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McManus: Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?
President Obama won't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and AARP have been howling all week about something they expect to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters? He's...
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Government Health Care, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Labor Legislation
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Lawmakers push bill to break up too-big-to-fail banks
WASHINGTON -- Two lawmakers on Tuesday introduced legislation to break up banks that are deemed too big to fail, arguing taxpayers should not be faced again with bailing out firms that have become even larger since the financial crisis. "We have a...
Tags: National Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Politics, Government
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Letters: Worry vs. action on global warming
Re "Most in U.S. worried about sea level rise," March 30 Building sea walls and other measures to protect coastal developments address the symptoms of climate change, not the cause. We need to support legislation to counteract global warming, such as...Tags: Global Change, Oceans, Dana Rohrabacher, Conservation, Weather
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Charm offensive produces no Budget Battle breakthroughs
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over dinner at a swank hotel a few blocks from the White House, Republican senators wanted to know if President Barack Obama would support a gradual increase in the age of eligibility for Medicare, set at 65 since the program's...
Tags: John McCain, Washington, DC, Government Health Care, Physical Disabilities, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Sen. Rand Paul ends marathon filibuster of John Brennan
WASHINGTON – Sen. Rand Paul ended a marathon filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to lead the CIA early Thursday after holding the floor for nearly 13 hours, focusing on concerns over the constitutionality of the administration’s use of...Tags: Parties and Movements, Mark Kirk, Government, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin
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Paul filibuster gains support, delays Brennan vote
WASHINGTON -- What began as Rand Paul’s one-man crusade to press the Obama administration for clarity regarding its prosecution of U.S. citizens suspected of terrorist ties became a bipartisan spectacle in the Senate chamber Wednesday -- one that...Tags: Parties and Movements, Marco Rubio, Politics, Government, Harry Reid
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Rand Paul vows to speak 'as long as it takes' to block Brennan
WASHINGTON -- In a rare, traditional filibuster, Sen. Rand Paul vowed to speak on the Senate floor "as long as it takes" to draw attention to his concerns about the Obama administration's policy regarding the targeted killing of American terrorism...
Tags: Politics, George W. Bush, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Rand Paul, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Senate confirms Jacob Lew as Treasury secretary
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob J. Lew as Treasury secretary, allowing the longtime budget expert to take office as President Obama deals with looming automatic federal spending cuts. Lew, 57, was approved by a 71-26 vote. He...
Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, Jeff Sessions, Jack Lew, Timothy Geithner
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Politics and energy policy
Quick: Name one thing mainstream Republicans and Democrats agree on when it comes to energy policy. Other than that both sides would like it to be cheaper, you're probably drawing a blank. That's why there was something a little quixotic in President...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Finance, Politics, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Senate Democrats are united against GOP push to weaken consumer bureau
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats said Thursday they were united in opposing Republican efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and told President Obama they supported the renomination of Richard Cordray to head the agency. "It is...
Tags: Washington, DC, Richard Cordray, Tim Johnson, Politics, Jack Reed
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SEAL who killed Bin Laden met with lawmakers to talk veteran care
Out of the service, out of the shadows: The Navy SEAL who reportedly killed Osama bin Laden in the world's most famous secret raid has stepped a little closer toward the sunlight. The unnamed shooter, profiled in a recent Esquire cover story that...
Tags: Politics, Government, Armed Forces, Osama bin Laden, Pension and Welfare
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Md. congressional leadership demands answers from VA
Calling the failures at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Baltimore "inexcusable," Maryland's congressional leadership on Monday demanded the beleaguered agency develop an immediate plan to fix the local problems in processing disability claims....
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Politics, Veterans Affairs, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Heart Attack
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