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Did Obama 'move the goalposts' on sequester?
Change of SubjectRepublican leaders are complianing that President Obama agreed to creating mandatory sequester cuts without mandatory tax increases, so his call today for a balance of spending cuts and tax increases in order to stave off the sequester cuts before most...... -
Efforts to avoid gov't shutdown move to Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to stave off a late March government shutdown shifted to the Senate after House Republicans swiftly passed legislation to keep federal agencies running, while also easing some of the effects of $85 billion in budget cuts....
Tags: Richard Burr, U.S. Senate, Tom Coburn, Patrick J. Toomey, John Boehner
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Keeping up the outreach, Obama to do lunch with Ryan, Van Hollen
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to continue his campaign to win hearts, minds and stomachs on Capitol Hill. Obama is scheduled to have lunch with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Chris Van...
Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Senate, Politics, Parties and Movements, Christopher Van Hollen Jr.
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Lakers erase 25-point deficit in second half to beat the Hornets
Lakers 108, Hornets 102 (final) The Lakers came back from a 25-point deficit to stun the Hornets in New Orleans. With their playoff hopes seemingly on the brink, the Lakers rattled off 20 unanswered points to close out a 108-102 victory on Wednesday...
Tags: Al-Farouq Aminu, Politics, Dwight Howard, Jodie Meeks, Eric Gordon (basketball)
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Toomey to dine with President Obama
Call Washington BureauPat Toomey will break bread, and perhaps gridlock, with President Obama. The Pennsylvania U.S. senator is one of seven Republicans invited to dine with the president Wednesday evening, as first reported by the Associated Press. Obama is reaching out...Tags: Barack Obama, Patrick J. Toomey, U.S. Senate, Politics, White House
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Budget gamesmanship -- it's for the birds
Change of SubjectFriday's print column If President Barack Obama loses the political messaging war with Republicans over the automatic, across-the-board federal budget cuts kicking in Friday, it will be yet another reminder of a lesson he's learned too late if he's... -
McManus: Fiscal crisis? What crisis?
Here's what is most maddening about the "Perils of Pauline" fiscal crises that President Obama and Congress have led us into during the last year: Both sides have known from the beginning what the final deals would look like, but neither side has been...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Barack Obama, Career and Workplace, Medicare, John McCain
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Boys' basketball: Northmen fall in Class A district opener to Marquette
MARQUETTE — The Petoskey boys’ basketball team seemingly was able to overcome a lot throughout the season. On Monday against a solid Marquette team, they just quite couldn’t get past a gritty Redmen team. Marquette scored 46 second...
Tags: Politics, Basketball, Sports, Minor League Baseball
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IRS will pay whistle-blowers less because of federal budget cuts
WASHINGTON -- The federal government's automatic budget cuts mean there will be less financial incentive to turn in tax cheats. In a notice on its website, the Internal Revenue Service said it would pay 8.7% less to informants who blow the whistle on...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Barbara A. Mikulski, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Politics, Fiscal Cliff
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Warren Buffett says federal budget cuts aren't too bad for economy
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is not a big fan of the automatic federal budget cuts that kicked in Friday, but he said they help reduce the deficit and shouldn't hurt the economy too much. The government is still running a deficit...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Washington, DC, CNBC (tv network), Budget Control Act of 2011
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Letterkenny Army Depot braces for federal budget cuts fallout
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comFranklin County’s largest employer braced itself for the fallout from the federal budget cuts set to go into effect Friday. Letterkenny Army Depot Commander Col. Victor S. Hagan Sr. made a statement to the depot work force that a work furlough of...Tags: U.S. Congress, Finance, Career and Workplace, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics
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Would Ben Carson approve cutting research at Hopkins to balance the federal budget?
Having watched Dr. Ben Carson's speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on YouTube, I can accept his foray into politics because he has worked with people of all religions, and his scholarship fund has supported talented students regardless of race or...
Tags: Personal Investing, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Government, Personal Finance
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