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Early fiscal cliff talks may show path to deal

Source: China Post, Nov 17 2012, 1:26pm CST

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama and top lawmakers agreed on Friday to work on a framework for reforming the U.S. tax code and “entitlement” programs next year, in what could be an important first step in averting the upcomin ...

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Editorial: Deficits under control, but workers pay the price

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch  |   May 22 2013, 6:37am CDT

Remember the deficit? That big, bad existential issue that threatened the future of the U.S. economy and demanded an urgent, Pearl Harbor-like national response? The deficit hasn’t gone away, but the Congressional Budget ...

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President vows: Aid on the way

Source: Arkansas Online  |   May 22 2013, 5:39am CDT

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama pledged urgent government help for Oklahoma on Tuesday in the wake of “one of the most destructive” storms in the nation’s history. “In an instant, neighborhoods were destroyed, dozens of people lost their lives, many ...

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26 weeks ago


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"The major development of the meeting was we made it clear our position is ... we should freeze tax rates for the middle class and raise rates on the top (income) families ... It was notable that neither Boehner nor McConnell shot that idea down."


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Watergate? No, this is something uniquely Obama

Source: Globe and Mail  |   May 22 2013, 5:02am CDT

Rejecting tax-exempt status for conservative groups. Using the agency responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement as an ideological arm of the government. Obtaining telephone records of Associated Press and Fox News rep ...

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Barack Obama: Oklahoma tornado leaves 'enormous grief' – video

Source: Guardian Unlimited  |   May 22 2013, 3:42am CDT

The US president vows to support the people of Oklahoma after a tornado killed 91 people in the city of Moore. Barack Obama says those who need to rebuild homes and lives following the storm 'will not have to tr ...

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Anderson: Draining the swamp

Source: The Salem News, MA  |   May 22 2013, 3:30am CDT

Associated Press Ousted IRS Chief Steve Miller, left, and former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman are sworn in on Capitol Hill in Washington yesterday, prior to testifying before the Senate Finance Committee hea ...

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Apple needs more immigration to pay lower wages to make higher profits to not pay taxes upon

Source: Steve Sailer-Articles & Blog on Human Biodiversity, Genetics  |   May 22 2013, 3:20am CDT

Ms. Powell Jobs has a net worth of about $11.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. Her husband, the Apple co-founder, wasn't a big philanthropist. ... It was through her work at College Track that Powell Jobs got on the track to immigration refo ...

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Now the president wants better security?

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com  |   May 22 2013, 2:22am CDT

We have all heard versions of the saying, “locking the barn door after the horse is gone,” but it seems that’s exactly what President Barack Obama is doing by requesting $4 billion for the State Department for additional security for our diplomatic corps ...

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US Senate Panel Passes Immigration Reform Bill

Source: Outlook India  |   May 22 2013, 12:53am CDT

The landmark immigration bill, which offers a path to citizenship for more than 11 million - including over 260,000 Indians - undocumented immigrants and increasing H-1B visas today passed its first legi ...

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U.S., Myanmar sign trade framework agreement

Source: United Press International  |   May 21 2013, 11:51pm CDT

WASHINGTON, May 22 (UPI) -- The United States and Myanmar signed a trade and investment framework agreement, coinciding with the visit of Myanmar President Thein Sein . The agreement will create "a platform for on ...

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