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In Budget Plan, Obama Seeks Cuts and Higher Taxes

WASHINGTON -- Forcefully rejecting Republican budget-cutting plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation's future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years and vowed he would not allow benefit cuts for the poor and the elderly to pay for tax breaks for the rich. "That's not right and it's not...

Obama Sets Goal to Cut Deficit $4 Trillion Over Next 12 Years

WASHINGTON -- The White House says President Barack Obama is setting a goal of lowering the deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years as he wades into the politically volatile debate over the nation's crushing debt. A week after formally announcing his re-election campaign, Obama is set to propose a mix of tax...

Head of House GOP Committee Opposes Budget Deal

WASHINGTON -- The head of an influential House Republican panel says he'll oppose the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to avert a government shutdown. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said in a statement Tuesday that while some of his GOP colleagues will support the compromise announced late Friday night, he...

Obama's Debt-Cutting Plan: Everything on the Table

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, plunging into the rancorous struggle over America's mountainous debt, will draw sharp differences with Republicans Wednesday over how to conquer trillions of dollars in spending while somehow working out a compromise to raise some taxes and trim a cherished program like...

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Dem Gov Rips 'Constipation Congress'

Hours after the arrival of Friday's bleak economic news, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley pointed a finger straight at the legislative branch.

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Obama Embraces John McCain To Draw Contrast With Mitt Romney Ahead Of 2012 Election

President Barack Obama seems to think that the world of politics would be better if someone like John McCain were running for the White House.

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Kris Kobach, Kansas Secretary of State, Defends Voter ID Law

Kobach, the state's chief election official, faced questioning from a group of 30 Wichita residents who accused him of trying to surpress voter turnout around the state, the Wichita Eagle reports.

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Friday Talking Points -- A Quick One

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Advocates Fear Senate Will Gut Key Census Survey

The Senate could follow the House of Representatives' lead and gut a key survey of the Census Bureau used by businesses, researchers and governments, advocates fear.

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06/02/12 Wis. governor works to meet voters before recall Source: NBC - KRIST 6 News - Corpus Christi TX EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) Republican Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Tom Barrett began a final push Saturday to connect with voters in person before next week's historic recall election, appearing at farm breakfasts and restaurants and rallying campaign workers.
06/02/12 Democratic Senate candidates promise King a fight Source: Portland Press Herald - Portland ME Cynthia Dill, Matt Dunlap, Jon Hinck and Benjamin Pollard take the stage at the state convention.
06/02/12 Elizabeth Warren knocks Marisa DeFranco off ballot as... Source: MassLive.com U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren won a resounding endorsement from Massachusetts Democrats on Saturday, beating her only in-party opponent by a wide enough of a margin to bar her from the primary ballot.
06/02/12 Cruz, Dewhurst face off in July 31 GOP Senate runoff Source: The Eagle Citizen Texans only get to choose a U.S. senator for a vacant seat about once a decade, which makes the July 31 Republican runoff between Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and former state Solicitor General Ted Cruz not just interesting but critical.
06/02/12 Jonathan Vs Salami: Why Adoke chose to play âthe... Source: Vanguard - Nigeria Following his uncanny role in the continued suspension of the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, penultimate week, took a swipe at the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN.

Background on government

Government, refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized (Referred : More to govern than control).

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