Posts Tagged ‘Spending’
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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Incomes up strong 0.5 pct., consumer spending flat (AP)
AP – Americans’ income rose in December by the most in nine months, a hopeful sign for the economy after a year of weak wage gains. But consumers didn’t spend any more than they had in November.
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Paul fights Washington spending, flies first class (AP)
AP – Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been spending large amounts on airfare as a congressman, flying first class on dozens of taxpayer-funded flights to his home state. The practice conflicts with the image that Paul portrays as the only presidential candidate serious about cutting federal spending.
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America hits the brakes on health care spending (AP)
AP – Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation’s economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.
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Obamas spending low-key Christmas Eve in Hawaii (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama and his family are easing into vacation mode, spending a low-key Christmas Eve out of the spotlight.
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Senate OKs payroll tax cut, huge spending bill (AP)
AP – The Senate voted Saturday to temporarily avert a Jan. 1 payroll tax increase and benefit cutoff for the long-time unemployed, but forcing a reluctant President Barack Obama to make an election-year choice between unions and environmentalists over whether to build an oil pipeline through the heart of the country.
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$1T-plus spending bill taking shape in Congress (AP)
AP – Weary after a year of partisan bickering, lawmakers tried Monday to wrap up a sprawling $1 trillion-plus spending bill that chips away at military and environmental spending but denies conservatives many of the policy changes they wanted on social issues, government regulations and health care.
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