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Boehner: Bondholders should be paid first if debt limit breached
WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John A. Boehner said holders of U.S. government bonds should be paid first if the nation's debt limit is breached, even if that means that China would get preference over the salaries of U.S. troops. Boehner (R-Ohio) defended...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff, Politics, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC, Government Debt
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House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Justice System, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama's breathtaking fall from the top
WASHINGTON - Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Layoffs and Downsizing, Gun Control, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements
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Obama: the fall
WASHINGTON -- Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the...
Tags: State of the Union Address, Layoffs and Downsizing, Gun Control, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements
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Online sales tax bill seen stalling in Republican-led U.S. House
Reuters* Senate approval of measure expected on Monday * Broad tax overhaul effort moving separately WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was expected to vote on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases,...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Holidays, Democratic Party
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Fore! Obama takes 'schmooze offensive' to the fairway
ReutersBy Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hit the golf course on Monday with two Republican senators and a Democrat, part of an effort to advance his second-term agenda by having better relationships with Congress. Obama,...Tags: Bob Corker, Golf, Saxby Chambliss, Jay Carney, Gun Control
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WRAPUP 1-Battle over U.S. immigration bill starts in Congress
Reuters* Senate Judiciary debate gets under way on Thursday * Special interests to push controversial amendments * Supporters drive for lopsided Senate approval By Caren Bohan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress this week opens...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Lobbying, Crime, Law and Justice, Fishing
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Online sales tax clears Senate, fight seen in House
ReutersThe Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the legislation faces a tougher fight in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The Democratic-controlled Senate...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Overstock.com Incorporated, U.S. House of Representatives, Parties and Movements
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Barack Obama: The fall
— Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs....
Tags: State of the Union Address, Layoffs and Downsizing, Gun Control, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements
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After sequester, Syria, Boston, Obama's Big Mo goes missing
Fate is fickle, power cyclical, and nothing is new under the sun. Especially in Washington, where after every election the losing party is sagely instructed to confess sin, rend garments and rethink its principles lest it go the way of the Whigs. And...Tags: State of the Union Address, Layoffs and Downsizing, Gun Control, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Parties and Movements
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In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues
CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...
Tags: David Koch, Executive Branch, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Boeing Co.
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After flight delays, will cancer move Congress to act?
Reuters* Fiscal needs pile up but few seen as acute as flight delays * Congress may find it difficult to say no to cancer patients By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - As Congress sifts through a growing number of requests for targeted relief from...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Head Start, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Layoffs and Downsizing
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