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White House: Joblessness down in 2010
The Swampby Mark Silva A budget, any budget, is based on assumptions. And the $3.55-trillion budget that President Barack Obama unveiled today - combined with his projections of the government's ability to finance health care for more Americans and other new......Tags: Government, White House, Heads of State, Economic Indicator, Career and Workplace
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Obama administration releases $44 billion in first round of stimulus money for schools
AP Education WriterEducation Secretary Arne Duncan released the first $44 billion in economic stimulus money directed to schools Wednesday but said strings will be attached to the next round of aid. The Obama administration views the stimulus as a chance not only to save...Tags: The Associated Press, Government, Children, White House, Academic Progress
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Obama launches overhaul of 'broken' federal contracting, blasting Bush-era growth of spending
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Blasting Bush-era government contracting, President Barack Obama on Wednesday ordered an overhaul designed to halt the delays, waste and blatant fraud that exasperate the public and politicians alike. Whether his plan will produce...Tags: John McCain, Business Enterprises, Dick Cheney, Heads of State, Corporate Crime
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Are you ready to be stimulated?
Tribune Washington BureauHouse and Senate Democratic leaders, negotiating into the night to forge a compromise with moderate Republicans, reached agreement Wednesday on a $789 billion economic recovery bill that President Barack Obama has called critical to pulling the country...Tags: Public Finance, Government, Max Baucus, White House, Unemployment Benefits
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Obama's budget: $1.75-trillion deficit
The Swampby Mark Silva and Julian Barnes and updated President Barack Obama, proposing his first new budget today - a $3.55-trillion plan delivering new record levels in both federal spending and deficits - called on Congress to make a commitment to......Tags: Robert Gates, Wars and Interventions, Government, White House, State Budgets
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Tags: Ben Bernanke, Barack Obama, American International Group, Timothy Geithner
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Home Prices Darken View
Associated PressU.S. home prices have fallen further since mid-2006 than during the 1990-91 recession and professional traders bet they'll plunge up to 10 percent more the next year. If the speculative traders making big-money bets on where housing prices are headed are...Tags: Target Brands, Inc., Consumer Confidence, Yale University, Family, Connecticut Labor Markets
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Obama worries charities
The Swampby Frank James Peter Orszag, the Obama Administration's Office of Management and Budget director, defends the White House proposal to reduce the tax savings the wealthy get from their itemized deductions, a proposed change charities fear would harm...Tags: Government, White House, Personal Income, Education, State Budgets
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Obama pledges reforms in contracting
The Swampby Mark Silva Taking particular aim at overruns in defense spending, President Barack Obama today pledged to save up to $40 billion a year with a government-wide reform of federal purchasing. The White House is backing legislation that Sens. John......Tags: John McCain, Contracts, Public Finance, Government, White House
Feb 26, 2009
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Apr 1, 2009
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Mar 3, 2009
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Mar 4, 2009
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Nov 25, 2008
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Feb 12, 2009
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Feb 26, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Jan 21, 2009
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Mar 3, 2009
|Story| Hola Hoy
Sep 27, 2007
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Mar 1, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Mar 4, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
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