(Fox News) If a yearlong struggle to pass sweeping health care reform that will affect every American wasn’t enough for Democrats, they have now decided to add a sweeping overhaul of student aid to the bill. That means Democrats will try to muscle through two top administration priorities using a bare-knuckled tactic called reconciliation that... »
Obama-backed website on government spending is found lacking
(LA Times) Reporting from Washington When he was a senator, Barack Obama pushed through a law setting up a kind of “Google-for-government” website — a one-stop-shop for tracking the $1... »
IRS visits Sacramento carwash in pursuit of 4 cents
It was every businessperson’s nightmare. Arriving at Harv’s Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. “They were deadly serious, very... »
States may hold onto tax refunds for months
(USA Today) Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a... »
TX Board of Ed Passes Draft Curriculum
(Fox News) A conservative-stacked panel of Texas Board of Education members endorsed a draft proposal of the state’s social studies curriculum on Friday. The curriculum, if approved, will be... »
Al Qaeda-linked New Jersey man worked in nuclear power plants
(Daily News) A New Jersey man charged in Yemen as an Al Qaeda member worked at nuclear power plants in the U.S., officials said Thursday. Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old American... »
Dems Abandon Abortion Deal, Ready Health Vote
(Fox News) WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders Thursday abandoned a long struggle to strike a compromise on abortion in their ranks, gambling that they can secure the support for... »
WRAPUP 1-Toyota discounts boost sales, US mulls ‘black box’
DETROIT/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – Unprecedented discounts after a series of damaging recalls boosted Toyota Motor Corp’s (7203.T: Quote, Profile, Research) (TM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) U.S. sales in early... »
Toyota Dealers Fight Back Against “Predatory Tactics” by GM
The head of the Toyota National Dealer Council today blasted the federal government for using ‘taxpayer dollars’ to fund incentive campaigns to lure customers away from Toyota, and accused... »
The Coming Tax Rebellion
(Fox News) For many Americans the distance between what they believe is best for the nation and what government actually does has become an infuriating chasm that was never... »
Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt
(The Heritage Foundation) President Obama declared: “I didn’t come here to pass our problems on to the next president or the next generation–I’m here to solve them.” Yet rather... »
No Recovery Until America Invests Again
While most Americans are familiar with the broad ups and downs of the economy and the job market — the stuff of daily headlines — the deeper story of... »
Ballooning debt, cuts in education, services could be opening gambit in bid to raise taxes
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Pelosi Says Democrats Didn’t Push Massa to Resign
March 10 (Bloomberg) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed claims by former Democratic Representative Eric Massa that he was pressured to leave Congress because of his opposition to health-care... »
A Complicated Enemy: Obama Seeks to Vilify Health Insurers, Give Them $336 Billion Check
ABC’s Z. Byron Wolf reports: President Obama and Democrats launched a campaign to vilify insurance companies in the final stretch of their health reform effort. Republicans, meanwhile, pointed out that... »
Detroit looks at downsizing to save city
(Washington Times) DETROIT | Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning... »
Are unemployment benefits no longer temporary?
(Washington Post) Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high joblessness in a... »
Al-Qaida calls on US Muslims to attack America
CAIRO (AP) – Al-Qaida’s American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort... »





