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White House tours canceled due to federal budget cuts
WASHINGTON — The White House has been struggling to highlight cutbacks at federal agencies now that the so-called sequester has hit. On Tuesday, it found one close to home. Tours of the executive mansion will be canceled starting March 9, the...
Tags: White House, Politics, Republican Party, Tourism and Leisure, Elections
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At new phase in budget fight, Obama reaches out to GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON -- President Obama appears to be trying to thaw chilly relations with lawmakers as he pushed through the latest budget battle while moving on to other parts of his second-term agenda. Obama will head to Capitol Hill next week to visit...
Tags: White House, Bob Corker, Ron Johnson, Politics, Barack Obama
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House GOP debates changing Medicare sooner than they'd planned
WASHINGTON -- As Rep. Paul D. Ryan readies the new GOP budget, House Republicans are debating whether to apply the party’s proposed Medicare changes a year earlier than planned, when Americans who are now 56 reach retirement age. No decision...
Tags: White House, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Politics, Barack Obama, Republican Party
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Villaraigosa expects better economy to halve budget gap
L.A. NOWTwo days after voters rejected a proposal to boost the city’s sales tax to address a budget crisis, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said stronger revenues and an improving economy could cut this year’s financial gap by more than half.... -
State finds irregularities in handling of leases of wildlife areas to farmers
A state program leasing wildlife protection areas to farmers failed to properly spend and report at least $1.7 million in rental income as part of the normal budget process last year, according to an internal state investigation announced Thursday....
Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Accounting and Auditing, The Home Depot, Wildlife
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Keeping up the outreach, Obama to do lunch with Ryan, Van Hollen
WASHINGTON -- President Obama plans to continue his campaign to win hearts, minds and stomachs on Capitol Hill. Obama is scheduled to have lunch with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Chris Van...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Budget, White House, John Hoeven, Politics, Barack Obama
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Letters: Pricey healthcare -- it isn't your fault
Re "Our big appetite for healthcare," Opinion, March 31 Dr. Daniel J. Stone mentions "the Starbucks syndrome in healthcare" when blaming the overutilization of resources on patient demand and doctor apathy. His solutions are accountable care...
Tags: Starbucks Corp., General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Marketing, Medical Research
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LAPD chief expects severe cuts after voters reject tax hike
L.A. NOWLos Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck expressed disappointment Wednesday at voters’ rejection of Proposition A's tax hike proposal and believes it will result in cuts at the LAPD.... -
More budget cuts planned after L.A. voters reject sales tax hike
L.A. NOWA day after voters soundly rejected a proposal to raise the city’s sales tax by half a cent, the city’s chief budget officer said officials have begun looking at new ways to cut the city’s budget.... -
With sequester, Congress goes over the cliff and off the rails
The United States Congress has reached a new low in callous disregard for the people of this country. One would hope a price would be paid for failing to stop the budget sequestration before dramatic cuts in programs began to kick in, but given the...
Tags: Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Tea Party Movement, Republican Party
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IRS will pay whistle-blowers less because of federal budget cuts
WASHINGTON -- The federal government's automatic budget cuts mean there will be less financial incentive to turn in tax cheats. In a notice on its website, the Internal Revenue Service said it would pay 8.7% less to informants who blow the whistle on...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Politics, Layoffs and Downsizing, Budget Control Act of 2011, Taxation
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Warren Buffett says federal budget cuts aren't too bad for economy
WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is not a big fan of the automatic federal budget cuts that kicked in Friday, but he said they help reduce the deficit and shouldn't hurt the economy too much. The government is still running a deficit...
Tags: Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett, Congressional Budget Office, Politics, Budget Control Act of 2011
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