By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama's charm offensive to end Washington's budget wars hit a bump on Tuesday when Republicans and Democrats in Congress offered up vastly different plans to slash long-term deficits. The competing budgets, both unlikely to get through Washington's divided government in their current form, raised [...]
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Dueling budget plans debut in Congress
By admin on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday unveiled vastly different plans to slash long-term budget deficits that highlight the wide gulf separating the parties and the difficulty of reaching a bipartisan compromise any time soon. Republicans would balance the budget in 10 years with $ 4.6 trillion in [...]
Read More...Focus shifting in Congress from automatic cuts to dueling budget plans
By admin on Monday, March 11th, 2013 | Comments Off
By David Lawder and Mark Felsenthal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – With little prospect of getting rid of the automatic spending cuts that kicked in on March 1, the Congress and the White House will move on to bigger budget battles this week as dueling Republican and Democratic proposals land in the House of Representatives and the [...]
Read More...Senate poised for dueling votes on sequester
By admin on Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 | Comments Off
With no deal in site, Senate plans to vote on budget cuts USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...Batman And Bane To Climb ‘Everest’ In Dueling Projects
By admin on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Tara Fowler Were you disappointed by the ending of “The Dark Knight Rises”? Did the showdown between Batman and Bane fail to live up to your expectations? Well never fear because Christian Bale and Tom Hardy will face off again — only this time they’ll meet on the top of the world’s tallest mountain. [...]
Read More...2012 in music: High points, down sides, dueling divas
By admin on Monday, December 24th, 2012 | Comments Off
Some songs and artists were irresistible; others were plain inescapable. USA TODAY’s music critics round up 2012′s highs and lows. Music News
Read More...2012 in music: High points, down sides, dueling divas
By admin on Sunday, December 23rd, 2012 | Comments Off
Some songs and artists were irresistible; others were plain inescapable. USATODAY.com Feed
Read More...PhotoBlog: Dueling demonstrations in Cairo
By admin on Saturday, December 1st, 2012 | Comments Off
Islamist crowds demonstrated in Cairo on Saturday in support of President Mohammed Morsi, as anti-Morsi protesters continued their sit-in in Tahrir Square. NBCNews.com: World news
Read More...Obama, Romney On Higher Ed Help: Dueling Visions
By admin on Friday, October 12th, 2012 | Comments Off
Many Americans feel like paying for college seems out of reach. How big is the issue in the presidential campaign? The candidates have offered what boils down to this choice: Either the government spends more to help families pay for college or it spends less to save taxpayers money. Economy
Read More...Video: Obama, Romney make dueling campaign appearances in Ohio
By admin on Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 | Comments Off
Strategists Chris Kofinis and John Brabender discuss recent polls and strategy in Ohio, where President Barack Obama has a ten-point lead in the poll, less than a week before early voting begins. (Jansing and Co) NBCNews.com: Decision 2012
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