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Obama's budget: Government still getting bigger
By News on Feb 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking a pass on reining in government growth, President Barack Obama unveiled a record $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan Monday, calling for stimulus-style spending on roads and schools and tax hikes on the wealthy to help pay the costs. The ideas landed with a thud on Capitol Hill....House GOP have backup on payroll tax
By News on Feb 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an abrupt about-face, House GOP leaders announced Monday that they are willing to extend the two percentage point cut in the payroll tax through the end of the year and add the approximately $100 billion cost to the nation's $15 trillion-plus debt....Romney, under-funded rivals in hunt for cash
By News on Feb 13, 2012
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney and his under-funded opponents are taking advantage of a weeklong lull in the Republican presidential nomination fight - no debate or primary is slated - to raise the money needed to carry out Super Tuesday strategies and compete in states beyond....Gingrich says he's in the race to stay
By News on Feb 13, 2012
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SOUTH EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) -- Republican Newt Gingrich says he's in the presidential contest for the long haul, dismissing calls from rival Rick Santorum and others to drop out....Analysis: A budget plan or a campaign document?
By News on Feb 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's new budget lays down the political themes he will pound as he campaigns for re-election - more spending on jobs and higher taxes for the wealthy. It sets him apart from the Republican contenders and gives Democrats a platform to run on....
