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Obama seeks to broaden reach of housing assistance (AP)

President Barack Obama holds up a proposed mortgage application form as he speaks at the James Lee Community Center in Falls Church, Va., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Obama outlined a proposal he proposed in his State of the Union address to allow homeowners with privately held mortgages to take advantage of record low rates, for an annual savings of about $3,000 for the average borrower.  (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP – Conceding his earlier housing programs have fallen short, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed a vast expansion of government assistance to homeowners, aiming to make lower lending rates a possibility for millions of borrowers who have not been able to get out from under burdensome mortgages.


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Senate leaders reach last-minute accord (AP)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., followed by House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of S.C. and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md. arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 16, 2011, where she criticized Republicans as being responsible for a 'do-nothing Congress' .   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – Senate leaders agreed on compromise legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits for two months while requiring President Barack Obama to accept Republican demands for a swift decision on the fate of an oil pipeline that promises thousands of jobs.


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Bargainers reach deal to head off gov’t shutdown (AP)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP – Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. They also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for another year but prepared a shorter version as a fallback.


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Finally! NBA, players reach tentative deal to end lockout

With perhaps the entire NBA season on the line, owners and players reached a “tentative” agreement early Saturday to end the 149-day old lockout and start the season Dec. 25.

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NBA owners, players reach tentative deal (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, NBA commissioner David Stern speaks during a news conference in New York. NBA owners and players reached a tentative agreement early Saturday morning Nov. 26, 2011 to end the 149-day lockout. The league plans a 66-game season and aims to open camps Dec. 9. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)AP – After nearly two years of bickering, NBA players and owners are back on the same side.


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‘Super committee’ fails to reach deal on deficit

The Congressional “super committee” made the worst-kept secret in Washington official Monday, admitting it’s a super-bust and can’t agree on how to lower the crushing federal deficit.

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Co-chairs say debt panel has failed to reach deal (AP)

Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., walks with reporters as he departs the Capitol Hill office of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., after meeting with other Supercommittee members as time for action by the deficit reduction panel grows short, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The bipartisan leadership of a special congressional deficit supercommittee has officially announced that the panel has failed to reach an agreement.


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