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Column: Signs of grown-ups in charge
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Â President Barack Obama used a recess...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Congress, Richard Cordray, Ron Wyden
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Bill to allow tax on online sales finds supporters
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.Legislation that would allow states to compel online retailers to collect and remit sales taxes appears to be gaining traction in Congress. The measure has widespread support from Oklahoma municipalities that depend on sales tax collections to provide...Tags: National Government, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Congress, E-Commerce Industry, Consumers
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DC Roundup: Investigation continues
Tulsa WorldRep. James Lankford, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Republican scrutiny of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, "is far from over." Lankford is also a member of the GOP congressional committee...Tags: Istanbul (Turkey), U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Congress, James Inhofe, Hillary Clinton
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The stunt pilots misread their gauges
Somewhere between the Oval Office and a snarled airport near you, the stunt pilots in the Obama administration made a terrible miscalculation. Most citizens are able to read. They're seeing numerous articles in the public prints explaining how the...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Unemployment, U.S. Congress, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post
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Deal on background checks is close, Senate roll call expected Thursday
WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan deal seems imminent on expanding background checks to more gun buyers, an agreement that could build support for President Barack Obama's drive to curb firearms violence. Meanwhile, the Senate is ready for an opening...
Tags: Mary L. Landrieu, Michael Bloomberg, Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer
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Hostages on the tarmac!
Hours before the federal spending sequester began on March 1, when President Barack Obama predicted that "People are going to be hurt," he did not add, Trust me, I'll make sure of it. But he might as well have, as this week's furloughs of air traffic...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Unemployment, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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Some college students could pay higher interest rate on federal loans
College students taking out subsidized federal student loans will see their interest rate double in July unless Congress comes to the rescue. The rate on subsidized Stafford loans is a fixed 3.4 percent, but that's set to expire and revert to 6.8 percent...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Justice System, U.S. House of Representatives, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance
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Signs of grown-ups in charge
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision. Barack Obama used a recess...
Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, U.S. Supreme Court, Ron Wyden, Richard Cordray, U.S. Congress
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U.S. senators compromise, potential boost for background checks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservative senators from both parties announced their support for expanding background checks for gun buyers Wednesday, giving a burst of momentum to advocates of stronger restrictions. But big questions remain about whether...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Firearms, Michael Bloomberg, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy
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Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Michael Bloomberg, Parties and Movements, Interior Policy
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Limiting Deductions Cornerstone Of Great Deal
The Hartford CourantThe proposition that entitlement curbs are the key to maintaining national solvency is widely accepted, though not by many congressional Democrats. President Barack Obama, however, has endorsed it on various occasions. And he could make it happen. If he...Tags: Barack Obama, Taxation, Politics
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Lawmakers: Obama wooing might break budget logjam
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers said Sunday they welcome President Barack Obama's courtship and suggested the fresh engagement between the White House and Congress might help yield solutions to the stubborn budget battle that puts Americans'...
Tags: Kevin McCarthy, Budgets and Budgeting, Meet the Press (tv program), U.S. Congress, Parties and Movements
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Apr 11, 2013
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Mar 22, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
Mar 11, 2013
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