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U.S. Senate approves its first budget since 2009
The US Senate reached a milestone early Saturday when it overcame partisan gridlock to approve its first budget resolution in four years, setting up a political duel with the Republican-held House. The sweeping plan for fiscal year 2014, the first budget blueprint passed by the Democrat-led Senate under President Barack…
David Brooks on the fiscal cliff: GOP has a brain freeze
New York Times columnist David Brooks on Sunday said Republicans had prevented a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff because the party was at odds with itself. “What’s happening in Washington right now is pathetic. When you think about what the revolutionary generation did, what the civil war generation…
Obama calls for scaled-back ‘fiscal cliff’ package to ‘protect middle-class taxpayers’
Democrat and Republican lawmakers mulled their next move Saturday after leaving Washington for the Christmas holidays without an agreement on averting a year-end fiscal crisis that could lead to stiff tax hikes and drastic budget cuts. On Friday, US President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to pass a scaled-down tax package…
Republicans push for more spending cuts in fiscal cliff bargain
US President Barack Obama and Republicans waged a new spat over spending cuts Tuesday, as time ran short and little progress was evident towards ending a vexing year-end austerity and tax crisis. After days dueling over Obama’s demand for higher taxes on the rich, each side accused the other of…
Budget talks going ‘nowhere,’ Boehner complains
WASHINGTON — Republican House Speaker John Boehner said Sunday that talks to resolve the dreaded “fiscal cliff” are going “nowhere,” as Democrats demand a tax hike for the richest Americans. Without a deal by year’s end, a poison pill of tax hikes and massive spending cuts, including slashes to the…
Republicans claim Obama attacking religion
WASHINGTON — US Republicans on Wednesday escalated their election-year attacks on President Barack Obama in a feud over health insurance coverage of birth control, accusing him of a “systematic” assault on religion. Republican House Speaker John Boehner charged a new rule that most employers — including church-affiliated entities — must…
White House accuses GOP of playing politics with tax cut
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House accused House of Representatives Republicans on Sunday of playing politics with the fate of the payroll tax cut and warned that Americans could face a “devastating” tax hike if Republicans do not act. Republican House Speaker John Boehner has distanced himself from a two-month…
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