Federal Budget Cuts

Veterans Shielded From Massive Budget Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 04.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Office of Management and Budget, a White House agency, ruled on Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs would be exempt from ...

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Non-cents! Pennies To Go Away

CP | Posted 05.29.2012

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OTTAWA -- There may still be pennies from heaven, but they won't be coming from the mint much longer. The humble one-cent piece is set to disappea...

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Cancer Screening Budget Cuts May Prove Deadly for Some Women

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 02.22.2012

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Government budget cuts may prove deadly for low-income women who are increasingly unable to get critical cancer screenings that once were offered free...

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Federal Budget Cuts Imperil Social Services In Florida City

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 02.02.2012

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In the three decades that Fred Marinelli has spent leafing though grant applications from nonprofit groups in Hialeah, Fla., assessing their performan...

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Minister Volunteers Department For Deepest Cuts

CBC | Posted 03.28.2012

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Canada's heritage minister says his own department will be cut first and perhaps deepest in order to give more money to arts groups durin...

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Homeless Rate Ready To Rise

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.18.2012

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Although the recession has officially been over for two years, the worst may be to come for many people. Job losses rose during the last few years....

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Super Fail Complicates Election Year Battle Lines

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 01.23.2012

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WASHINGTON — The failure of Congress' deficit-reduction supercommittee adds a new dimension to the 2012 political contests, drawing political ba...

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Obama To Federal Agencies: Turn Off Your Swag

Posted 01.11.2012

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Any federal employees looking to turn their swag on anytime soon could likely be stopped by President Barack Obama. And the creators of said swag are ...

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White House Orders Agencies To Cut Their Budgets

AP | By ALAN FRAM | Posted 10.19.2011

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WASHINGTON (Associated Press)-- It's a microcosm of the budget battling that has consumed Congress all year: The Obama administration wants federal ag...

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Budget Talks Put Dems Over a Barrel (Again)

Rick Horowitz | Posted 08.29.2011

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[After hours, just a short walk from the Capitol...] "We're gonna do it again -- I can feel it." "Do what again?" "What we always do -- we're g...

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States That Cut The Most Funding Lost The Most Jobs: Analysis

Posted 08.27.2011

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Republican governors have touted spending cuts as both fiscally responsible, and economically prudent. But a new analysis casts doubt on that narrativ...

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Report Warns Against Slashing Intelligence Budget

AP | KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted 07.24.2011

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WASHINGTON — With America's top terror target eliminated, the nation's intelligence agencies fear they will look like a fat target for budget cu...

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House GOP Proposes Budget Cuts To Domestic, Foreign Food Aid

AP | By MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 07.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are targeting domestic nutrition programs and international food assistance as they try to control spending in next ye...

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John Boehner, GOP Play Hard Ball In Talks Over Raising Debt Ceiling

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- It was a tough-talking House Speaker John Boehner who warned Wall Street this week that Congress won't raise the government's debt ceili...

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John Boehner: Tax Hikes 'Off The Table'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2011

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WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner is insisting tax increases are "off the table" in negotiations with the Obama administration and congressional...

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John Boehner: 'Trillions' In Spending Cuts Loom On Debt Ceiling Vote

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 07.09.2011

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NEW YORK — The top Republican in Congress wants trillions of dollars in spending cuts as part of must-pass legislation allowing the federal gove...

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DNC Nominee: 'Shared Sacrifice Going To Be Necessary'

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Democratic party says voters understand that a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes will ...

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Poll: Most Americans Say Taxes They Pay Are Fair

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — For all the complaining this time of year, most Americans actually think the taxes they pay are fair. Not that they're cheering. F...

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Budget Cuts In Deal Hit Defense Spending, Foreign Aid

AP | DONNA CASSATA | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — Tea partyers insistent on cutting military spending and foreign aid will find plenty to like in the deal struck by President Barack...

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John Boehner, House Republicans Vehemently Opposing Tax Hikes

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Leading congressional Republicans renewed their vehement opposition to tax increases Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to pu...

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DC Mayor Residents To Fight Budget Deal

AP | JESSICA GRESKO | Posted 06.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — A day after getting arrested with other city leaders, the District of Columbia's mayor called on residents of the nation's capital ...

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Budget Deal Would Free Up Money For Texas

AP | CHRIS TOMLINSON | Posted 06.12.2011

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AUSTIN, Texas — The federal budget deal negotiated to avoid a government shutdown would remove the strings a Democratic congressman had attached...

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Head Of Influential GOP Committee Opposes Budget Deal

AP | Posted 06.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — The head of an influential House Republican panel says he'll oppose the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to a...

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Congress Weighs Deep Cuts to Funding for Federal Open Government Data Platforms

Alexander Howard | Posted 06.01.2011

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Data.gov, IT.USASpending.gov, and other five other websites that offer platforms for open government transparency are facing imminent closure.

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Why Do Politicians Want to Cut Jobs? Budget Cuts Equal Job Cuts

Robert Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

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The proposed federal budget cuts are turning into another political sideshow. The process of the budget is being treated as a chess game, a battle over politics and procedure, and one that may go on for a long time still.

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