 A Tea Party-Only Supercommittee Finds Success, Without Democrats
(Time.com)
 19.11.2011 5:35  17 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Democrats, Finds
Time.com - For months, a group of 12 Tea Partyers, with help from the Washington-based libertarian advocacy group FreedomWorks, has convened hearings around the U.S. to map out a way to fix the nation©s fiscal woes Czytaj więcej »
| The super committee's inevitable failure: Why it's a good thing
(The Week)
18.11.2011 17:11 10 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: New York, York, Democrats, Republicans, Well, Path, The NBA
The Week - Barring a miracle, a gridlocked congressional super committee will fail to agree on $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions by its Nov. 23 deadline. The bipartisan panel of 12 legislators was formed this summer as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling. And if the group fails to reach an agreement, automatic, across-the-board cuts will be triggered, including hundreds of billions of dollars from defense spending. But the super committee was always an exercise in futility, says Paul Krugman in The New York Times. The panel was "doomed to fail" from the start "because the gulf between our two major political parties is so wide." Cutting the deficit in any real way is "about fundamental values," not accounting, and Republicans and Democrats "have sharply different views of what constitutes economic justice." In the end, it's up to voters to give one party the majority it needs to implement its agenda. Here, an excerpt: Czytaj więcej »
| White House sees support for ending tax breaks
(Reuters)
06.07.2011 16:38 32 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Congress, Democrats, House, White House, Reuters, Republicans, The White, While
Reuters - The White House said on Wednesday it believed there were enough Democrats and Republicans in Congress who would support eliminating some tax breaks in order to pass a broad deal to cut the deficit. Czytaj więcej »
| White House says sees support for ending tax breaks
(Reuters)
06.07.2011 15:45 35 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Congress, Democrats, House, White House, Reuters, Republicans, The White, While
Reuters - The White House said on Wednesday it believed there were enough Democrats and Republicans in both houses of Congress who would support getting rid of tax breaks in order to pass a deficit deal. Czytaj więcej »
| Rep. Kucinich sues over olive pit in sandwich
(AP)
26.01.2011 22:21 26 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Ohio, Democrats, March, America, FIVE, High, Harry
 AP - Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is suing a congressional cafeteria for dental damage he says he suffered after biting into an olive pit in a sandwich wrap he bought there.
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