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U.S. economy grows at 2.5% rate in 1st quarter
From the Associated PressWASHINGTON -- U.S. economic growth accelerated from January through March, buoyed by the strongest consumer spending in more than two years. The strength offset further declines in government spending that are expected to drag on growth throughout the...Tags: Consumers, Politics, Economic Indicator, Business, U.S. Congress
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Want to empower working mothers? Call on government for help
In her new book, “Lean In,” Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg advises women to do just that. The message is her “sort of feminist manifesto”: Take a seat at the table, speak up, and don’t worry about pleasing everyone. If...
Tags: Feminism, Media Industry, The Washington Post, Cultural Development, Arts and Culture
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Letters: The 'significance' of voter fraud
Re "Protect Arizona voting rights," Editorial, March 20 The people of Arizona approved a law requiring evidence of citizenship to vote. They are the ones suffering the worst effects of illegal immigration, not those of us in California. You note...Tags: Election Rigging, Personal Data Collection, Politics, Interior Policy, Elections
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The truth about the 'chained CPI' and Social Security
It's a benefit cut. It's not merely a "technical" change. It's not a "more accurate" measure of inflation. The "chained CPI" has become one of the linchpins of the debate in Washington over what to do about the cost of Social Security. The idea is to...
Tags: Medicare, Consumer Confidence, Economic Indicator, U.S. Congress, Prices
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The 1% aren't like the rest of us
Over the last two years, President Obama and Congress have put the country on track to reduce projected federal budget deficits by nearly $4 trillion. Yet when that process began, in early 2011, only about 12% of Americans in Gallup polls cited federal...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, Social Sciences, Science, Unemployment
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Letters: Baby boomers vs. millenials
Re "A new Democratic agenda," Opinion, April 12 I never thought I'd be one to tell "walking five miles in the snow" stories, but Ronald Brownstein's column on millennials replacing baby boomers as a national priority has thrown me over the edge. I...Tags: Medicare, Barack Obama
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Letters: Whose ox will Obama gore?
Re "Obama's entitlement gambit," Opinion, April 10 The current calculation used to determine adjustments to Social Security benefits is based on the cost of living for an urban worker, not a senior. Therefore, it doesn't account for the greater...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Barack Obama
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The bias against working women
In proclaiming March as Women's History Month, President Obama stated that "too many women feel the weight of discrimination on their shoulders." Liberals often make this claim, citing the fact that women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men,...
Tags: Feminism, Career and Workplace, Retirement, American Enterprise Institute, U.S. Congress
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Arizona voting law disenfranchises citizens
It's a familiar story: Out of an exaggerated concern about potential election fraud, a state adopts procedures that have the effect of disenfranchising perfectly qualified voters. In this case, the state of Arizona is demanding that would-be voters...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Personal Data Collection, Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Regional Elections
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Obama's Social Security proposal sparks GOP confusion
WASHINGTON -- President Obama's proposal to trim Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments has sparked not only Democratic outrage, but Republican confusion. In the days since Obama put the idea in his 2014 budget, Republicans' reactions have...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Greg Walden, Barack Obama, Budgets and Budgeting
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Pelosi says immigration reform will be finished by summer recess
SACRAMENTO -- Pointing to an agreement reached between farmworker unions and growers on a migrant worker program, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that she expects immigration reform to be completed before Congress takes its summer recess....Tags: Politics, Nancy Pelosi, Immigration, U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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