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Jan 31 2020
Opinion
No, the Equal Rights Amendment is not a 'feminist handout'
On the day Virginia officially voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment earlier this month, becoming the crucial 38th state to do so, I listened to a male colleague explain his opposition to what he deemed "feminist" messaging—specifically, a political campaign touting the fact that a woman was first to accomplish something in her field. A "feminist" angle, he argued, was anything but
NewsweekDec 05 2012
News
Obama: Republicans’ revenue math doesn’t work, except for when it did
Remember  uhm, I think it was  yesterday, when President Obama said that the GOPs cliff counteroffer proposing $800 billion in new revenue without raising taxes was untenable, because the math just doesnt work?
HotAirJul 09 2020
News
Supreme Court says Manhattan prosecutor may see Trump’s financial records, denies Congress access for now
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a New York prosecutor is entitled to see President Trump’s private and business financial records, ending an intense legal battle waged by the president to keep them secret.
The court said Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. had the authority to subpoena the records from Trump’s private accounting firm. Trump had claimed an immunity from
Washington PostDec 02 2012
News
No 'fiscal cliff' deal without higher rates, Geithner says
The Obama administration will entertain any Republican plans to avoid a so-called "fiscal cliff" at year's end, but Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the Bush-era tax cuts for top incomes must go.
CNN DigitalJan 12 2017
News
As Trump Berates News Media, a New Strategy Is Needed to Cover Him
“That” was Donald J. Trump’s inaugural news conference as a duly elected United States president-to-be, in which he called BuzzFeed a “failing pile of garbage,” called CNN “fake news” and more or less told the whole lot of reporters at Trump Tower to stuff it when it comes to his unreleased tax returns because everyday Americans don’t care and, anyway, “I won.”
New York Times (News)Mar 13 2013
News
Obama: Budget Deal May Be Impossible If Republicans Continue To Insist We 'Gut' Entitlements
President Barack Obama is conceding "we're probably not going to be able to get a deal" on budget, tax and spending issues with Congress if Republicans continue to insist that no new revenues can be raised unless entitlement programs are significantly overhauled.
HuffPostNov 16 2012
News
White House Weighs Plan to Replace Spending Cuts
White House officials are in advanced internal discussions about a plan to replace the sweeping spending cuts set to begin in January with a smaller, separate package of targeted spending cuts and tax increases, people familiar with the planning said.
Wall Street Journal (News)Jun 24 2019
News
Trump issues executive order to bring transparency to health care prices
The Trump administration is working on regulations that will require health care providers and insurers to tell patients how much a service will cost before they get it.
President Trump, in an executive order issued Monday, directed the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies to put out rules requiring hospitals disclose prices that reflect what patients and insurers
The HillJan 07 2013
News
Debt Limit: White House, GOP Spar Over Looming Fight
Struggling for the upper hand in the next round of debt talks, Republicans and Democrats this weekend drew lines in the sand they said they'd never cross when it comes to the U.S. debt limit.
The tough talk on the Sunday morning talk shows doesn't bode well for voters who are frustrated by the political gridlock.
"I believe we need to raise the debt ceiling, but if we don't raise
HuffPostJun 02 2020
Opinion
The Myth of Systemic Police Racism
George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis has revived the Obama-era narrative that law enforcement is endemically racist. On Friday, Barack Obama tweeted that for millions of black Americans, being treated differently by the criminal justice system on account of race is “tragically, painfully, maddeningly ‘normal.’ ” Mr. Obama called on the police and the public to create a “new normal,” in which
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