IRS Scandal: Administration Official Knew a Year Ago
Posted: 5/19/2013 12:03:00 AM
The outgoing head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service angered Republican lawmakers on Friday by resisting their demands that he identify who at the tax-collection agency had inappropriately targe…
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Dire Cash Crunch for Community Colleges?
Posted: 3/5/2013 1:38:00 PM
Some schools rally around a football team. Harper College has rallied around a number.
When President Barack Obama called for 5 million more community-college graduates by the end of the deca…
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Obama Footsoldiers Step into Fiscal Cliff Fight
Posted: 12/13/2012 11:19:00 AM
After a year of knocking on doors and working the phones to get President Barack Obama re-elected, Meechie Biggers had gotten over her fear of talking politics with strangers. So when she came to …
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Fiscal Cliff Meeting: A Lesson in Compromise
Posted: 11/16/2012 12:20:00 PM
Efforts to avert the "fiscal cliff" began in earnest on Friday as President Barack Obama met with top U.S. lawmakers to seek a deal to head off looming across-the-board tax hikes and spending cuts…
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Paul Ryan's Chilly Reception from Retiree Group
Posted: 9/23/2012 12:17:00 AM
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan received a chilly reception from a seniors' group on Friday as he argued that popular health and pension programs for U.S. retirees need to be over…
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