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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: Bonds, Washington, DC, White House, Peter Cook, Fiscal Cliff
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EDITORIAL: Internet retailers should collect and pay sales tax
The Idaho StatesmanPeople known as "fit-lifters" and "showroomers" didn't exist in such large numbers until consumers began the practice of checking out merchandise at the local brick-and-mortar retailer for size and fit and then purchasing the products -- online -- tax-...Tags: Michael K. Simpson, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Politics, eBay Inc., Barack Obama
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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: Budget Control Act of 2011, Research, National Parks, U.S. Department of Defense, Air Transportation Industry
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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., Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Max Baucus, Politics
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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: Interior Policy, Budget Control Act of 2011, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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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: Interior Policy, Budget Control Act of 2011, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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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: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Holidays, Government, eBay Inc., U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary
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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: Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate, Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Congress
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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, Minority Groups, Employees, Abusive Behavior, eBay Inc.
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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: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Services and Shopping, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate, Justice System
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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: Interior Policy, Budget Control Act of 2011, The Washington Post, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate
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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: Interior Policy, Budget Control Act of 2011, Personal Weapon Control, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress
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