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U.S. debt limit resets at higher level, budget impasse grinds on
Reuters* New debt limit reset at $16.7 trillion * No movement seen in Congress on budget talks By David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government added $306 billion in new debt during a four-month suspension of the federal borrowing limit, the...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, John Boehner, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Congressional Budget Office, Patty Murray
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RPT-ANALYSIS-Shrinking U.S. deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
Reuters(Repeats story with no changes to text) By Jason Lange and David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the U.S. tax system, trim government spending and reform...Tags: Public Finance, Government, Health Insurance, U.S. House of Representatives, National Government
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ANALYSIS-Shrinking U.S. deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
ReutersBy Jason Lange and David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the U.S. tax system, trim government spending and reform safety net spending programs appear to be...Tags: Government, Public Finance, Health Insurance, U.S. House of Representatives, National Government
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Analysis: Shrinking deficit reduces pressure for budget deal
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chances of a deal between Democratic and Republican lawmakers that would overhaul the tax system, trim government spending and reform safety net spending programs appear to be fading. A sudden improvement in the outlook for the...Tags: Government, Public Finance, Jay Carney, Health Insurance, U.S. House of Representatives
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Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states, including Michigan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma — what to do with all the money when an improving...
Tags: Finance, Government, Rich Wardner, John D. Rockefeller IV, St. Louis
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US Republicans vow to fight for spending cuts as deficit shrinks
Reuters* Lawmakers reaffirm 10-year balanced budget goal * Seek to tie debt limit hike to tax reform By David Lawder and Rachelle Younglai WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Republicans in the House of Representatives vowed on Wednesday to press on with their...Tags: Public Finance, Weather Reports, Weather, James Lankford, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Rising revenues to shrink deficit rapidly through 2015: CBO
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deficit is shrinking considerably more quickly than previously thought, the Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday in a report that could sap Congress' sense of urgency to find further budget savings. In one fell swoop,...Tags: Finance, Public Finance, Government Health Care, Internal Revenue Service, Economic Indicator
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Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate
WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...
Tags: Government Health Care, Public Finance, Economic Indicator, John Boehner, Loans
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Obama's budget puts the onus on Ryan
WASHINGTON — When it comes to deficit reduction, President Barack Obama may have correctly taken the measure of Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles and U.S. corporate leaders; that's a reason why any deficit deal is more remote than ever. Two and a...Tags: Government Health Care, Public Finance, Medicare, John Boehner, White House
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Paul Ryan gives Benedictine commencement address
St. Joseph News-Press, Mo.Congressman Paul Ryan offered his philosophy as a Catholic public servant applying Catholic social teaching Saturday at Benedictine College's commencement ceremony. Mr. Ryan, the former vice presidential candidate from Wisconsin, gave the commencement...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief, Francis I, Paul Ryan, Poverty
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Missouri Legislature sends governor difficult choice in budget
St. Louis Post-DispatchMissouri lawmakers want Gov. Jay Nixon to decide which is more important to the state budget: support for low-income seniors or programs for children with developmental disabilities. The Legislature adopted a nearly $25 billion budget Thursday that...Tags: Finance, Government, U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, St. Louis, Family
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Opposition guns for LDP committee chair
The Japan TimesOpposition parties prepared Wednesday to pass a resolution ousting a senior Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker as head of an Upper House committee, setting the stage for a showdown with the ruling bloc before the Upper House election in July. If passed,...Tags: Government, Politics, Tokyo (Japan), China, Travel
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