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Aug 04 2012
News
Obama, Romney don’t bite on Chick-fil-A
Obama’s reelection prospects are bound up in the hope that he can convince people he actually is digging the country out of a hole, which means keeping the attention on those efforts and how deep the hole was. For Romney, with polls that consistently show him climbing when the focus is on the election but dipping when it goes elsewhere, the political path through November is clear. The
PoliticoJul 05 2012
News
Romney Adds to Health-Tax Fireworks
Mitt Romney said Wednesday that the U.S. health care law's penalty is a tax, breaking with one of his top aides and further muddling the lines between the Massachusetts health-care plan he championed and the federal version he opposes.
The Supreme Court voted last week to uphold President Barack Obama's health-care law by determining that Congress held the authority to levy taxes. The
Wall Street Journal (News)Apr 09 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Bernie Sanders Ends Presidential Campaign, Endorses Biden
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Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) dropped
Henry A. BrechterMay 28 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Unveils $6 Trillion Budget Proposal, Excludes Hyde Amendment
On Friday, President Joe Biden revealed his $6 trillion budget proposal for the 2022 fiscal year, which includes a tax hike on businesses and an increase in safety net spending, and excludes the Hyde Amendment. The new proposal includes Biden’s $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan and $1.8 trillion American Families Plan, and is a large increase from the previously-proposed $1.5 trillion 2022
New York Post (News) Washington Post The HillJan 18 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden to Cancel Keystone XL Pipeline Permit on First Day in Office
President-elect Joe Biden will revoke the Keystone XL Pipeline’s permit shortly after taking office on Wednesday, multiple reports say. The pipeline, which would transport crude oil from Canada to refineries in Texas and Louisiana, was reauthorized by President Donald Trump in 2017 after being rejected by President Barack Obama in 2015. Biden, however, plans to put the U.S. on track to reach "
Politico The Hill The BlazeJun 11 2012
News
Darrell Issa schedules contempt vote on Eric Holder
A House committee will vote next week on holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a rare act that steps up a months-long confrontation between Republicans and the Obama administrations top law enforcement official. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by California Republican Darrell Issa, is seeking a trove of documents detailing the Fast and
PoliticoMay 28 2020
Perspectives Blog
Story of the Week: Twitter and Trump Clash After Company Adds Warning Tag to His Tweets
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President Donald Trump and Twitter are feuding over the president's tweets and the social media platform's vetting of them. The president plans to sign an executive order Thursday aimed at reducing liability protections for social media companies.
Twitter marked Trump's recent tweets about mail-in voting
Henry A. BrechterOct 31 2013
Perspectives Blog
Obamacare in the News + an AllSides Update
First, a little celebration for our information revolution! We are excited to report that AllSides.com has seen massive traffic growth over the last several months, reaching more than 1 million monthly views this month.
Next, a little bit of perspective whiplash. This week, we saw wildly varied takes on the ongoing Healthcare Exchanges rollout. Here are just a few examples of that.
John Gable, AllSides Co-founderJan 05 2022
Headline Roundup
Should the US Raise the Minimum Wage?
Twenty-six U.S. states plan to raise the minimum wage in 2022. Should the federal government follow suit?
California and parts of New York, including New York City, already have the country's highest minimum wage at $15/hour. Ten other states, including Florida, Massachusetts and Illinois, plan to reach a statewide $15 minimum wage in the next few years. Georgia and Wyoming share the
Axios Washington Examiner NYNMediaMay 31 2012
News
Romney Makes Surprise Visit to Solyndra
Mitt Romney plans to hold a news conference Thursday at failed solar panel-maker Solyndra.
As the Obama campaign tried to put the focus on Mr. Romneys economic record as governor of Massachusetts, the presumptive GOP nominee turned the tables on the president with a visit to Solyndra. The company filed for bankruptcy in September after receiving nearly $530 million in government loans.
Wall Street Journal (News)