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Senators Concede Feeling Pressure on Deficit Issue

WASHINGTON - The Democratic chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says if members of a Senate deficit group fail to come to grips soon with the deficit problem, "we won't be relevant to this discussion." But North Dakota's Kent Conrad declined in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press" to say specifically where the...

Obama: 'Change Turned Out to Be a Lot Tougher Than Expected'

SAN FRANCISCO -- President Barack Obama told supporters on Thursday he is pressing ahead with his agenda in a difficult political environment in Washington and that "change turned out to be a lot tougher than expected." Obama addressed about 200 people who paid up to $35,800 apiece for the fundraiser at a San Francisco...

Obama Calls GOP Medicare, Spending Plan 'Radical'

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that congressional Republicans are pushing a radical plan to trim Medicare and Medicaid, ramping up the rhetoric before a friendly Facebook crowd at the headquarters of the popular social networking site. Still, as Obama and Congress approach crucial decisions...

Obama's Pulpit Is Bully, but GOP Keeps Charging

WASHINGTON -- Running for re-election, President Barack Obama is employing powers not available to his Republican challengers. Just this week he's holding town halls in three states, arriving in grand style on Air Force One and granting coveted interviews to local TV news anchors. He doesn't have the field entirely to...

Geithner Confident Congress Will Raise Debt Limit

WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says Republican leaders have privately assured the Obama administration that Congress will raise the government's borrowing limit in time to prevent an unprecedented default on the nation's debt. But a top Republican quickly pushed back Sunday and said there was no...

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05/30/12 Erie forum discusses proposed welfare cuts Source: Erie Times-News - Erie PA A presentation and panel discussion focused on Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed multimillion-dollar cuts to state welfare programs was held Tuesday at Blasco Library's Hirt Auditorium.
05/30/12 Merced city turns attention to upcoming budget Source: The Merced Sun-Star - Merced CA Preliminary estimates are for six layoffs citywide, but five of those positions are vacant, according to City Manager John Bramble.
05/30/12 Chillicothe council OKs pool spending proposal Source: Chillicothe Gazette - Chillicothe OH City Council gave the green light Tuesday to opening the Donald M. Smith Memorial Pool this summer, but Mayor Jack Everson promised council members the city would not spend any of its own money to keep it open.
05/30/12 Social Security disability trust fund projected to run... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC "It's really striking how rapidly this is growing, how big it's become and how D.C. is just afraid of it," said Mark Duggan, a University of Pennsylvania economist and adviser to the Social Security Administration.
05/30/12 NC budget changes get debated by House Source: NBC - WAVY TV 10 - Portsmouth VA Adjustments to the state budget for the coming year are taking shape in the North Carolina House.