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The Obama 2014 budget proposal and the appearance of reform
WASHINGTON - Well, at least we're starting to get the procedure right. Washington has rediscovered the beauty of the boring. It's called "regular order," using the normal, routine, constitutional process to arrive at, for example, a budget. Normal had...Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Politics, Retirement, Washington, DC
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Obama's Social Security proposal sparks GOP confusion
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's proposal to trim Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments has sparked not only Democratic outrage, but Republican confusion. In the days since Obama put the idea in his 2014 budget, Republicans' reactions have...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Washington, DC, Paul Ryan, Social Security
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Experts expect summer gasoline prices as low as $3.84 in California
Experts are saying American drivers, including Californians, can expect some of the lowest summer gasoline prices they have seen in three years. Some are predicting a steady decline in California gasoline prices to as low as $3.84 a gallon by August....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Toyota Recalls, Gasoline Industry, Memorial Day
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Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?
President Barack Obama didn't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and the AARP have been howling all week about something they expected to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters?...Tags: Barack Obama, Consumers, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bernard Sanders
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Obama's budget: A put up or shut up moment for the GOP
It's facile to say that if the extreme right and left of American politics dislike something, it must be a good idea, but in the case of President Barack Obama's budget proposal, it may be true. The president is taking one more stab at a "grand bargain"...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Bernard Sanders, Personal Weapon Control, Social Security
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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: Barack Obama, Consumers, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bernard Sanders
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Districts 113 and 112 nervous about potential property tax freeze
The way some local governments ask for property taxes can look a lot like going to a restaurant. When a school district or small municipality orders, they generally choose the biggest, most expensive menu item, regardless of how hungry they are. Their...Tags: Consumers, Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Jack D Franks
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Portrait studios suddenly close in Sears, some Wal-Marts
Portrait studios at Sears and some Wal-Mart stores — the scenes of innumerable family photos — have unexpectedly closed as their operator, CPI Corp., goes out of business. The portrait provider said in a statement on its website that all...
Tags: Kmart, Computer Hardware, Services and Shopping, Arts and Culture, Photography
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Socialist senator at odds with Obama over veterans benefits
WASHINGTON — A few hours before midnight during a marathon budget session, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the only member of Congress elected as a socialist, called for a vote on his proposal to oppose any cut in cost-of-living adjustments for...Tags: Barack Obama, Political Systems, Politics, Washington, DC, Bernard Sanders
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Obama's budget plan draws fire from both sides
WASHINGTON — The budget that President Obama is scheduled to release next week drew attacks Friday from both the left and right — a reaction that White House aides appeared to welcome as they sought to portray the plan as a middle-of-the-...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, MoveOn, Washington, DC, U.S. Congress
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Lawmakers Tackle Education in Waning Days of the Session
Channel 2 NewsHouse and Senate Education members rolled out two bills this week geared at helping schools who are having to dip into classroom funds to pay for outside expenses. "Of course people talk about the BSA so we'll talk about that elephant in the room, we'll...Tags: Evelyn J Lynn, Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Teaching and Learning, Labor Legislation
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Will new EPA goals raise gasoline prices or clean air, save lives?
Tribune NewspapersDepends on whom you ask. The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday proposed what it called "sensible standards for cars and gasoline that will significantly reduce harmful pollution, prevent thousands of premature deaths and illnesses" while...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Politics, Gasoline Industry, Passenger Cars, American Petroleum
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