Category Archives: American

Obama aims to reward businesses that invest in US

By doris | Published: January 19, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.msn.com President Barack Obama said Wednesday he wants to reward companies that invest in America and eliminate tax breaks for companies that don’t, and he’s planning new tax proposals to do it. A day after his Republican foes competed in the New Hampshire primary, Obama sought to grab back the spotlight and [...]

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Pardon power varies widely

By doris | Published: January 15, 2012

Full Story at NBCPolitics.msnbc.com Most states give their governors broad latitude in granting pardons. Some don’t trust them with that authority at all. And the rest allow a governor to grant pardons only with the recommendation of other state officials. Mississippi’s raging controversy over last-minute pardons by outgoing governor Haley Barbour has generated calls for [...]

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Obama to business: Bring jobs home

By doris | Published: January 12, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — President Obama is meeting with executives from 14 companies Wednesday to encourage them to bring jobs back to the United States. The so-called “Insourcing American Jobs” forum at the White House includes leaders from Ford (F, Fortune 500), DuPont (DD, Fortune 500), Intel (INTC, Fortune 500), Otis [...]

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GOP: Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry fail to qualify for Virginia primary

By doris | Published: December 25, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com RICHMOND, Va. — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Texas Gov. Rick Perry have failed to qualify for Virginia’s March 6 Republican primary. The Republican Party of Virginia announced late Friday and early Saturday that Gingrich and Perry fell short of the 10,000 signatures of registered voters required for a candidate’s [...]

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Obama to talk about payroll tax impasse

By doris | Published: December 23, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama is expected to make a statement Thursday on the partisan standoff over how best to extend the expiring payroll tax cut, according to the White House. Obama will be joined by “Americans who would see their taxes go up if the House Republicans fail to [...]

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Five things we learned from Saturday’s debate

By doris | Published: December 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Newt Gingrich’s position at the top of the Republican presidential field made him the target of his rivals in the 12th major GOP debate Saturday in Iowa, a little more than three weeks before the state’s caucuses launch the 2012 primaries. Here are five things we [...]

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Payroll tax cut: What’s at stake

By doris | Published: December 1, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Come January, will 160 million American workers owe a) more than; b) less than; c) the same as they’ve been paying in payroll taxes this year? The answer will be revealed when lawmakers decide in the next few weeks if they will let a one-year payroll tax [...]

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New Hampshire Union Leader backs Gingrich

By doris | Published: November 27, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The New Hampshire Union Leader endorsed former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in Sunday editions, signaling that rival Mitt Romney isn’t the universal favorite and that the state’s largest newspaper could reset the contest there with six weeks to go before voters cast their ballots. “We are in critical [...]

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Will the end of Gadhafi sway U.S. politics?

By doris | Published: October 22, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Cambridge, Massachusetts (CNN) — With Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s dramatic demise this Thursday morning, the world is rid of a tyrant, and a free Libya has jumped a mile forward to stability (though, as CNN’s Ben Wedeman reports, there are still many more miles to go). Yet in America, we are [...]

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Iowa caucuses to be held January 3

By doris | Published: October 17, 2011

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.Blogs.cnn.com Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) – The Iowa Republican Party on Monday made official what had been expected, announcing that its caucuses will be held on Tuesday, January 3. The state party’s central committee on Monday night officially signed off on the date. The caucuses were originally going to be held in [...]

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Class warfare: Who pays their fair share of taxes?

By doris | Published: October 16, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Both Republican presidential candidates and President Obama think many Americans aren’t paying their fair share of income tax. They just have very different ideas of who should be paying more. It’s class warfare, Election 2012-style. As they criss-cross the country on the campaign trail, several GOP contenders [...]

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U.S., South Korean presidents hail trade deal

By doris | Published: October 13, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart hailed a new trade deal Thursday as promising for both economies. “It’s a win for both our countries,” Obama said at a news conference with Lee after a meeting at the White House. Congress approved the deal Wednesday night, and [...]

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