest 'a must'

Source: FOX Sports, Nov 10 2012, 5:07am CST

Updated at 2 p.m. ET -- At a campaign-style event at the White House Friday, President Barack Obama invited congressional leaders to the White House next week for talks on how to avoid spending cuts and at least some of the tax increases schedu ...

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Video: Obama: Citizenship not always a "shield" against drone strikes

Source: CBS News  |   May 23 2013, 2:14pm CDT

As President Obama outlined a renewed push to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, he was repeatedly interrupted by a protester, Medea Benjamin of advocacy group Code Pink, who accused the president of spurning the rule of law an ...

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Everyone's Getting Straight A's: House Spending Plan Would Cut Education

Source: High School Soup  |   May 23 2013, 1:52pm CDT

It's time for another edition of Straight A's, the Alliance for Excellent Education's bi-weekly e-newsletter. You can read the entire issue online, pick from the article snippets below, or receive Straight A ...

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27 weeks ago


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"I think there are parts of the healthcare law that are going to be very difficult to implement. And very expensive. And as the time when we're trying to find a way to create a path toward a balanced budget everything has to be on the table."


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Tea party storm largely inside IRS — so far

Source: Anderson Independent-Mail  |   May 23 2013, 1:39pm CDT

WASHINGTON — Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the t ...

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Student Loan Rates May Be Rising

Source: U.S. News & World Report  |   May 23 2013, 1:32pm CDT

President Barack Obama waves as he arrives to speak at University of Colorado Boulder on April 24, 2012. A little more than a year ago, President Barack Obama stood at a podium at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo., and promised he'd do ...

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Boehner: Sexual assaults a 'disgrace'

Source: The Politico  |   May 23 2013, 1:20pm CDT

Ongoing reports of sexual assault in the military are a “national disgrace,” House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday. “This is outrageous, and frankly, it’s a national disgrace,” he said. Continue Reading New reports surfaced this ...

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The Effect of Tax Increases and Spending Cuts on Economic Growth

Source: Reason  |   May 23 2013, 1:11pm CDT

Good morning, Chairman Murray, Ranking Member Sessions, and members of the committee. Thank you for the chance to discuss the effect of tax increases and spending cuts on economic growth. I appreciate the o ...

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IRS scandal creates White House dilemma about what information to share with Obama

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 23 2013, 1:02pm CDT

(Jonathan Ernst) “In a dramatic departure from existing White House procedures, President Obama requested today that his staff start cc’ing him on stuff.” - Andy Borowitz in the New Yorker The decision by White Hou ...

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Panel Provides Money for 1,600 More Customs and Border Staff

Source: GovExec.com  |   May 23 2013, 12:33pm CDT

A Customs and Border Patrol agent examines a vehicle at the border of Mexico and the United States. United States Customs and Border Protection House appropriators on Wednesday approved legislation giving the Homelan ...

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NH Senate rejects 12 cent gas, diesel tax increase

Source: Boston.com  |   May 23 2013, 12:14pm CDT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A day after the House rejected the Senate’s casino bill, the Senate voted Thursday to kill the House’s plan to fix highways by phasing in a 12-cent increase in the gas and diesel tax and blocked any disc ...

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