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Letters: Washington's fiscal fix
Re "Obama pressures GOP to stave off 'meat cleaver' cuts," Feb. 20 As the next fiscal cliff deadline of March 1 approaches, when deep automatic federal budget cuts will come into effect, maybe it's time for someone to inform President Obama that the...Tags: Elections, Public Finance, Politics, U.S. Congress, White House
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Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, they've already gotten much of both. Spending by federal, state and local...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Labor Markets, Layoffs and Downsizing, Economic Indicator
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Looking ahead: NCBA's 2013 policy priorities
As a fifth-generation rancher and Policy Division Chairman for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA), I am pleased to announce our association's policy priorities for 2013. These priorities, along with other important issues affecting cattlemen...Tags: Trade Policy, Environmental Pollution, Conservation, Politics, U.S. Army
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Obama, sequestered
During the epic deficits-and-debt donnybrook of mid-2011, two top aides to President Barack Obama proposed an ultimatum so onerous that Congress and the White House surely wouldn't let it happen. In his book "The Price of Politics," Bob Woodward of...
Tags: Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Senate, The Washington Post, Harry Reid, Jack Lew
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 22
Editorial unfairly characterized Paul Miller To the editor: I was dismayed to read The Herald-Mail’s negative portrayal of Paul Miller, the former director of the Humane Society of Washington County, in a Feb. 14 editorial. I’ve known him...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, Pension and Welfare, Politics, The Herald-Mail
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Jos. A. Bank stock downgraded by Zacks
With Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. likely poised to announce year-end and fourth-quarter results this week, investors and analysts wonder just how bad it will be. So far this year, stock in the Hampstead-based men's apparel chain has sat out the stock...
Tags: Stock Market, Companies and Corporations, NASDAQ, Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., Earnings
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No debt agreement, no break
With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Politics, Public Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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Real tax reform would force both sides to do some heavy lifting
Typical daily schedule for a member of the United States Congress: •8:30 a.m. — National Wind Energy Association: to discuss wind production tax credit. •10 a.m. — National Association of Manufacturers: to discuss accelerated...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Politics, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Government
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Hoyer: (Budget) bickering must come to end
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer says Congress must "put aside ideological constraints" and resolve differences over taxes, budget and spending. The Maryland Democrat says such an accommodation would help restore both consumer and...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Washington, DC, Politics, Consumers, U.S. Congress
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From the Right: The politics game is getting dirtier
Politics is a game, we all know that. But sometimes the game gets worrisomely dirty. The president has been playing politics and he has been playing dirty. And I, for one, am getting worried. In the dirty game people get hurt and in this game it is all of...
Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Yasmin (drug), Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting
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The true costs of the phony fiscal crisis
In most countries that experience a fiscal crisis, there is no ambiguity about the situation. The government is unable to sell debt at a reasonable interest rate. This probably coincides with a broader shift out of domestic assets, as smart investors...Tags: Health Insurance, George W. Bush, Medicaid, Economic Indicator, Government Debt
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Local conservation educator given national honor
A few years ago, Onaway resident Maureen Stine jumped off her own fiscal cliff, she said. She stopped working for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and started working part time for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources...
Tags: Energy Resources, Agriculture, Education, Environmental Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Feb 20, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Feb 22, 2013
|Story| Herald Mail
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Feb 21, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
Mar 19, 2013
|Column| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 18, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Mar 13, 2013
|Story| Petoskey News
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