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Republicans, Democrats dance around the 'fiscal cliff'

Source: MinnPost.com, Nov 12 2012, 8:33am CST

Republicans and Democrats peered over the “fiscal cliff” this week and allowed as how they might be able to get along after all — avoiding the automatic tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts due to hit ...

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U.S. House panel approves spending cuts, assumes more to come

Source: Reuters Mobile  |   May 21 2013, 7:46pm CDT

* $967 billion spending cap approved, lowest in a decade * Republicans shifting limited funds toward defense, security WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives made clear on Tuesday that automat ...

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Letters: North County, May 22, 2013

Source: San Diego Union-Tribune  |   May 21 2013, 7:27pm CDT

U-T San Diego | Hypocrisy in Oklahoma In response to “Devastation” (May 21): Oklahoma has tragically had another round of deadly tornadoes. When it comes to federal emergency money, it is the third state, behind only Texas and California. It does, ho ...

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"It won't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires"


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Democrats fret President Obama's scandals will hurt them in 2014

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 21 2013, 6:15pm CDT

President Obama isn't the only one whose fortunes are on the line in the face of a trio of explosive political scandals that are consuming Washington. The Justice Department's monitoring of reporters, the Internal Revenue ...

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Jeff Baker: an entertaining, balanced book about the Tea Party in Congress

Source: Oregon Live  |   May 21 2013, 6:10pm CDT

Robert Draper wrote a really good book with a really bad title last year, and his publisher was smart enough to change it for the paperback. "Do Not Ask What Good We do' is out; "When the Tea Party Came to Town" is in. The new tit ...

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Gov. Rick Snyder: Michigan budget plan contains 'good things' but 'more work' needs to be done

Source: MLive.com  |   May 21 2013, 6:09pm CDT

LANSING, MI - Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday said an agreement on budget targets reached by Republican leaders contains “many good things for Michigan” – but it leaves some long-term issues unresolved. The target agreement– which could b ...

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Sen. Grassley's Misleading Effort to Block D.C. Circuit Court Nominations

Source: ACS Blog  |   May 21 2013, 5:59pm CDT

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) a champion of obstructing President Obama’s nominations to the federal bench and some to executive branch positions, has focused special attention on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ...

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‘Scandals’ could actually hurt Republicans

Source: HeraldOnline.com  |   May 21 2013, 5:48pm CDT

Republican politicians and activists can barely contain their glee at the simultaneous eruption of three major controversies about the Obama administration. Conservatives are at a low boil over the administration's dissembling ab ...

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Former IRS Head To Senate: It Wasn't My Fault

Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting  |   May 21 2013, 5:38pm CDT

It was the Senate's turn Tuesday to grill the Internal Revenue Service, or more accurately, former agency officials, about its handling of the scandal involving the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Unlike last week, ...

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Immigration Bill Falling Apart in House Working Group

Source: U.S. News & World Report  |   May 21 2013, 5:29pm CDT

House Republicans balk at the possibility of foreign citizens who illegally immigrated to the U.S. receiving health insurance funded by American taxpayers. The immigration reform package the House's bipartisan working group agreed to in princ ...

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