Category Archives: Government

Romney on ‘poor’ comment: I misspoke

By doris | Published: February 5, 2012

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – One day after Mitt Romney took heat for a comment he made about the poor, the Republican presidential candidate characterized his remark as a “misstatement.” “I misspoke,” Romney said Thursday in an interview aired on KSNV, a CNN affiliate in Las Vegas. “When you do I don’t know how [...]

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Obama proposes $5-10 billion for home refinancing

By doris | Published: February 2, 2012

Full Story at NBCPoliticsmsnbc.msn.com President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Congress to approve a $5 billion to $10 billion effort to help U.S. homeowners refinance as part of a wider package of proposals to shore up the depressed housing market. Obama had sketched out the proposals in his State of the Union address last [...]

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Obama’s tax record

By doris | Published: January 31, 2012

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Republicans portray President Obama as the tax-hiker-in-chief. Obama portrays himself as a tax cutter for the masses but not the rich. The truth isn’t so cut and dry. The fact is, the president’s record on taxes is a mixed bag. In three-plus years in office, Obama has [...]

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Secret tapes of JFK’s last days released

By doris | Published: January 24, 2012

Full Story at usnews.msnbc.msn.com BOSTON — President John F. Kennedy’s library is releasing 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and phone calls, providing a window into the final months of his life. The tapes include discussions of conflict in Vietnam, Soviet relations and the race to space, plans for the 1964 Democratic Convention and re-election [...]

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Weekly addresses preview State of Union

By doris | Published: January 21, 2012

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – Three days before the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling on Saturday offered what could be previews of their parties’ messages next week. In the GOP weekly address, Hensarling bashed the record of Obama’s three-year administration, criticizing the state of unemployment, gas [...]

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White House locked down because of ‘smoking objects’

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at POLITICO.com The White House was locked down Tuesday night because of “smoking objects” found near the North Portico as hundreds of protesters rallied outside the executive mansion, Secret Service officials said. “We had approximately 1,000 to 1,500 protesters from Occupy D.C. on the fence line. There were no arrests but what we [...]

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Obama unveils plan to streamline government

By doris | Published: January 16, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for more power to streamline and reorganize the federal government, a move designed to claim the political middle ground in an election likely to be dominated by questions about Washington’s role in the economy. The president asked legislators to grant him the [...]

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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 defies GOP by naming new consumer watchdog

By doris | Published: January 13, 2012

Full Story at BottomLine.msnbc.msn.com The long-delayed start of a new consumer protection bureau took a major step forward Wednesday when the White House defied Congressional Republicans who had been holding out for changes that consumer advocates say would have substantially weakened the agency. President Barack Obama announced a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as [...]

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Five things we learned from back-to-back debates

By doris | Published: January 10, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) — Republican presidential candidates faced off twice in 11 hours on Saturday and Sunday in debates ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary. While both debates were staged in the Granite State, it was clear that the rivals intended for their messages to go beyond New Hampshire. Here [...]

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Obama unveils plans for pared-down military

By doris | Published: January 6, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama unveiled his administration’s plan Thursday for a leaner, cheaper military, a reflection of Washington’s fiscal belt-tightening and slower national economic growth. The president insisted the new strategy — which eliminates the military’s ability to actively fight two major wars at once — will allow U.S. [...]

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Two more states allow same-sex civil unions

By doris | Published: January 2, 2012

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Several same-sex couples came together in the first minutes of New Year’s Day in Honolulu to become the first in the state’s history to enter into civil unions. “We really don’t want to wait any longer because we have been together for 33 years waiting for the opportunity and [...]

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