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House Okays Deal Averting Fiscal Cliff
On January 2, 2013, as the 112 Congress was preparing to make way for the incoming 113 Congress, the House of Representatives passed legislation, sending it to President Obama’s desk for signing, to...
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Sequestration INSANITY: CONGRESS FOUND MONEY WHEN MEMBERS HAD TO FLY -- WHAT...
Anyone despairing that Congress can’t get anything done should note last week’s swift vote to get furloughed air traffic controllers back to work.Tags: SequestrationCongress' Selfish InterestsCongress...
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John Liu: Republicans Must Stop Playing Games With U.S. And Global Economy
[Government Shutdown]For the sake of the nation, the game playing in Washington has to end.With the Federal government in the second week of a shutdown, the Republican-led House is discussing a plan to...
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SOLID: Why Obama IS Right To Stand Firm To Republicans' Blackmail
Stand Resolute Mr. President[Comment]Back on Sept. 12, the Republican-led House of Representatives voted for the 42nd time to derail the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as Obamacare.That's 42...
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Children Could Starve As Congress Looks To Cut $40 Billion From 'Foodstamps'
Marian Wright Edelman -- championing Children's causes[The Children's Corner]Preventable Hunger in Our Land of PlentyWhile many American families gather around the Thanksgiving table this week, some of...
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National Recovery: Boosting Employment Is More Important Than Protecting The...
This summer, everyone celebrated the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and the address of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in which he described a new, refined American Dream.Tags: William...
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A US Congress Aiming To Under-Achieve
House Speaker John BoehnerCongressional budget negotiators are moving to meet a December 13 deadline to produce, well, something. For weeks, we’ve been told to keep expectations low. There’ll be no...
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New Year Resolution: No More Government Shutdown
House Speaker Boehner -- will there be another government shutdown?The new year prompts many of us once again to make personal resolutions. Most of them are promises to change our own behaviors. While...
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U.S. Budget Process: How Congress Abdicated Its Role
Former Rep. Lee Hamilton[Politics]Now that Congress has its immense, $1.1 trillion bipartisan funding bill in hand, Capitol Hill is breathing easier. They ended the specter of a government shutdown for...
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Billions In Massive Cuts To Public R&D Money Threatens U.S. Technological...
Even great companies like Apple benefited from U.S. government research Five years ago, the federal government spent $169 billion to fund basic research and development. This fiscal year, it’s down to...
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Infrastructure Nightmare: Fixing Our Potholes And Bridges By Closing...
America has an infrastructure crisis.We see signs of it every day: We hit bone-jarring potholes as we drive. We face long detours as bridges are closed for emergency repairs. When water mains break,...
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No Highway Construction Funding And Debt Ceiling Approaches: U.S. Congress...
Speaker John Boehner and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell. What's new is old -- gridlock regime The most important function Congress serves is to debate and pass the federal budget. I know— it...
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Toward The Looming US Fiscal Crisis
Lee HamiltonTags: Looming US Fiscal CrisisCongressional Budget OfficeU.S. economy’s long-term prospectsFederal spendingfederal debtstabilize the debtsustainable economic growthSocial...
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The U.S. Budget: Government Didn't Shut Down By Where Is New Revenue?
President Obama previously dared Republicans to shutdown government and they blinked -- but writer warns of revenue crunch The recent federal budget agreement was a missed opportunity.It is good news...
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Paul Ryan's Budget: New Speaker Doesn't Stand For The Little Guys
Paul Ryan House speaker says he "trusts the American people," but his budget takes direct aim at them.Paul Ryan paints himself as a champion of the people over Washington.But the people the new...
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Why The U.S. Federal Debt Ceiling Must Be Permanently Abolished
President Obama -- managed to get government agencies funded until 2017You can understand why President Obama and congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle sought to cast their end-of-October...
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Darkness In Mt. Vernon: LED Lighting Project Dims As City Reneges on Deal,...
LED--Horton's vision for Mt. Vernon's streetsTerrence Horton says his plan to bring energy-efficient lighting, millions of dollars in savings, and jobs to the city of Mount Vernon has run headlong into...
View ArticleDoes the racial wealth gap explain why intimate relationships aren't the top...
Attorney Antonio Moore looks closely at the consequence of the racial wealth gap on marriage, and dating in Black America. Moore asserts that due to lack of wealth the social drivers for mating are...
View ArticlePresident Trump Boxes of Food to replace Food Stamps & How It Shows the Cost...
Attorney Antonio Moore discusses the wealth data surrounding Black American families. Moore looks closer at Harvest Boxes being proposed by President Trump to replace Food Stamps.
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CALIFORNIA CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST HUD’S FAIR HOUSING...
[Housing Discrimination\HUD] Congresswoman Maxine Waters: "Last year, our nation experienced an 8 percent uptick in reported complaints of housing discrimination, increasing from 28,843 in 2017 to...
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