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State to take significant hit in U.S. budget battle
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The White House says Michigan faces about $140 million in losses if an automatic federal budget cut takes effect Friday, and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin says he's hopeful the deadline pressure will prompt Congress to raise money by...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Politics
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Rep. Benishek: Hopeful for deal to avoid sequestration funding cuts but skeptical
Staff WriterPETOSKEY, Mich. — Congress is gearing up for another down-to-the-wire budget crisis this week with mandatory $1.2 trillion cuts to governmental spending set to take effect March 1. But, despite being discouraged, second-term Congressman Dan...Tags: Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Agriculture, Media Industry
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Senate panel approves Pentagon nominee Chuck Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel has voted to approve the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary. The Armed Services Committee voted 14-11 to send the nomination to the full Senate. Tuesday's vote broke...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, United Nations, Mike Johanns, Central Intelligence Agency, Thad Cochran
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Senate panel approves Hagel for Pentagon chief
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate panel on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the nation's defense secretary in a rancorous session at which Republican questioned the former GOP senator's truthfulness...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, Ted Cruz, United Nations, Jeanne Shaheen, Defense
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Senators use hearing to air CIA controversies
WASHINGTON - The confirmation hearing Thursday of John Brennan to be CIA director reopened scrutiny of a wide range of controversies that have dogged the country for more than a decade, ranging from the Obama administration's embrace of targeted...Tags: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Justice System, U.S. Department of Justice, John D. Rockefeller IV, Richard Burr
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Right-to-work debate heats up ahead of Michigan vote
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Even with the outcome considered a foregone conclusion, the heated battle over right-to-work legislation in the traditional union bastion of Michigan shows no sign of cooling. Authorities in Lansing were bracing for an...
Tags: Democratic Party, Rick Snyder, General Motors Corp., Labor Legislation, Hartland
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Northern lawmakers follow through on campaign pledges on right-to-work, despite divided state
Staff WriterAny question about how Northern Michigan lawmakers might vote on a divisive right-to-work law was answered Thursday. Local House and Senate lawmakers stuck to their campaign pledges to pass right-to-work legislation in Michigan to outlaw closed union...Tags: Democratic Party, Labor Legislation, Justice System, Career and Workplace, Government
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Sunday guest list: Bill Gates, Scott Walker, Nancy Pelosi
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe Sunday morning guest list: CNN's “State of the Union” features Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., discussing the fiscal cliff. The program starts at 9 a.m. and noon. Discussing the fallout from Benghazi will be Sen. Roy... -
Deficit cutters look to Pentagon budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — One war is done, another is winding down and the calls to cut the deficit are deafening. The military, a beneficiary of robust budgets for more than a decade, is coming to grips with a new reality — fewer dollars. The...
Tags: Barney Frank, Mick Mulvaney, Cato Corporation, Budgets and Budgeting, Defense
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Mid-Michigan airport unveils $55 million terminal
TITTABAWASSEE TOWNSHIP (AP) — Mid-Michigan's MBS International Airport has unveiled its $55 million passenger terminal. The Midland Daily News reports that political, community and business leaders gathered Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at...
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Senator Levin Says Get A College Degree
Senator Carl Levin says it is important to get a college degree. Senator Levin spoke at Grand Rapids Community College Thursday afternoon and discussed many topics. "By 2018, 75% of job applicants will need at least an associate's degree," Senator Levin...
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Guest Commentary: Sen. Carl Levin on offshore holdings
The following guest commentary was written by Sen. Carl Levin (D-Michigan). America stands on the edge of a fiscal cliff, facing drastic budget cuts and painful tax increases on the middle class unless we can agree on a comprehensive, balanced deficit-...Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Internal Revenue Service, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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