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Jun 09 2020
News
George Floyd to be buried Tuesday as global anti-racism protests spread
George Floyd will be buried in Houston on Tuesday two weeks after his death while being held by police in a Minneapolis street, and more anti-racism rallies inspired by his treatment were set to take place in the United States and in Europe.
Thousands of mourners paid their respects on Monday, filing past his open coffin at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston, Texas, where Floyd
ReutersDec 20 2012
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Republicans plan showdown votes on fiscal crisis over Dem opposition
House Republicans are charging ahead Thursday with a pair of votes aimed at averting tax hikes scheduled to kick in 12 days from now -- but the move is fraught with tactical risk, as Democrats have effectively boycotted the legislation.
Fox News DigitalApr 12 2013
News
IRS denies using emails to target taxpayers
With less than three days to go before federal taxes are due the Internal Revenue Service is refuting claims it is breaking the law by snooping on taxpayers by reading their emails and monitoring other forms of electronic communication without a warrant.
Fox News DigitalMar 09 2021
News
Here's What's In The American Rescue Plan As It Heads Toward Final Passage
The Senate passed its version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Saturday, paving the way for the plan to be taken up by the House on Tuesday or Wednesday before heading to President Biden's desk for his signature. The colossal package known as the American Rescue Plan allocates money for vaccines, schools, small businesses and anti-poverty programs such as an expanded child tax
NPR (Online News)Mar 09 2021
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Frustrated progressives on relief package: 'We'll take the win'
Liberals in the House on Monday rallied behind the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that the Democratic-controlled Congress is set to send to President Biden’s desk this week, despite some frustration over changes made by the Senate to appease key centrists.
House progressives signaled that they will still back the legislation following amendments adopted by the Senate to restrict
The HillApr 10 2013
News
Obama sends Congress $3.77T spending plan, riles both sides
President Obama is sending Congress a 3.77 trillion spending blueprint that seeks to achieve an elusive grand bargain to tame runaway deficits by raising taxes further on top earners and trimming popular benefit programs such as Social Security.
Fox News DigitalMar 31 2015
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Obama vetoes NLRB legislation
President Obama vetoed a GOP-backed resolution Tuesday that would halt a National Labor Relations Board rule making it easier for workers to hold so-called “ambush” union-organizing elections, his second veto since Republicans took control of the Senate in January.
The president said the congressional action would block “modest but overdue reforms to simplify” union elections.
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Washington TimesDec 13 2012
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Income Malaise of Middle Class Complicates Democrats’ Stance in Talks
The income stagnation that has hit the middle class in the last decade is complicating the Democrats position in the fiscal talks, making it more difficult for them to advocate across-the-board tax increases if a deal falls through.
New York Times (News)Dec 10 2012
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Obama hits the road after cliff talks with Boehner
Fresh from a face-to-face meeting with Speaker John A. Boehner to avert the “fiscal cliff, President Obama is visiting an auto plant in Michigan Monday to press his case for higher taxes on wealthier families.
Washington TimesJan 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
Newsweek