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Republican and Democratic lawmakers are urging congressional leaders to delay a vote on possibly extending Bush-era tax cuts until there can be adequate negotiations, which are set to begin today. Senator Max Baucus and Representative David Camp are leading the charge against a vote that they say would be premature, Bloomberg reports.Negotiators are expected to [...]
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President Barack Obama announced his plans on Monday to freeze 2.1 million federal workers' pay for the next two years, a move that would aim to reduce the U.S. budget deficit and quell criticism of his big spending habits.The pay freeze, which the White House estimates would save anywhere from $2 billion per year to [...]
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U.S. officials are scrambling to assess the damage to the nation's diplomatic profile after Wikileaks released more than 250,000 classified documents, which detailed sensitive threats to global security and unflattering accounts of world leaders.The cables revealed the magnitude of the nuclear threat in Iran as well as discussions between the U.S. and South Korea of [...]
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President Obama and South Korean president Lee Myung-bak agreed late on Tuesday to conduct joint navy exercises together as part of the U.S. first response to North Korea's artillery bombing of a South Korean island, killing two marines and two civilians.As part of a decision made during a White House emergency session, the U.S. will [...]
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It has been 47 years since President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, but for the first time in nearly five decades some of the closest witnesses are speaking out. A pair of secret service agents who were with the president on November 22, 1963, are opening up about their experiences in advance of the release [...]
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Despite the fact that his wife and daughter have both publicly spoken out against the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Senator John McCain suggested on Sunday that more time and research is needed before the Defense Department can confidently lift the gay ban.The Republican senator said that the Senate should hold off on lifting [...]
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In an effort to turn back Bush-era policies, President Barack Obama announced Friday that he would work to extend the tax cuts given to the wealthy to the middle class. Obama told reporters in Seoul, South Korea, that he plans on meeting with Republicans about how to handle the tax breaks for the country's richest [...]
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A mix of provocation and resignation dominate the response of the entire political spectrum after the release of a proposal Wednesday for reducing the federal deficit.President Barack Obama's bipartisan federal deficit commission came up with a variety of ambitious ideas, including plans to raise taxes and cut federal spending on government programs which sparked resentment [...]
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During his third day on a trip to India, President Barack Obama pledged to support a permanent seat for India in the United Nations Security Council. Obama's move serves as a push to strengthen political and economic ties with the world's second-most populous country, The Washington Post reports.Obama's support for India comes in the wake [...]
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In its best midterm showing in 16 years, the Republican Party has taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives as well as numerous state legislatures following yesterday's Midterm election, though Democrats managed to keep a narrow majority in the Senate.Republicans saw net gain of at least 500 seats across state legislatures giving them control [...]
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