Congress debates payroll tax cut, government funding omnibus
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 14th, 2011 5:34 am by HL
Congress debates payroll tax cut, government funding omnibus
Prospects for a year-end congressional compromise on key tax and spending legislation grew more complicated Tuesday, as the Republican House passed a controversial version of a payroll tax cut extension despite a veto threat from the White House.
The increasingly contentious tax dispute threatens to derail what had been an emerging compromise on separate legislation to fund the government through next September, raising the specter of a possible government shutdown this weekend if the conflict is not resolved by Friday.
Afternoon Fix: Trump backs out of debate
Blunt beats back tea party in leadership race; Trump backs out of debate; Obama’s team keeps an eye on Americans Elect; and the S.C. GOP chair doubts Romney’s commitment to his state.
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Commemorative $1 coins scrapped to save money
Federal agencies have recouped more than $5.6 billion from fraudulent acts against the government, officials said Tuesday, as they also announced plans to stop making some money in order to save money.
The U.S. Mint has suspended mass production of commemorative $1 coins with the faces of American presidents as part of the Obama administration’s “Campaign to Cut Waste.”
Ron Paul is Mitt Romney’s best (Iowa) friend
Want to know the key to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney winding up as the Republican presidential nominee? Two words: Ron Paul.
The Texas Congressman’s strength in Iowa — there is a legitimate case to be made that he will win the Jan. 3 caucuses but more on that later — coupled with his willingness to go after frontrunning former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in often quite personal terms make him perhaps the critical x-factor in Romney’s winning calculus.
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