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Debt-limit fight heats up with Pay Your Bills measure
WASHINGTON — As Congress readied for a new battle over raising the debt limit, Sen. Barbara Boxer announced legislation that would prevent lawmakers from being paid if they do not increase the nation's borrowing authority. "It is an American value...
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Senate panel back Obama nominee Froman for top trade post
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of White House chief international economic affairs adviser Mike Froman to be U.S. trade representative, setting the stage for full Senate approval. "I am glad he...Tags: Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Max Baucus, Elections, Barack Obama
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U.S.-China corporate audit rift persists as summits begin
Reuters* Business groups push Treasury to take on negotiations * Agreement from May 24 seen as positive, partial step By Nanette Byrnes and Dena Aubin June 7 (Reuters) - The Obama administration is under pressure from large corporations and a senior U.S....Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, Initial Public Offerings, Barack Obama, China, Finance
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Congress assails spending on IRS conferences, spoof videos
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON If reports of political targeting of conservatives by the Internal Revenue Service shocked the nation, they didn't seem that surprising to many other groups who experienced problems with the tax agency in the past. Liberal groups such as...Tags: Chuck Grassley, George H.W. Bush, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Paul Ryan, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
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FACTBOX-U.S. Treasury takes fresh step to avoid debt limit
ReutersMay 31 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Friday said the Obama administration was suspending investments in the Government Securities Investment fund, the largest of its cash-management tools to stay under the debt limit. The move allows...Tags: Securities, Congressional Budget Office, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Finance, Government Debt
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Report: Medicare's finances improve, Social Security holding steady
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Medicare's troubled finances got a boost Friday when the annual trustees report showed that the program's hospital insurance trust fund will remain solvent until 2026, two years longer than was projected last year. Social Security has enough...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Politics, Finance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicare
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USTR nominee Froman to face questions on White House trade plans
Reuters* Senators want White House push on "trade promotion authority" * Froman's investment in Cayman Island account highlighted By Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's choice to be U.S. trade representative is expected to face...Tags: Chuck Grassley, Max Baucus, Religion and Belief, Elections, Barack Obama
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Obama administration extends life of anti-foreclosure program
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Thursday said it was extending the life of its signature foreclosure-prevention program by two years to help more struggling borrowers keep their homes. The Home Affordable Modification Program,...Tags: Mortgages, Freddie Mac, Jeb Hensarling, Republican Party, Finance
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Werfel brings long government experience to the IRS
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON It's a tall order straight from the president: Find anyone at the Internal Revenue Service who improperly targeted conservatives. Hold them responsible. Fix the system so it never happens again. And you have 30 days. Report back then on your...Tags: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, Finance, George W. Bush
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FACTBOX-Four key questions in the unfolding IRS scandal
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are examining the Internal Revenue Service over its inappropriate scrutiny of conservative groups that applied for tax-exempt status. President Barack Obama, seeking...Tags: Denis R. McDonough, Eric Holder, Darrell E Issa, Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice
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With Obama in the dark, administration planned how to stage-manage news of IRS scandal
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON Weeks before the world and apparently President Barack Obama himself heard about the details of the Internal Revenue Service scandal, top people in his administration started planning how to stage-manage the release of the information....Tags: Chuck Grassley, Planned Parenthood, Darrell E Issa, Internal Revenue Service, Mike Crapo
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