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House approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, rescinding broad tax hike
This post has been updated. See below for details.WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Tuesday night to a bill to rescind tax increases for the vast majority of Americans, but only after a day of closed-door debate among Republicans, who were forced to allow a vote on a compromise many in...Tags: Parties and Movements, Taxation, Politics, Jack Kingston, Personal Income
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Congress readies for next fight over federal pay
Congressional Republicans are stepping up their rhetoric on federal employee pay, positioning the issue as a central bargaining chip in negotiations next month over raising the debt ceiling and keeping the government open. House GOP leaders will hold...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Parties and Movements, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Labor Markets, Unemployment
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Boehner: Obama's 'fiscal cliff' deal 'mainly tax hikes'
WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders kicked off Wednesday with a fierce critique of President Obama's handling of “fiscal cliff” negotiations, part of the political posturing on both sides that has characterized efforts to avoid across-the-board...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Republican Party, Personal Income
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House leaders offer short-term debt increase
This post has been updated, as indicated below.WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – House Republicans announced Friday that they will vote next week to authorize a temporary extension of the debt limit, pushing off a politically unpalatable fight in the hopes of extracting further spending cuts from Democrats in...Tags: United States Statutory Debt Limit, Parties and Movements, Budgets and Budgeting, U.S. Senate, Public Finance
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House OKs 'fiscal cliff' deal
Associated PressPast its own New Year’s deadline, a weary Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation to avoid a national ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ of middle class tax increases and spending cuts late Tuesday night in the culmination of a...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Parties and Movements, Labor Markets, Dave Camp, Kevin McCarthy
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Defined by a Sandy sidestep
WASHINGTON -- The end-of-term reviews of John Boehner's House speakership are in, and they aren't pretty. "The conduct of the Republican leadership was disgraceful, it was indefensible and it was immoral." "There was a betrayal." "Disappointing...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Conservation, Michael Grimm, Kevin McCarthy, Endangered Species
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The billionaires' long game
What's the biggest political lesson of 2012? Some say it's that money doesn't count all that much. Even though billionaires and big corporations poured huge amounts into the 2012 election, they lost big. They learned the lesson and won't try to buy...
Tags: Finance, Las Vegas Sands Corporation, David Koch, TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp., Politics
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Column: Look beyond the fiscal cliff
Hey, have you heard about this thing called "the fiscal cliff"? Actually, the better question is: Have you heard about anything except the fiscal cliff? Nine months ago, the term had not even entered the media lexicon. And now it's suddenly everywhere....Tags: Employment Opportunities, Parties and Movements, Public Finance, Labor Markets, Unemployment
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House GOP leadership very white and male, but why?
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Official Washington went all atwitter last week when Republicans named white men to every one of the 19 committee chairmanships in the House of Representatives. More than one observer accused the party of sexism, but one watchdog group in the Capitol...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Parties and Movements, John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, Candice Miller
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Column: Your guide to the 'fiscal cliff'
Los Angeles TimesAre we about to go over a fiscal cliff? It’s looking more likely, but it may not be as alarming as it sounds. Here are three things you need to know about the impending crisis over the so-called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax increases...Tags: Parties and Movements, Timothy Geithner, Fiscal Cliff, Democratic Party, Politics
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Your guide to the fiscal cliff
Are we about to go over a fiscal cliff? It's looking more likely, but it may not be as alarming as it sounds. Here are three things you need to know about the impending crisis over the so-called fiscal cliff, the combination of tax increases and...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Timothy Geithner, Fiscal Cliff, Democratic Party, Politics
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House to remain in session until 'fiscal cliff' resolved
At least one part of the government will probably be gathered in Washington until a solution is reached in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Wednesday that there would be no adjournment “...
Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate, Barack Obama, Fiscal Cliff, Democratic Party
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