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How soon US 'fiscal cliff' talks could unfold

Source: Economic Times, Nov 20 2012, 12:45am CST

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress hope to start serious negotiations after this week's Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday on how to avoid the "fiscal cliff," which has politicians and economists worried about t ...

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Obama Threatens Veto of House Student Loan Plan

Source: ABC News  |   May 22 2013, 2:38pm CDT

President Barack Obama is threatening to veto House Republicans' student loan bill. The White House Budget Office said Wednesday the GOP plan does not guarantee current low interest rates for students and c ...

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22 minutes ago

Reid appears to back away from 'nuclear option' on filibusters

Source: MSNBC  |   May 22 2013, 2:34pm CDT

By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News With one of President Barack Obama’s key nominees on the verge of being confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appeared to edge away Wednesday from an idea that some Dem ...

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24 minutes ago

Prioritizing Debts in Advance Is What Most of Us Do

Source: Wall Street Journal  |   May 22 2013, 2:32pm CDT

In "The Partial Faith and Dubious Credit Act" (op-ed, May 14), Alan Blinder correctly differentiates between the country's short-term deficits, which pose no difficulty, and our long-term structural deficit, which if not addressed threatens the ...

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31 minutes ago

Texas Senator Ted Cruz To Party With Orange County Republicans in June

Source: Orange County Weekly  |   May 22 2013, 2:25pm CDT

Orange County Republican Party boss Scott Baugh is apparently taking diversity in politics seriously after all. Baugh--often under fire from liberal critics for running a political party of cranky, rich, caucasian businessmen--has lured a ...

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34 minutes ago

Immigration reform bill heads to full Senate

Source: China Post  |   May 22 2013, 2:22pm CDT

WASHINGTON--A far-reaching bill to remake the U.S. immigration system is headed to the full Senate, where tough battles are brewing on gay marriage, border security and other contentious issues, with the outcome impossible to predict. The Senate J ...

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41 minutes ago

Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill

Source: FindLaw: AP Professional News  |   May 22 2013, 2:15pm CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key House committee chairman says a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee falls far short of what is needed to end the problem of illegal immigration. House Judiciary Co ...

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1 hour ago

New Obama NLRB gambit headed nowhere

Source: Washington Examiner   |   May 22 2013, 1:25pm CDT

Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are set to vote this morning on a full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board. It will likely okay all five, who will ...

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1 hour ago

Syria Burns, Obama Dithers, Congress Fumes…and Iran Watches

Source: The American Interest  |   May 22 2013, 1:23pm CDT

Iran is brazenly sending troops to fight the rebels in Syria, and Congress is fed up with White House policy on Syria. The Washington Post reports that trained Iranian fighters are now on the ground in Syria to protect the ...

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1 hour ago

Republican Response To Sequester: It’s Bad. Let’s Make It Worse.

Source: Health Care For All   |   May 22 2013, 1:11pm CDT

The Campaign for America's Future is a strategy center for the progressive movement. Republicans have been eager to blame the sequester on President Obama, and complain when certain cuts affect their districts. But beyond proposing robbing-Pet ...

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1 hour ago

Progress on immigration

Source: Baltimore Sun  |   May 22 2013, 1:11pm CDT

Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They ...

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