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Repealing Obama's health care law won't be easy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Yes, if Mitt Romney wins the White House and his Republican allies retake the Senate, he could shred most of President Barack Obama's health care law without having to overpower a Democratic filibuster. But it won't be as easy...Tags: Healthcare Laws, U.S. Senate, Scott P. Brown, Medicare, Health Care Reform (2009)
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New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Petroleum Industry, Medicare, Health Insurance, Government Health Care
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Republicans bail on budget talks, blame Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans pulled out of debt-reduction talks led by Vice President Joe Biden with a flourish on Thursday, blaming Democrats for demanding tax increases as part of a deal rather than accepting more than $1 trillion in cuts to...Tags: Joe Biden, Tea Party Movement, Arizona, White House, Republican Party
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UPDATE 2-U.S. immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
Reuters* Tentative agreement reached on border security -senators * Details being presented to undecided senators * "Unprecedented" buildup of border patrols -aide (Adds details on deal, Boehner meeting) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON,...Tags: Ruben Hinojosa, U.S. Senate, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Bob Corker, Republican Party
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Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam
WASHINGTON — Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Bob Corker, Republican Party, Politics
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U.S. lawmakers float bill for Medicare to cover obesity treatment
ReutersBy Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - A day after the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease, U.S. lawmakers introduced bipartisan bills in the Senate and House of Representatives that would require Medicare to cover...Tags: Politics, Lisa Murkowski, Obesity, Medicare, Government Health Care
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Lawmakers float bill for Medicare to cover obesity treatment
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease, U.S. lawmakers introduced bipartisan bills in the Senate and House of Representatives that would require Medicare to cover more obesity treatment costs....Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Obesity, Medicare, Lisa Murkowski
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UPDATE 1-U.S. immigration bill negotiators see Senate breakthrough
Reuters* Tentative agreement reached on border security -senators * Details being presented to undecided senators (Recasts with possible border control deal) By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, June 19 (Reuters) - Prospects for passage of a U.S....Tags: Bob Corker, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Republican Party, Politics, Migration
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Fertility rites
WASHINGTON — Distilled to a slogan, politics of late goes something like this: "I'm more fertile than you are." It seems fecundity is emerging as the best argument for public office, policy or even citizenship. What was once an unconscious...Tags: Conservative Political Action Conference, Abortion, Abortion Issue, Social Issues, Kermit Gosnell
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OBAMA TO PUSH NUCLEAR CUTS A senior administration official says Obama will propose reduce the U.S. and Russian stockpiles by up to one-third at...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Credit Ratings, Stanley A. McChrystal, Ben Bernanke, National Security Agency
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CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Trey Gowdy, Zoe Lofgren, Government, Immigration
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Senate immigration bill could slash federal deficit, report says
A Senate bill meant to offer a pathway to citizenship for the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. who entered illegally or stayed on expired visas could trim the deficit by about $175 billion over the next 10 years, according to a federal report....
Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Immigration, Public Finance
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