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Senate leaders reach tentative agreement to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits
Associated PressSenate leaders agreed on compromise legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline that...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Petroleum Industry, Haqqani Network, National Government
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The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur on “fake neutrality” in TV news
Channel Guide MagazineThough the official general election season is still months away, your television is likely overrun with incendiary ads and partisan discourse that drive you nuts. But before you turn on that “news” program that makes you feel so much better,... -
More and more Democrats now worry sweeping law may hurt them at polls
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank has led a parade of Democrats in renouncing the passage of the Affordable Care Act, suggesting the far-reaching law may be a net deficit for the party on Election Day.
"I think we paid a terrible price for health care," the...Tags: Politics, John A. Yarmuth, Health, Democratic Party, Congressional Budget Office
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Give WWII 'Devil's Brigade' Gold Medal, U.S. lawmakers urge
Some years ago, Hollywood made a movie, "The Devil’s Brigade," about a U.S.-Canadian commando force during World War II. Now an effort is underway in Congress to award the Congressional Gold Medal to that elite strike force. Legislation to award...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Documentary (genre), France, Walt Disney, Italy
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Cardin, Mikulski urge Obama to speed withdrawal from Afghanistan
The Baltimore SunSens. Benjamin L. Cardin and Barbara A. Mikulski urged President Barack Obama on Wednesday to speed the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. The Maryland Democrats joined a group of 24 senators in declaring the mission in Afghanistan...Tags: Mike Lee, Sherrod Brown, Herb Kohl, Jeff Bingaman, Leon Panetta
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Casey, Schwartz named to payroll conference committee
Pennsylvania Ave.Ending weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to...... -
Congress reaches final payroll tax deal
CNNCongressional negotiators resolved all differences on an agreement to extend the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits while avoiding a fee cut for Medicare doctors for the rest of the year, leaving only technical issues to sort out. "It's good for...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Barack Obama, Bars and Clubs, Labor Markets, Dining and Drinking
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Horses May Soon Be Slaughtered For Meat In U.S.
KTLA NewsWASHINGTON, DC -- Congress has lifted a 5-year-old ban on the slaughter of horses for meat, a move supported by ranchers and also, surprisingly, by some animal rights activists. At issue is a ban, first enacted in 2006, that prevented the U.S. Department...Tags: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, U.S. Department of Agriculture, KTLA
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When bipartisanship is bad
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelDemocratic and Republican leaders were gushing last week about the “bipartisanship” behind their deal to extend the payroll tax holiday through the end of 2012. The chairmen of the House-Senate conference committee that cut the deal,... -
Consumer Confidential: Ticketmaster refund, Lipitor probe
Money & CompanyHere's your fool-to-cry Friday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --If you bought a ticket through Ticketmaster between October 1999 and October of this year, you're due for some cash -- $1.50, to be precise. Because of a...... -
Casey, Schwartz named to payroll tax committee
Call Washington BureauEnding weeks of partisan gridlock -- the norm these days for Capitol Hill -- House Republicans agreed Thursday to a two-month extension of a tax cut for working Americans with the stipulation that Senate Democrats agree to appoint conferees to negotiate...Tags: Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), U.S. Senate, Politics, Democratic Party, Xavier Becerra
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Senate panel will investigate MF Global collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Democrat and Republican on a key Senate panel say Congress should look deeply into what led to the collapse of MF Global, a trading firm run by one of their former colleagues. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the chairman of the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Washington, DC, MF Global, Politics, Petroleum Industry
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