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Next debt-ceiling histrionics could do real harm
At this stage in the U.S. recovery, there isn't much that fiscal policy can do to accelerate growth. Some argue that we need another tax cut, while others would prefer increased spending. Neither is going to happen on a significant scale. Radical...Tags: U.S. Congress, Unemployment Benefits, Employment Opportunities, White House, Finance
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Bloomberg targets political donations in latest gun-control push
ReutersBy Edith Honan NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his latest bid for tougher gun control, is urging the city's legions of Democratic donors to withhold funds from four Democratic senators who opposed a background checks...Tags: The New York Times, Lobbying, Max Baucus, Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice
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Obama urges Massachusetts voters to back Markey's Senate bid
ReutersBOSTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, fighting to protect his party's margin of control in the U.S. Senate, urged Massachusetts voters on Wednesday to back fellow Democrat Edward Markey in a June 25 special election that could gauge Americans'...Tags: U.S. Congress, Edward J Markey, Joe Biden, Marth Coakley, Al Gore
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Obama to name Furman as chief economist
ReutersBy Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate longtime adviser Jason Furman to be his new chief White House economist, an administration official said. Furman, who will replace economist Alan Krueger...Tags: U.S. Congress, Lawrence Summers, National Economic Council, Alan Krueger, Politics
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Insight: In Washington, lawmakers' routines shaped by fundraising
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - For lawmakers in Washington, the daily chase for money can begin with a breakfast fundraiser in the side room of a Washington restaurant. At noon, there might be a $500-per-plate lunch with lobbyists in a Capitol Hill town house....Tags: U.S. Congress, Lobbying, John Thune, Restaurants, U.S. House of Representatives
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Snowden says he will stay in Hong Kong and fight extradition
ReutersBy John Whitesides WASHINGTON, June 12 (Reuters) - The National Security Agency contractor who revealed the government's top-secret monitoring of phone and Internet data says he intends to stay in Hong Kong and fight any effort to bring him back to the...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, National Security Agency, International Law, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
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Dawn Shirreffs: Everglades restoration cannot wait
Everglades restoration efforts, the future of Floridians' drinking water, and the fate of endangered species like the Florida Panther lie in the hands of the South Florida Water Management District this month. SFWMD must act now and affirm its...Tags: National Parks, U.S. Congress, Wildlife, South Florida Water Management District, Renovation
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COLUMN - The 'secrecy industrial complex'
Reuters(David Rohde is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By David Rohde NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - An odd thing is happening in the world's self-declared pinnacle of democracy. No one, except a handful of elected officials and an army of...Tags: The New York Times, U.S. Department of State, Frank Lautenberg, Metal and Mineral, Ron Wyden
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Noem says she will run for House
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Kristi Noem ended all Senate rumors Tuesday by announcing her intention to run for re-election to the House seat she has held since 2011. Noem made the announcement on her Facebook page just before 3:30 PM MDT. "I am grateful to...
Tags: Mike Rounds, Politics, Tim Johnson, Elections
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Column: The 'secrecy industrial complex'
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - An odd thing is happening in the world's self-declared pinnacle of democracy. No one, except a handful of elected officials and an army of contractors, is allowed to know how America's surveillance leviathan works. For the last two...Tags: The New York Times, U.S. Department of State, Frank Lautenberg, Metal and Mineral, Ron Wyden
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Do not take food from the needy
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceCongress should not cut federal nutritional assistance. I know. I myself have received needed assistance. In 2009, in the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, millions of Americans made a discovery they had apparently given...Tags: U.S. Congress, Prisons, Malcolm X, Sergio Garcia, Kanye West
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Ireland says will not act unilaterally on tax avoidance
ReutersDUBLIN, June 12 (Reuters) - Ireland will not reform its tax system unilaterally to allay international concerns that it allows multinational companies to avoid taxes, its finance minister said on Wednesday. Ireland has been forced to defend its tax...Tags: Dublin (Ireland), Republic of Ireland
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