Posts Tagged ‘increase’

Obama delays request for $1.2T debt limit increase (AP)

AP – President Barack Obama is delaying his request for another $1.2 trillion increase in the nation’s debt limit at the request of congressional leaders.

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Obama blames GOP for upcoming tax increase (AP)

The U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff on legislation to prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Continuing a tax cut of up to $40 a week for workers and unemployment benefits for millions of jobless hit a wall Tuesday as the House rejected a two-month extension of both, and President Barack Obama blamed Republicans for the stalemate.


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Big quake follows increase in Oklahoma rumblings (AP)

Map locates large earthquake in OklahomaAP – Clouds of dust belched from the corners of almost every room in Joe Reneau’s house as the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history rocked the two-story building.


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Medicare costs to reduce Social Security increase (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. About 55 million Social Security recipients will get in 2012 their first increase in benefits since 2009, a 3.6 percent raise. But higher Medicare premiums could erase a big chunk of it. For some, higher Medicare Part B premiums could wipe out as much as a fourth of their raise from Social Security, according to projections by the trustees who oversee the programs. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)AP – That didn’t last long. About 55 million Social Security recipients will get their first increase in benefits next year since 2009 — a 3.6 percent raise. But higher Medicare premiums could erase part of it.


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Social Security increase coming in 2012 (AP)

AP – After two years without an increase in benefits, 55 million Social Security recipients will finally get a raise next year.

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U.S. not prepared for major cyber attack, must rapidly increase intelligence, report finds

If the machines haven’t taken over yet, it’s best they do soon, a new study found.

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GOP may OK tax increase that Obama hopes to block (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Obama cited the payroll tax in his weekend radio and Internet address Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011, when he urged Congress to work together on measures that help the economy and create jobs. 'There are things we can do right now that will mean more customers for businesses and more jobs across the country. We can cut payroll taxes again, so families have an extra $1,000 to spend,' he said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)AP – News flash: Congressional Republicans want to raise your taxes.


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