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• Obama orders natural gas working group

  April 13, 2012 in Business, Nation/World WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said today it is creating a high-level working group to coordinate federal oversight of natural gas production, amid industry complaints that excessive regulation could stymie … 81

• Debt crisis: Significant progress reported

  July 30, 2011 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — After weeks of intense partisanship, Republican congressional leaders and President Barack Obama made a last-minute stab at compromise Saturday to avoid a government default threatened for early next … 6

• House Republicans call off debt vote

  July 28, 2011 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — An intense endgame at hand, House Republican leaders put off a vote Thursday night on legislation to avert a threatened government default and slice federal spending by nearly … 19

• GOP bill seen as key step in moving ahead on debt

  July 28, 2011 in Nation/World House Republican leaders pleaded with their recalcitrant rank and file today to back a plan to stave off an unprecedented government default next week. The House vote would bring President … 32

• Debt comments cause overload

  July 27, 2011 in City on Page A12 Contacting your congressional representative about the debt ceiling, as suggested by President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner in speeches Monday, may have proved difficult for some Spokane constituents … 1

• Veteran Republicans keeping options open on debt

  July 22, 2011 in Nation/World The House’s rabble-rousing Republican freshmen and tea partyers have loudly refused to cut a deal as the GOP battles President Barack Obama over the government’s debt. 40

• Froma Harrop: Most see a need for higher taxes

  July 9, 2011 in Opinion on Page A10 Poll after poll shows that the American people want higher taxes. That’s not the same as liking higher taxes. The people have simply concluded that higher taxes are preferable to … 1

• Big legal setback for Obama’s health care overhaul

  December 13, 2010 in Nation/World A federal judge declared a key provision of the Obama administration’s health care law unconstitutional today, siding with Virginia’s attorney general in a dispute that both sides agree will ultimately … 39

• Obama: Don’t extend tax breaks for wealthiest

  September 8, 2010 in Nation/World President Barack Obama strongly defended his opposition to extending Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans today and delivered a searing attack on Republicans and their House leader for advocating … 32

• Boehner challenges Pelosi on CIA claims

  May 18, 2009 in City on Page A10 WASHINGTON – House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., “ought to either present the evidence or apologize” in the wake of her comments that … 2