Adam Corey Ross
Recent Stories By Adam Corey Ross:
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Texas Strong Rick Perry—Can He Win the Center?August 14, 2011
In a state known for producing colorful political personalities, Texas Gov. Rick Perry still stands out. In a Houston stadium half-filled with Christian conservatives, he leads a prayer service...
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How the Super Committee is Likely to VoteAugust 11, 2011
Here is where members of the new joint House-Senate deficit reduction committee stand on key spending and tax issues: SEN. PATTY MURRAY, D-WASH. Defense • A senior...
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The Government’s Most Random Items for SaleAugust 5, 2011
While Democrats and Republicans bickered over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit, the federal government was still making money. It may seem more like a yard sale than...
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Airlines Pocket Uncollected Taxes from FAA SquabbleAugust 4, 2011
Many airlines refused to lower their air fares to give travelers the benefit of a federal tax holiday that was precipitated by the shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration. So far, the layoff...
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Congress Knows the Drill: Pass an Energy BillAugust 2, 2011
Not long after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, Congress began pointing fingers at anyone it thought it could blame. How would Congress respond to the...
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Hope for Higher Third Quarter Growth Hits a RoadblockJuly 27, 2011
The economy continued to weaken across much of the U.S. in June and early July, according to a Federal Reserve report released Wednesday, a disappointing start to the 3rd quarter and the first month...
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How a Default Could Devastate the CountryJuly 24, 2011
As negotiations over a major deficit reduction package appear to be going nowhere over the weekend, federal and state officials, financial and corporate executives, and average investors and...
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Huntsman--Dark Horse or White Knight for GOP?June 16, 2011
Does a former Utah governor who worked for the Obama administration, fretted about global warming and is barely known outside his home state stand a chance of winning the GOP presidential nomination...
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Lawyers: The New Dead-End Profession?June 8, 2011
When Adam McDonald graduated from Detroit Mercy Law school in 2007, his goal was to start his own criminal defense law firm. But with payments on his six-figure college loans looming, he knew he didn...
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Bill Clinton Rips Ryan Plan at Fiscal SummitMay 25, 2011
Former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that a controversial GOP plan to dramatically overhaul Medicare clearly was a factor in the Democrats’ victory Tuesday in a House special election in a...
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New Survey: Americans Fail Money ManagementMay 5, 2011
It’s not just Congress struggling to get debt and spending under control. A series of new reports finds that a majority of Americans haven’t gotten their own financial houses in order. Americans...
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Extreme Weather Batters State BudgetsMay 5, 2011
As states across the country grapple with 2012 budget shortfalls, extreme weather is making for an increasingly expensive and complicated recovery. To be sure, states ravaged by natural disasters...