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GOP mocks Obama budget, House weighs spending cuts
Law & Politics 02/17/2011President Barack Obama's $3.7 trillion budget for 2012 was quickly dismissed Tuesday by House Republicans for taking a pass on tackling historically huge federal deficits.Obama told a news conference, meanwhile, that the budget he sent Congress will ...
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Too big to stop? Obama's overhaul lumbers on
Law & Politics 02/02/2011Most insurers, hospital executives and state officials expect they'll keep carrying out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul even after a federal judge cast its fate in doubt by declaring all of it unconstitutional."It's still the law of the...
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Obama marks anniversary of abortion rights case
Law & Politics 01/23/2011President Barack Obama is marking the 38th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision on abortion by calling the procedure a constitutional right he's committed to protecting.Obama also said in a statement Saturday that he remains committed...
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Election ruling ripples through W.Va. Legislature
Law & Politics 01/20/2011A day after the state Supreme Court required an election for governor this year, lawmakers appeared divided Wednesday over whether candidates should be nominated by party conventions or a special primary.Tuesday's decision mandating a 2011 vote cited...
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Obama's economist pick seen as sign of new agenda
Law & Politics 12/28/2010Among the first announcements President Barack Obama will make upon returning from his Hawaiian vacation is his choice for top economic adviser, a decision that could signal a new direction for the administration as it struggles to jumpstart the econ...
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House sends food safety bill to president
Law & Politics 12/22/2010The House has passed a sweeping bill aimed at making food safer following recent contaminations in peanuts, eggs and produce, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.The legislation passed Tuesday would give the government broad new po...
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Biden defends White House compromise on tax cuts
Law & Politics 12/19/2010Vice President Joe Biden defended the Obama administration for its willingness to extend tax cuts for top earners, despite earlier promises that he and the president would fight against the Bush-era policy."We got to the end, we couldn't get it done,...
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Obama prods Senate GOP to stop blocking arms pact
Law & Politics 11/22/2010President Barack Obama appealed Saturday to Republicans in the U.S. Senate to stop blocking a nuclear arms pact with Moscow, saying failure to soon ratify it could jeopardize improving relations with Russia and send a mixed signal to Iran about the s...
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Patrick picks state's first black chief justice
Law & Politics 11/04/2010Ireland, currently the senior associate justice on the high court, would replace the retiring Chief Justice Margaret Marshall if he's confirmed by the Governor's Council, a process that could take as little as a month."We are making history again tod...
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Calif. voters give Brown a return trip as governor
Law & Politics 11/03/2010Democrat Jerry Brown was elected California governor on Tuesday in an extraordinary political encore, defeating billionaire Republican Meg Whitman and the $142 million she spent of her own fortune as he reclaimed the office he held a generation ago.T...
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Geithner presses China on currency reform
Law & Politics 10/06/2010Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner stepped up pressure on China to make more progress in moving toward flexible exchange rates.Geithner said Wednesday that it is particularly important to see appreciation in countries where the currency is significa...
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Survey: Latinos still strongly support Democrats
Law & Politics 10/05/2010In a year when Democrats are struggling to energize supporters, Hispanic voters appear significantly less motivated than the rest of the U.S. to cast election ballots even though two-thirds of Latino registered voters say they'll vote Democratic in t...