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Farming: Old school for old boys
While Max Baucus and Jon Tester are both Democrats, both U.S. senators and both Montana country boys, last month’s hurried vote to fund nearly $1 trillion of current federal spending shows just how different these Big Sky legislators really are....Tags: Prescription Drugs, The New York Times, Drugs and Medicines, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance
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Senate panel set to vote Tuesday on Treasury nominee Jacob Lew
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee is expected to vote to confirm Jacob J. Lew's nomination to be Treasury secretary on Tuesday, setting the stage for his confirmation by the full Senate in the coming days. Lew, the former White House chief of staff,...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Chuck Grassley, Timothy Geithner, Elections
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Key lawmakers say bipartisan tax reform is doable and on track
WASHINGTON -- The chairmen of key congressional committees said their bipartisan efforts to overhaul the tax code are on track and still very doable despite the partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill on many issues. "Tax reform can't be about politics,"...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Obama: 'Shame on us' if Congress forgets Newtown
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough...
Tags: Mark Pryor, New York City, U.S. Senate, Interior Policy, Washington, DC
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Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Jon Tester, National Parks, Mark Pryor, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Pro-gun voters put heat on Democratic senators
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun...
Tags: Weaponry, Elections, Mark Pryor, Firearms, Interior Policy
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Conservative groups urge GOP to let budget cuts go forward
WASHINGTON — With little time left to strike a deal to head off Friday’s arrival of the sequester, conservative advocacy groups are urging congressional Republicans to stand firm and let the $85 billion in automatic cuts to this year’s...
Tags: Americans for Prosperity, Tim Johnson, Elections, Mark Pryor, Federal Election Commission
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Floods blamed for 16 pipeline spills
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Pipeline spills caused by flooding and riverbed erosion dumped 2.4 million gallons of crude oil and other hazardous liquids into U.S. waterways over the past two decades, according to a new report from federal regulators....
Tags: Jon Tester, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Exxon Mobil Corporation, U.S. Congress, Enterprise Products Partners LP
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As farm safety net battle wages on, will crop insurance need to change?
The new Acting Administrator of USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) learned the importance of crop insurance - for both farmers and consumers - at an early age. As a child growing up in rural Utah, Brandon Willis' family raised sheep. But his father...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Education, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Science and Technology
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Turning the tables on Jack Lew
WASHINGTON -- President Obama won re-election in part by beating up on his opponent for receiving big corporate payouts in exchange for dubious work and for socking away money in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands. So it's a bit, well, rich that...
Tags: Pat Roberts, Citigroup Incorporated, Chuck Grassley, Elections, Mitt Romney
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Treasury nominee Jacob Lew faces tough questions on Citigroup job
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew on Wednesday faced tough questions from Republican senators about his tenure as a top executive at Citigroup Inc. in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Lew was criticized for not knowing...
Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Jack Lew, Chuck Grassley, Politics
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Treasury nominee Jacob J. Lew says he would work to boost recovery
WASHINGTON -- Treasury secretary nominee Jacob J. Lew told senators Wednesday that his top priority was to boost the economic recovery while also grappling with the nation's growing debt. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Timothy Geithner, Republican Party, Labor Markets, New York University
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