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By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s pick to head the Social Security Administration has run into more trouble after Senate Democrats canceled a procedural vote on her nomination. Obama nominated…
December 15, 2014 -
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By ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission agreed Thursday to dramatically boost spending to bring high-speed Internet access to schools and libraries in poor or rural areas, a move that…
December 13, 2014 -
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Advocates for greater openness in government were frustrated after Congress failed to update the Freedom of Information Act despite bipartisan support in the House and Senate. Without…
December 13, 2014 -
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By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a massive defense policy bill that endorses his stepped-up military campaign of air strikes and training of Iraqis and moderate…
December 13, 2014 -
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By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Swapping crisis for compromise, the House narrowly approved $1.1 trillion in government-wide spending Thursday night after President Barack Obama and Republicans joined forces to…
December 12, 2014 -
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By SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that warehouse workers who fill orders for retail giant Amazon don’t have to be paid for time spent waiting to pass through…
December 10, 2014 -
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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional aides say a final agreement has been sealed on a massive $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown and fund most of…
December 10, 2014 -
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By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle…
December 10, 2014 -
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By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling on the government to improve the way it serves the public, President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed top management prospects in the federal bureaucracy to develop…
December 09, 2014 -
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By DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Key lawmakers weighed legislation to permit a reduction of benefits for up to 1 million retirees at economically distressed multiemployer pension plans, officials said…
December 09, 2014 -
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By BRANDON BAILEY and YOUKYUNG LEE Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Some cybersecurity experts say they’ve found striking similarities between the code used in the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment and attacks blamed…
December 07, 2014 -
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By ERICA WERNER and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trying to avoid a showdown over immigration, House Republican leaders are moving to make a deal with Democrats to pass a spending bill that…
December 05, 2014 -
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By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Take an obscure abbreviation, add insider-speak and you end up with the latest version of Washington argot. CRomnibus. (Pronounced: KROM-ne-bus.) That’s the term Capitol Hill mavens and…
December 03, 2014 -
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By DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate negotiators have reached agreement on a $585 billion defense policy bill that provides funds to expand the U.S. mission in Iraq to counter Islamic…
December 02, 2014
