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Obama sends Congress $3.8 trillion budget that trims Social Security, raises taxes

President Barack Obama is sending Congress a $3.77 trillion spending blueprint that seeks to achieve an elusive "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits by raising... Read more »

April 10, 2013

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Obama budget: Spending cuts, higher smokers' taxes (+video)

Mixing modest curbs on spending with tax increases reviled by Republicans, President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget on Wednesday that would raise taxes... Read more »

April 10, 2013

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Proposed budget not President Obama's 'ideal plan'

In his first comments about a budget he is to release Wednesday, President Obama said he intends to reduce deficits while at the same time providing new spending for... Read more »

April 6, 2013

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Official: President Obama proposes cuts to Social Security in budget

President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes... Read more »

April 5, 2013

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Lawmakers in Washington tighten belts amid automatic budget cuts

Members of Congress are traveling less and worrying more about meeting office salaries. Such are the indignities thrust upon the men and women who brought the country... Read more »

March 29, 2013

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Are Democrats ducking from Obamacare?

As the new health care law prepares to go online, is silence from the Democrats allowing Republicans to have their way and define it? Jill Lawrence at National Journal... Read more »

March 27, 2013

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