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• GOP’s Boehner says Obama slow-walking cliff talks

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of slow-walking negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” and urged him to name specific cuts in government …

• Obama in Michigan to press for taxes on rich

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one …

• Ariz. Powerball jackpot winner’s name released

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — The second winner of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot is a 37-year-old electronics industry professional who grew up in a modest home in Pennsylvania and moved to …

• Obama heading to Michigan to push taxes on rich

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing for public support Monday to raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, a day after he and House Speaker John Boehner met one-on-one … 2

• Obama, Boehner discuss ‘fiscal cliff’ stalemate

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House to discuss the “fiscal cliff,” while rank-and-file Republicans stepped forward with what they called …

• Stock market is a wild card in fiscal cliff talks

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress and the White House can significantly soften the initial impact of the “fiscal cliff” even if they fail to reach a compromise by Dec. 31. One …

• Boehner: No progress in fiscal cliff talks

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Friday there has been no progress in negotiations to avert a “fiscal cliff” combination of automatic tax increases and spending cuts in …

• $2 billion price tag for presidential election

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2012 presidential election broke the $2 billion milestone in its final weeks, becoming the most expensive in American political history, according to final federal finance reports … 1

• DHS grant spending questioned amid budget woes

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department paid for an underwater robot in a Midwest city with no major rivers or lakes nearby, a hog catcher in rural Texas and …

• Pentagon begins planning for massive budget cuts

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has begun planning for the roughly $500 billion in personnel and program cuts over a decade that will be needed if Congress and the …

• Democrats: Obama to ask for $50 billion Sandy aid

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama plans to ask Congress for about $50 billion in additional emergency aid for states hit by Superstorm Sandy, Democrats on Capitol Hill said Wednesday. …

• Obama warns against another debt ceiling fight

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama warned Republicans on Wednesday against picking another fight over the nation’s debt ceiling, telling business leaders that it’s “not a game that I will …

• Boehner calls for Obama response on “cliff” offer

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican negotiator in talks with President Barack Obama on avoiding economy-jarring tax increases and spending cuts says it’s time for the White House to respond …

• Makings of a fiscal deal behind the hot rhetoric

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Bluster and hot rhetoric aside, the White House and House Republicans have identified areas of significant overlap that could form the basis for a final agreement after …

• New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social … 2

• GOP ‘fiscal cliff’ plan echoes failed budget talks

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday avoiding an economic plunge over the “fiscal cliff” comes down to Republicans’ realizing that tax rates must go up on wealthiest Americans. …

• GOP ‘fiscal cliff’ plan echoes failed budget talks

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are proposing a “fiscal cliff” plan that revives ideas from failed budget talks with President Barack Obama last year, calling for raising the eligibility age for …

• Cuomo says he’s ‘optimistic’ on Sandy aid

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged Monday from meetings with top Obama administration officials and congressional leaders “optimistic” that Congress will act quickly to provides tens of …

• GOP issues a new ‘fiscal cliff’ offer to Obama

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans put forth a $2.2 trillion “fiscal cliff” counteroffer to President Barack Obama on Monday, calling for raising the eligibility age for Medicare, lowering cost-of-living hikes … 6

• Small-bore proposals to help avert fiscal cliff

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Sure the rich may have to pay more in taxes. But a “fiscal cliff” budget deal could mean pain for nearly everyone else, too: higher airline ticket …

• Obama takes middle class tax cut pitch outside DC

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World HATFIELD, Pa. (AP) — President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass an extension of tax cuts for middle class families, saying a tax increase for them would be like …

• Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa.

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is taking his case for avoiding a potentially unsettling “fiscal cliff” to the Philadelphia suburbs, employing campaign-style tactics in hopes of mobilizing public support. …

• White House ‘cliff’ offer gets GOP cold shoulder

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is seeking $1.6 trillion in higher taxes over a decade and an immediate infusion of funds to aid the jobless, help hard-pressed homeowners and … 2

• ‘Cliff’: Boehner, White House chide each other

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner met with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Thursday and accused Democrats afterward of failing to outline specific cuts to avert the “fiscal cliff” … 4

• Biden, at Costco, calls for middle class tax cut

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden went on a Costco shopping spree Thursday and called for Congress to extend middle-class tax cuts as part of a deal to avoid … 1

• NY mayor seeks more disaster aid for Sandy victims

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to congressional leaders Wednesday for quick action on providing tens of billions of dollars in new federal aid to help …

• NJ places Sandy costs at $37B in seeking US aid

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday raised the estimate of New Jersey’s costs of recovering and rebuilding from Superstorm Sandy to nearly $37 billion and said the …

• Obama says he’ll do what it takes to avoid cliff

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and a key congressional Democrat hinted at fresh concessions on taxes and cuts to Medicare and other government benefit programs Wednesday as bargaining with …

• Obama says debt-cutting deal can be reached soon

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday he believes that members of both parties can reach a “framework” on a debt-cutting deal before Christmas, making his case with a …

• Obama, Romney to meet at White House Thursday

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election. Obama …

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