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White House details budget fallout amid blame game
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House has detailed the potential fallout in each state from budget cuts set to take effect at week's end, while congressional Republicans and Democrats keep up the sniping over who's to blame. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Vaccines, Head Start, Government Debt, CBS Corp.
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Blame game rages on over looming sequester
We are just days away from a cataclysm of biblical proportions. The cuts foretold in the Budget Control Act of 2011 are young as far as prophecies go, but apparently they are every bit as terrifying as rivers of blood and plagues of locusts. Any day now...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011, Government Debt, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate
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Supreme Court may strike down DOMA gay marriage law, experts say
Legal experts said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they might strike down the Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to legally married gay couples. It marked the second landmark gay-rights case the justices considered...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Judges, Gays and Lesbians, Justice System, Minority Groups
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One date is not enough: Obama to dine again with GOP senators
WASHINGTON – President Obama is taking Senate Republicans on another date night. Following his successful dinner earlier this month with a dozen GOP senators, during which they discussed budgets, the president has dialed up his ideological...Tags: Government Health Care, Budgets and Budgeting, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, White House
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Other Voices: Marriage, job growth and governing from the middle
Marriage fading for people without college degrees The University of Virginia's National Marriage Project has released another disturbing report. It reiterates that marriage remains strong for college-educated couples — but it's disintegrating in...Tags: Trade Agreements, University of Virginia, Politics, Family, State of the Union Address
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Lawmakers pessimistic about budget deal
South Bend TribuneThough not set to take effect until Friday, the automatic cuts to defense and domestic spending known as the sequester, negotiated back in 2011 as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling, already are having an effect on the economy and national security,...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, National Security, Joe Donnelly, Politics, U.S. Congress
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Governors: Looming cuts threaten economic gains
WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors are becoming prominent voices in the fight to cut the federal deficit, warning that Capitol Hill's latest budget stalemate is causing fresh uncertainty that threatens economic progress. State leaders attending the...
Tags: Terry Branstad, Gun Control, White House, Elections, Air Transportation Delays
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Rosa Parks statue to be unveiled in Capitol next week
WASHINGTON -- Rosa Parks made history in 1955 by refusing to move to the back of the bus. She will make history again next week when her statue is placed in the U.S. Capitol. It will be the first full-size statue of an African American in the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Los Angeles Times, Barack Obama, Arts, U.S. Congress
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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: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, White House, Ronald Reagan, Politics
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No winners in this game
WASHINGTON -- The standoff over the package of budget cuts known as "the sequester" is the dumbest, most self-defeating fight between President Obama and Republicans in Congress since … let's see, since the last dumb, self-defeating fight less than...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Government Debt, Barack Obama, Elections, White House
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Republicans can't escape blame for sequester
If aliens came to earth from outer space in search of intelligent life, Congress is the last place they would look for it. The Republican-led 112th Congress -- in a good week, in session no more than two and a half days -- let the Standard & Poor's credit...
Tags: Voting, Budgets and Budgeting, Head Start, National Security, Barack Obama
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Former lawmaker says farmers are important to the world
Farmers will need to feed nine billion people worldwide by 2050, so it's up to the Farmers Union to continue to lead the push for sustainable agriculture and healthy environmental policy. That was the message that former U.S. Congresswoman Stephanie...Tags: Raven Industries Incorporated, Harry Reid, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Groton, U.S. Congress
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