Posts Tagged ‘certain’

Supercommittee doomed by Bush-era tax cuts, failure certain to be central to 2012 elections 

A long-running war between Democrats and Republicans over Bush-era tax cuts doomed the debt supercommittee’s chances of reaching a deal. Efforts to overhaul the tax code may await the same fate as both parties gear up to make taxes a central issue in 2012 elections.

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Libyan fighters have no certain info on Gadhafi (AP)

Former rebel fighters hold pieces of a carpet with the image of Moammar Gadhafi at a checkpoint in Wadi Dinar, Libya, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011. Revolutionary fighters struggled to regroup Saturday outside the loyalist stronghold of Bani Walid after being driven back by fierce resistance from followers of Moammar Gadhafi, temporarily quieting one battlefield. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP – A military spokesman for Libya’s transitional government says revolutionaries have no certain information about Moammar Gadhafi’s location.


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Obama’s pledged trip to Pakistan less certain (AP)

A supporter of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami, shouts anti U. S. slogans during a rally to condemn the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and U. S. for violating Pakistan's sovereignty in an operation to kill Bin Laden, in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday, May 6, 2011. Osama bin Laden was killed by a helicopter-borne U.S. military force on Monday, in a fortress-like compound on the outskirts of Pakistani city of Abbottabad. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP – President Barack Obama’s promised trip to Pakistan this year, once seen as a reward for a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is now a looming headache for the White House as it tries to determine whether the government in Islamabad was complicit in allowing Osama bin Laden to live for years within the country’s borders.


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Censure almost certain as Rangel ethics case ends (AP)

In this Nov. 30, 2010, photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, D- N.Y.,walks to his office on Capitol Hill office in Washington. The House is expected to vote on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, and is expected to censure him. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP – Rep. Charles Rangel faces an almost certain censure by the House, a devastating defeat for a 40-year veteran who insisted to the end that he never meant to violate House rules.


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MTA fare hikes become almost certain, provoking public outrage

Straphangers are about to pay more, but get less. Three months after imposing service cuts, the MTA moved closer to near-certain fare hikes last night at the first of its two legally mandated public hearings.

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Dems unveil final health care plan, but passage is far from certain

Congress drew closer to a historic vote to rebuild America’s health system after Democrats on Thursday unveiled their final blueprint for the largest overhaul since Medicare.

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