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Jan 19 2013
News
Boehner wants Senate budget before any final debt ceiling deal
Capping a three-day GOP retreat, House GOP leaders announced that next week they will pursue a three-month extension of the nations borrowing limit to give Congress more time to pass a federal budget  warning that the proposal will also freeze members pay if they fail to do their job.
Washington TimesJul 29 2013
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Detroit Looks to Health Law to Ease Costs
As Detroit enters the federal bankruptcy process, the city is proposing a controversial plan for paring some of the $5.7 billion it owes in retiree health costs: pushing many of those too young to qualify for Medicare out of city-run coverage and into the new insurance markets that will soon be operating under the Obama health care law.
New York Times (News)Mar 24 2013
News
Attorney General Eric Holder averts furloughs of prison staff
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says he has averted daily furloughs of 3570 federal prison staffers around the country moving 150 million from other Justice Department accounts to stave off a serious threat to the lives and safety of correctional staff inmates and the public.
Washington TimesMar 24 2013
News
Wayne LaPierre Batters David Gregory
National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre on Sunday ripped the national media for not reporting that Chicago suffering from an epidemic of gun violence ranks dead last in enforcement of federal gun laws. Let me hold up a mirror right now to the whole national news media and...
The BlazeAug 05 2019
News
Trump on guns: Republicans and Dems must come together and 'get strong background checks'
President Trump on Monday suggested tying new gun controls to immigration reform and said Democrats and Republicans should come together to “get strong background checks,” after weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio left at least 29 people dead and dozens more injured.
“Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying … this legislation with
Washington TimesDec 27 2015
News
Chicago police 'accidentally kill' mother of five
A Chicago police officer "accidentally struck and tragically killed" a mother of five after responding to a domestic disturbance, department officials say. Bettie Jones, 55, was killed along with her neighbour, 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier, who was the reason for the police call-out early on Saturday. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said an investigation had been launched. The city's police
BBC NewsJul 24 2013
News
FED JUDGE SAYS DETROIT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH BANKRUPTCY – DESPITE CLAIM THAT IT DISHONORS THE PRESIDENT
A federal judge agreed with Detroit on Wednesday and stopped any lawsuits challenging the city’s bankruptcy, declaring his courtroom the exclusive venue for legal action in the largest filing by a local government in U.S. history.
The decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes was a major victory for Detroit, especially after a
The BlazeJan 16 2013
News
House plans vote to overturn Obama's pay hike
The House will vote next week on a bill to extend the federal workers' pay freeze, with Republican leaders saying the deficit is still too high to begin hiking salaries. The bill would overturn President Obama's Dec. 27 decision to raise federal pay, at a cost of $11 billion over the next decade. "President Obama continues to demonstrate he is not serious about dealing with our debt crisis,"
Washington TimesSep 17 2013
News
Court sides with Obama administration in contraception fight
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday sided with the Obama administration in the nationwide legal battle over the mandate to cover contraception services in the new health care law, marking the second time a federal appeals court rebuffed to a company who said the mandatory coverage of birth control violates its religious beliefs.
Washington TimesSep 17 2013
Opinion
Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed
The Sunday afternoon announcement that Larry Summers is giving up his quest to become Federal Reserve chairman resonates with meaning for reform—both for government and the Democratic party. After several decades of dominance by the center-right financial perspectives of New Democrats, this is a huge loss for the Rubin-Clinton wing. And it foretells more to come.
The Nation