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Laying down blunt budget markers for debt crisis
By News on May 10, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The battle over whether tax increases can be used to cut the nation's debt flared Tuesday as the Senate's Democratic budget writer floated a possible millionaire's surtax to help cut projected deficits over the next decade. But Republican leaders flatly said no to tax increases....Obama in Texas to push immigration overhaul
By News on May 10, 2011
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EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- President Barack Obama, visiting the U.S.-Mexico border for the first time as president, is trying to build pressure on Republicans to take on comprehensive immigration legislation - while showing vital Hispanic voters that he is not the one standing in the way....Report: Up to 44m more uninsured under GOP budget
By News on May 10, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House Republican budget would leave up to 44 million more low-income people uninsured as the federal government cuts states' Medicaid funding by about one-third over the next 10 years, nonpartisan groups said in a report issued Tuesday....No. 2 House Democrat against contractor disclosure
By News on May 10, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The second-ranking House Democrat said Tuesday he opposes a White House proposal to require anyone seeking government contracts to disclose political contributions....
Obama heads to Texas to push immigration overhaul
By News on May 10, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is making his first trip as president to the U.S.-Mexico border, using the setting to sharpen his call for a remake of the nation's immigration laws and try to cast the GOP as the obstacle standing in its way....