Last Minute News Topics » federal http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com The latest news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:38:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bloomberg: More federal spending on gun control http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/bloomberg-more-federal-spending-on-gun-control http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/bloomberg-more-federal-spending-on-gun-control#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:47:00 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/bloomberg-more-federal-spending-on-gun-control Mayor Bloomberg slammed Congress Sunday for not providing federal funding to keep guns out of the wrong hands. Touting a new anti-illegal gun Super Bowl ad, the mayor said city and states don’t get enough money to perform proper background checks on gun applicants.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/bloomberg-more-federal-spending-on-gun-control/feed 0 Obama could alter stance of federal appeals courts (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-could-alter-stance-of-federal-appeals-courts-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-could-alter-stance-of-federal-appeals-courts-ap#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:04:24 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-could-alter-stance-of-federal-appeals-courts-ap In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Three justices will turn 80 before the next presidential term ends: Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, right, who leads the closely divided court's liberal wing, Antonin Scalia, second from left, a conservative, and Anthony Kennedy, second from right, who leans conservative, but on some issues provides a decisive vote for the liberals. A titanic confirmation fight would ensue if it allowed a Republican president to cement conservative control of the court, or a Democrat president to give liberal appointees a working majority for the first time in decades. Others seated are Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, left, and Chief Justice John Roberts, center; standing from left are Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito Jr., and Elena Kagan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP – A second term for President Barack Obama would allow him to expand his replacement of Republican-appointed majorities with Democratic ones on the nation’s appeals courts, the final stop for almost all challenged federal court rulings.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/obama-could-alter-stance-of-federal-appeals-courts-ap/feed 0 Romney paid $3M in federal income tax in 2010 (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/romney-paid-3m-in-federal-income-tax-in-2010-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/romney-paid-3m-in-federal-income-tax-in-2010-ap#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:08:38 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/romney-paid-3m-in-federal-income-tax-in-2010-ap Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a Republican presidential debate Monday Jan. 23, 2012, at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)AP – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney paid about $3 million in federal income taxes in 2010, having earned more than seven times that from his investments. Those earnings, $21.7 million, put him among the wealthiest of American taxpayers.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/romney-paid-3m-in-federal-income-tax-in-2010-ap/feed 0 Optimism growing on deal to avoid federal shutdown (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/optimism-growing-on-deal-to-avoid-federal-shutdown-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/optimism-growing-on-deal-to-avoid-federal-shutdown-ap#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:30:42 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/optimism-growing-on-deal-to-avoid-federal-shutdown-ap House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – The endgame at hand, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders expressed optimism Thursday at prospects for swift compromise to extend Social Security tax cuts, keep long-term jobless benefits flowing and avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/optimism-growing-on-deal-to-avoid-federal-shutdown-ap/feed 0 Report: half of schools fail federal standards (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/report-half-of-schools-fail-federal-standards-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/report-half-of-schools-fail-federal-standards-ap#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:51:40 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/report-half-of-schools-fail-federal-standards-ap AP – Nearly half of America’s public schools didn’t meet federal achievement standards this year, marking the largest failure rate since the much-criticized No Child Left Behind Law took effect a decade ago, according to a national report released Thursday.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/report-half-of-schools-fail-federal-standards-ap/feed 0 House says no to mandating balanced federal budget (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/house-says-no-to-mandating-balanced-federal-budget-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/house-says-no-to-mandating-balanced-federal-budget-ap#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:03:03 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/house-says-no-to-mandating-balanced-federal-budget-ap Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, co-chair of the supercommittee, tells reporters outside his office that the deficit reduction panel would work over the weekend as the deadline for its work nears, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Rejecting the idea Congress can’t control its spending impulses, the House turned back a Republican proposal Friday to amend the Constitution to dam the rising flood of federal red ink. Democrats — and a few GOP lawmakers — said damage from the balanced-budget mandate would outweigh any benefits.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/house-says-no-to-mandating-balanced-federal-budget-ap/feed 0 Sister of “Precious” director Lee Daniels sentenced to probation for federal drug possession charge  http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/sister-of-%e2%80%9cprecious%e2%80%9d-director-lee-daniels-sentenced-to-probation-for-federal-drug-possession-charge%c2%a0 http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/sister-of-%e2%80%9cprecious%e2%80%9d-director-lee-daniels-sentenced-to-probation-for-federal-drug-possession-charge%c2%a0#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:36:23 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/sister-of-%e2%80%9cprecious%e2%80%9d-director-lee-daniels-sentenced-to-probation-for-federal-drug-possession-charge%c2%a0 THE SISTER of “Precious” director Lee Daniels was sentenced Friday to probation for possession of the love drug Ecstasy.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/sister-of-%e2%80%9cprecious%e2%80%9d-director-lee-daniels-sentenced-to-probation-for-federal-drug-possession-charge%c2%a0/feed 0 GOP hopefuls would limit federal role in education (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/gop-hopefuls-would-limit-federal-role-in-education-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/gop-hopefuls-would-limit-federal-role-in-education-ap#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:43:39 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/gop-hopefuls-would-limit-federal-role-in-education-ap FILE - In this June 18, 2005, file photo Gov. Rick Perry announces a special legislative session in Austin, Texas, during which he called on lawmakers to pass a school finance reform plan after vetoing the $35.3 billion Texas education budget. When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance. They all want the federal government out of schools. But how they’d do that varies. Take the Education Department. Perry along with Reps. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul want to close it. (AP Photo/Thomas Terry, File)AP – When it comes to education, the Republican field of presidential candidates has a unified stance: Get the federal government out of schools. How they’d do that varies.


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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/gop-hopefuls-would-limit-federal-role-in-education-ap/feed 0 Lupica: Federal investigation inevitable at PSU http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/lupica-federal-investigation-inevitable-at-psu http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/lupica-federal-investigation-inevitable-at-psu#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 05:34:14 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/lupica-federal-investigation-inevitable-at-psu A very smart New York defense and civil rights lawyer named Tom Harvey was in the Daily News talking about how he believed the federal government would eventually need to sort things out at Penn State.

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]]> http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/world/lupica-federal-investigation-inevitable-at-psu/feed 0 Federal Reserve wraps up policy meeting (AP) http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/federal-reserve-wraps-up-policy-meeting-ap http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/federal-reserve-wraps-up-policy-meeting-ap#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:09:43 +0000 admin http://www.lastminutenewstopics.com/news/federal-reserve-wraps-up-policy-meeting-ap AP – The Federal Reserve, after employing a dwindling set of policy options at its last two meetings, may hit the pause button in hopes that the faint signs of the economy’s rebound will grow stronger.

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