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Social Security braces for budget cuts, frustrated public
Checks will arrive on time, but nearly every other task the Social Security Administration performs — from answering phones to determining eligibility for claims — will be delayed if Congress fails to stop steep federal budget cuts from taking...
Tags: Social Security, U.S. Congress, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting
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This won't last: Beverly Hills house for lease, $600,000 a month
How much would you pay to live where William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies called home? How steep is too steep to sleep where John and Jacqueline Kennedy honeymooned? OK, rich kids of Instagram, what would you say to a Beverly Hills manse with a...
Tags: William Randolph Hearst, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Marion Davies, Starbucks Corp.
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White House warns of education, defense cuts in Md.
WASHINGTON -- Maryland would lose $14.4 million in federal education funding, roughly 46,000 Department of Defense employees would be furloughed and 2,050 fewer children would receive vaccines if looming across-the-board spending cuts are allowed to...
Tags: Washington, DC, Politics, U.S. Congress, Layoffs and Downsizing, Ocean City
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Sequester is not just GOP's fault
It is nice to know that The Sun has received the White House talking points on the sequester and written an editorial based on them, as I expect nothing less from you ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Blame can be attached to both sides. The Democrats and...
Tags: Politics, White House, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama
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Most economists see 'sequestration' budget cuts as unavoidable
WASHINGTON -- With just a few days to go before new government spending cuts are set to take effect, what are the chances that another eleventh-hour action will avert the latest impending hit to the economy? Very little, according to a survey of...
Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Government, U.S. Congress, Employment Opportunities, Productivity
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How the GOP may outmaneuver Democrats on the sequester
This post has been updated, as indicated below. Congressional Republicans may have found a way to force Democrats to accept the sequester -- for this year, at least -- thanks in part to labor protections won by federal employee unions. The sequester...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Aerospace Manufacturing, Layoffs and Downsizing, Barack Obama, Boeing Co.
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Jos. A. Bank stock downgraded by Zacks
With Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc. likely poised to announce year-end and fourth-quarter results this week, investors and analysts wonder just how bad it will be. So far this year, stock in the Hampstead-based men's apparel chain has sat out the stock...
Tags: Stock Market, Earnings, Stock Activities, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Earnings Forecasts
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No debt agreement, no break
With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Politics, U.S. Congress, Patty Murray, Budgets and Budgeting
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Real tax reform would force both sides to do some heavy lifting
Typical daily schedule for a member of the United States Congress: •8:30 a.m. — National Wind Energy Association: to discuss wind production tax credit. •10 a.m. — National Association of Manufacturers: to discuss accelerated...
Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Budgets and Budgeting, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Wrong to blame GOP for showdown
What a joke your editorial regarding pending federal budget cuts is ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Do you not research information anymore, or do you just call up some liberal Democrats for advice? Maybe you're just blind and believe anything that...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Congress, Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Steny Hoyer, Budget Control Act of 2011
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From the Right: The politics game is getting dirtier
Politics is a game, we all know that. But sometimes the game gets worrisomely dirty. The president has been playing politics and he has been playing dirty. And I, for one, am getting worried. In the dirty game people get hurt and in this game it is all of...
Tags: Yasmin (drug), Layoffs and Downsizing, Budgets and Budgeting, Budget Control Act of 2011
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The true costs of the phony fiscal crisis
In most countries that experience a fiscal crisis, there is no ambiguity about the situation. The government is unable to sell debt at a reasonable interest rate. This probably coincides with a broader shift out of domestic assets, as smart investors...Tags: Government, Government Health Care, Social Issues, Budgets and Budgeting, Health Insurance
Feb 25, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 26, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 24, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 25, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Feb 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 25, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 24, 2013
|Column| Baltimore Sun
Feb 25, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 19, 2013
|Column| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 18, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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