 Republicans Failed to Act on 2010's Conservative Mandate
 30.12.2011 14:00  5 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
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Republicans failed to act on the Conservative mandate they were granted in the 2010 election.
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| The super committee's inevitable failure: Why it's a good thing
(The Week)
18.11.2011 17:11 4 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 15:38 19 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 14:45 11 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 »
| GOP pushes back on effort to limit kids' food ads
(AP)
06.07.2011 11:51 16 wyświetleń 0 komentarzy
Tags: Obama, House, Republicans
AP - House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting the Obama administration's efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children. Czytaj więcej »
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