The fiscal cliff. It’s on many people’s minds. It’s on the stock market’s collective mind, say analysts explaining the recent ride there. Among the many corporate filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission in November, the term has shown up...
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`La-La Land:’ Boehner Sees LA in DC
La-La Land: Merriam-Webster defines it as “a euphoric dreamlike mental state detached from the harsher realities of life.” House Speaker John Boehner today called President Barack Obama’s proposal of $1.6 trillion in taxes as part of a solution to averting the...
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Brandon Marshall #15 of the Chicago Bears runs after a catch in the final minute of regulation time against the Seattle Seahawks at Soldier Field on December 2, 2012.
Obama: `Da Bears… Gotta Shot’
The Chicago Bears — “da Bears,” in President Barack Obama’s hometown — will be the next Windy City sports team to win a league championship. So said the president during his Twitter chat about the fiscal cliff today — touting...
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Speaker of the House John Boehner arrives for his press conference on fiscal cliff negotiations at the Capitol on Nov. 30, 2012.
Boehner’s Counter-Offer: No Taxes — Calls Obama’s Bid `La-La Land’
House Republicans have responded to President Barack Obama’s fiscal-cliff averting offer. The response lacks the one thing the White House insists will be essential to an agreement: Higher tax rates for the highest-earning Americans. The Republicans, rejecting Obama’s demand for...
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Fashion critic-in-chief: During his live appearance on Twitter today to answer questions about the looming fiscal cliff, President Barack Obama took some time to compliment a woman from Morgantown, West Virginia. Her photograph shows hair dyed a shade of purple....
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President Barack Obama answers a question posed to him on the social networking site Twitter at the White House in Washington in this 2010 file photo.
Obama Calling (#My2K): Tweets at 2
In his bid to reach out to a voting public whom he believes is behind him on the fiscal-cliff talks, President Barack Obama is inviting followers to a Twitter chat at 2 pm EST today. At the White House Web-site today...
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U.S. Senator-elect Tim Kaine speaks to his supporters after winning the Virginia U.S. Senate seat, on Nov. 6, 2012 in Richmond, Virginia.
Adelson’s Late $2.5 Million Couldn’t Stop Kaine’s Virginia Win
Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson gave $2.5 million in the waning days of the Nov. 6 election to a Republican super-political action committee that was on the losing side of a key U.S. Senate race in Virginia. The super-PAC, Independence Virginia,...
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Washington.
IRS: Nonprofit Regulation no Priority
Coming off an election season in which groups that keep their donors hidden spent more than $300 million on political activity, the Internal Revenue Service has left the question of nonprofit regulation off its initial Priority Guidance Plan. This is...
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Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Florida, bangs the gavel to begin the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte.
Wasserman Schultz to Remain DNC Chairwoman
Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz will get a full four-year term to run the Democratic National Committee, serving at the pleasure of the president she helped re-elect. President Barack Obama will ask the DNC to keep Wasserman Schultz as the...
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The Northrop Grumman Corp. booth during the 28th National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on April 17, 2012.
Washington Daybook: Defense CEOs to Discuss Fiscal Cliff
Chief executives of some of the largest defense companies including Northrop Grumman Corp. and Analytic Sciences Corp. hold a news conference today in Washington to discuss their concerns about the impact of sequestration as acrimony builds in Washington over the...
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