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Obama says gun proposals to be unveiled this week
WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Monday that he will unveil a package of proposals to combat gun violence later this week, but acknowledged the daunting politics of getting all the legislative components through Congress. Speaking at a news conference...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Health and Safety at School
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'Fiscal cliff' deal pleases few; House unlikely to vote Monday
WASHINGTON – Details of the emerging “fiscal cliff” deal ricocheted through the Capitol on Monday, appearing to please almost no one from either political party, as President Obama urged negotiators toward a conclusion. A House vote...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Harry Reid
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Deal emerges in 'fiscal cliff' talks; Obama to speak
WASHINGTON – A deal was emerging Monday that would raise taxes on incomes, including investments, for taxpayers making more than $450,000 a year – although the two sides remain divided on what to do about the automatic spending cuts that...
Tags: Democratic Party, Personal Income, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama
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Connecticut group wants 'common sense' solutions to gun violence
A month after a gunman invaded Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 children and six adults, a group of local residents are calling for efforts to make communities safer from gun violence. A news conference is scheduled for Monday, the one-month...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Newspaper and Magazine, Politics, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Gun Control
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Obama campaign will retain assets as new group launches
WASHINGTON — A new advocacy organization launched by aides to President Obama on Friday will lease the database developed by his reelection campaign, which plans to hold onto such valuable assets for the foreseeable future. The arrangement will...
Tags: New Products, Politics, Barack Obama, Robert L. Gibbs, Economy, Business and Finance
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McManus: Obama, Version 2.0
Four years ago, on a bright, cold Jan. 20, Barack Obama took his first oath of office as president and proclaimed a new post-partisan era. "The stale political arguments that have consumed us for so long no longer apply," the Obama of 2009 said. The...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Gun Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party
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Obama urges Congress to reach a 'fiscal cliff' deal
WASHINGTON – As negotiators closed in on a tax-and-spending deal to avert the “fiscal cliff,” President Obama delivered a nationally televised plea Monday for a final push by Congress in the hours remaining before midnight Monday when...
Tags: Credit and Debt, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Tax talks hit serious setback as GOP seeks Social Security cut
WASHINGTON — Talks over preventing the New Year’s tax hike on all but the wealthiest Americans hit a major setback Sunday when Republicans demanded — and Democrats rejected — a move to trim cost-of-living increases for Social...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Harry Reid
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The middle class languishes as the super-rich thrive
The good news for the U.S. economy as we enter 2013 is that the election's over. The bad news is that the election's over. What's good about it is that both parties in Washington can shed their preoccupation with the campaign theatrics that dominated...
Tags: Retirement, Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Labor Legislation
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Staten Island panel recommends armed officers in schools
NEW YORK -- A school panel in Staten Island has passed a controversial resolution recommending that armed, retired NYPD officers patrol local schools in the interest of security in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Though the panel has...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Gun Control, Staten Island (New York City)
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Top TV of 2012: Poehler's Leslie Knope shines on 'Parks and Rec'
Amy Poehler has been a comedian of note for some time now — it's already 11 years since she joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (and three and change since she left it), and before that there was "The Upright Citizens Brigade" on Comedy Central...
Tags: Parks and Recreation (tv program), Christopher Guest, Comedy (genre), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Current TV (tv network)
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Schatz sworn in as new Hawaii senator
WASHINGTON – Brian Schatz knew this much about Washington before departing Hawaii on Wednesday to start his new role as a U.S. senator – it was cold. And so, barely hours after Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced that he was...
Tags: Politics, Fiscal Cliff, Barack Obama, Daniel Akaka, Chris Murphy
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