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FISCAL CLIFF VOTE: How our congressmen voted on new tax deal
While the tax package Congress passed New Year's Day is expected to protect 99% of us from an income tax increase, most of us will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013. That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary...
Tags: Business, U.S. Congress, Government, Joe Donnelly, U.S. Senate
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PSY apologizes for anti-US protests in 2004
PSY is apologizing to Americans for his participation in anti-US protests several years ago. Park Jae-sang performs as PSY and issued a statement Friday after reports surfaced that he had participated in concerts protesting the U.S. military presence in...
Tags: U.S. Military, International Military Interventions, Iraq War (2003-2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Michigan legislators defy unions, OK right-to-work
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — In an audacious flex of political muscle, Republicans in a single day reached the brink of a goal that for years has seemed an all-but-impossible dream: making the labor bastion of Michigan a right-to-work state. The GOP...
Tags: Democratic Party, Republican Party, Voting, Judges, Tea Party Movement
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Obama opposes Michigan's right-to-work legislation
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama has repeated his opposition to right-to-work laws as the Republican-controlled Michigan Legislature moved toward adopting the union-curbing measure. The Michigan House voted Thursday to approve a bill...
Tags: Michigan Legislature, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Rick Snyder
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Lugar will announce post-Senate plans
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar is preparing to announce his plans for the future after spending 36 years in the Senate. The Indiana Republican will reveal his plans during a news conference Friday afternoon at the University of...Tags: Richard Lugar, Education, Colleges and Universities
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Obama has long work list to tackle when he returns
WASHINGTON (AP) — It's hardly a secret that Barack Obama, like every president no doubt, muses about his ultimate legacy and spot in the presidential pantheon. He approaches his second term confronting tough and shifting challenges that will play...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Gun Control, Interior Policy
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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: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Market and Exchange, Politics, Poverty
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Gunfire kills young children daily in US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before 20 first-graders were massacred at school by a gunman in Newtown, Conn., first-grader Luke Schuster, 6, was shot to death in New Town, N.D. Six-year-olds John Devine Jr. and Jayden Thompson were similarly killed in...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Shootings, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Lobbying
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Michigan Senate OKs 'moral objection' health bill
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A bill passed by the Michigan Senate would allow health care providers could use a "moral objection" or "matter of conscience" standard to refuse service to patients. The Detroit Free Press reports the legislation moves to...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Planned Parenthood, Abortion, Detroit Free Press, Social Issues
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Don't be fooled by January pay _ higher taxes loom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers probably won't feel the full brunt of next year's tax increases in their January paychecks, but don't be fooled by the temporary reprieve. No matter what Congress does to address the year-end fiscal cliff, it's already...
Tags: Republican Party, Taxation, Business, George W. Bush, U.S. Congress
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'Cliff' talks: Geithner invites GOP counteroffer
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is ready to entertain Republican proposals for spending cuts, but GOP lawmakers must first commit to higher tax rates on the rich and specify what additional spending cuts they want in a deal to avoid the...
Tags: Republican Party, This Week (tv program), Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Politics
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Saving face: Local man removing Romney-Ryan tattoo
MICHIGAN CITY — A Michigan City man who had the Mitt Romney-Paul Ryan campaign logo tattooed onto his face "to make politics fun" says it's time for it to come off. Eric Hartsburg of Michigan City, Ind., says he plans to have the red-and-blue "R''...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Elections, Mitt Romney, Politics
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