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Senate vote: OK $85 billion cuts, avert shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's...
Tags: Justice System, Max Baucus, Jerry Moran, Unemployment, Finance
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U.S. Budget Battle: Furlough plans vary widely at gov't agencies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal workers could face seven days of furloughs at the Housing and Urban Development Department, but Homeland Security personnel might see twice that number. At the Environmental Protection Agency, workers would get four-day...
Tags: Justice System, Unemployment, Government, U.S. Congress, Public Employees
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What the Catholic bishops owe President Obama
U.S. Catholic bishops have a lot to worry about: the gunning down of children; 11 million undocumented immigrants, many of them Catholic; a warming planet; a chilly economy. Instead they've spent the last year obsessed with contraception. The bishops...
Tags: Political Candidates, Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Family Planning
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Senators introduce extension of ag disaster assistance programs
Washington, D.C. - Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) introduced legislation recently to extend agriculture disaster assistance programs that expired at the end of the 2011 Fiscal Year and were not part of the...Tags: Max Baucus, Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Droughts, Meteorological Disasters
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Schumer says Senate Democrats will pass budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats intend to approve a budget for the first time in almost four years, a prominent lawmaker said Sunday, but he said it will call for higher tax revenues that Republicans are sure to oppose. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N....
Tags: CNN (tv network), Justice System, Parties and Movements, ABC (tv network), This Week (tv program)
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Religious tensions play out in inaugural
There may be no clearer reflection of this moment in American religious life than the tensions surrounding prayers at President Barack Obama's inauguration. Efforts by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to bridge the conservative-liberal divide by...Tags: Barack Obama, U.S. Congress, Gays and Lesbians, Judaism, Republican Party
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For farmers, estate tax drama builds on edge of 'fiscal cliff'
Glen Cope owns 500 head of cattle on about 2,500 acres near Aurora, Mo. Like most farmers and ranchers he's worried about the weather, the price he gets for his product, and the cost of fuel and feed needed to run his operation. But as 2012 winds to a...Tags: Republican Party, Budgets and Budgeting, Theodore Roosevelt, Career and Workplace, Sam Graves
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Condoleezza Rice, Taylor Branch on ‘Face the Nation’; Eva Longoria on ‘This Week’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelWhite House senior adviser David Plouffe will be a guest on ABC's “This Week,” CBS' “Face the Nation,” CNN's “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday.” The guest lineup this Sunday morning: “Fox... -
McCaskill takes oath for second term in U.S. Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sen. Claire McCaskill began her second term on Thursday. She took the oath of office after being accompanied to the Senate chamber by fellow Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, and former Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan. McCaskill was the first...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Politics, Elections, Claire McCaskill
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Senator: Rock removal on Mississippi to start soon
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Crews might be allowed to begin destroying two rock pinnacles impeding barge traffic on the Mississippi River as early as next week, more than a month ahead of schedule, a senator said on Dec. 11, cautioning that further steps may be...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army
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Obama 'Willing to Compromise a Little' on Fiscal Cliff
CNNWashington -- It's crunch time for avoiding the fiscal cliff as President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner and their aides hold private talks on issues that will impact every American. Three weeks remain to cut a deal before the automatic...Tags: Trey Gowdy, Keith Ellison, Government, Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits
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Mississippi River could close to barges
ST. LOUIS - After months of drought, companies that ship grain and other goods down the Mississippi River are being haunted by a potential nightmare: If water levels fall too low, the nation's main inland waterway could become impassable to barges just as...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Claire McCaskill, U.S. Army, Droughts
Mar 22, 2013
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Dec 7, 2012
|Story| Aberdeen News
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