Posts Tagged “barack obama”

Santorum blasts Obama’s motives on power, abortion (AP)

By | March 9, 2012

[unable to retrieve full-text content] AP – A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president’s competence but his motives and even his Christian values. Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/gop/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120221/ap_on_el_pr/us_santorum_anti_obama_rhetoric harold camping may 21 christmas island macys pimlico ginseng new zealand earthquake long island iced tea

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Payroll tax negotiations off to slow start (AP)

By | February 3, 2012

WASHINGTON ? Negotiators on Capitol Hill agreed Wednesday to try to extend a payroll tax cut worth about $1,000 this year for a typical worker through the end of the year. But they remain far apart on how to pay for the extension, and for jobless benefits for millions, without swelling the national debt. Working [...]

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Court schedules week of health care arguments (AP)

By | January 6, 2012

WASHINGTON ? The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will use an unprecedented week’s worth of argument time in late March to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s historic health care overhaul. The high court scheduled arguments for March 26th, 27th and 28th over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which aims to [...]

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Christie goes after Obama — and Mika (Politico)

By | December 23, 2011

A feisty Gov. Chris Christie appeared on MSNBC?s Morning Joe Tuesday, taking on President Barack Obama – and host Mika Brzezinski. Christie got some friendly ribbing in with Brzezinski, accusing her of being in the ?tank? for Obama. Continue Reading Christie: In the ?tank? for Obama ?You are veering – you used to be a [...]

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Unemployed seek protection against job bias (AP)

By | October 10, 2011

WASHINGTON ? After two years on the unemployment rolls, Selena Forte thought she’d found a temporary job at FedEx that matched her qualifications. But Forte, a 55-year-old from Cleveland, says a job recruiter for a temporary agency told her the company wouldn’t consider her because she had been out of work too long. She had [...]

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