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GOP Plan Cuts Social Services To Protect The Pentagon

Posted 05.07.2012

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By ANDREW TAYLOR, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The Republicans who control the House are using cuts to food aid, health care and social servi...

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Michael McAuliff

Boehner Chastises Bishops: 'Take A Bigger Look'

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) chastised Catholic bishops at a Wednesday news conference on Capitol Hill, saying they needed to loo...

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Are We a Society?

Gary Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gary Hart

The current U.S. budget confrontation raises the issue of whether we are a society, a community, or a collection of individuals inhabiting the same geographical space.

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Stopping Cuts That "Knock the Legs Out" From Our Communities

Angela Glover Blackwell | Posted 06.04.2011

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Angela Glover Blackwell

Many of the cuts proposed in the House so far target a wide array of programs that empower low-income people to climb out of poverty and serve their communities.

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Budget Impasse Increasing Risk Of Government Shutdown

The New York Times | CARL HULSE | Posted 05.26.2011

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With time running short and budget negotiations this week having reached an angry impasse, Congressional leaders are growing increasingly pessimistic ...

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Keep Up the Pace of Locking Down the Bomb

Matthew Bunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Bunn

The House's appropriators have said that they will not cut spending on national security. But they have unwisely concluded that nuclear security programs are not in that protected category.

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Supporting Family Planning Is the Moral Response

Rev. Debra Haffner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Debra Haffner

Millions of people of faith ground their commitment to sexual and reproductive health care in their religious beliefs that affirm that it is precisely because life is sacred that it should never be created carelessly.

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Matt Sledge

For Scientists, GOP Chairman's Cuts To 'Silly-Sounding' Research Are No Laughing Matter

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK -- Condoms, yoga and pot were among the subjects of research projects House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) proposed defunding in ...

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A Republican Rampage

Peter Lehner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Lehner

The GOP has launched an assault on public health, clean air, fresh water, and wildlife. This attack on our environment won't take a nibble out of our deficit, but it will take the teeth out of needed protections.

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Elise Foley

House Votes To Kill F-35 Second Engine Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amanda Terkel contributed reporting. WASHINGTON -- More than half of the House Republicans voted on Wednesday to earmark $450 million in funds for a ...

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Howard Fineman: 'Republican Leaders In The House May Have Outsmarted Themselves' On Budget

Huff TV | Posted 05.25.2011

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With a potential government shutdown looming on March 4, the budget discussion for 2011 appears a lot more pressing than the fight for 2012. HuffPost'...

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House Passes Budget With No GOP Votes

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress capped President Barack Obama's 100th day in office by advancing a $3.4 trillion federal budget for next year...

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