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Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption

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3 weeks ago
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Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption First the Pass the Bill without Reading it , now they opt out of it By JOHN BRESNAHAN and JAKE SHERMAN | 4/24/13 9:49 PM EDT Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill [...]
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Congress demands EPA’s secret email accounts

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6 months ago
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Congress demands EPA’s secret email accounts A House committee has launched an investigation into whether EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used an email alias to try to hide correspondence from open-government requests and her agency’s own internal watchdog — something that Republican lawmakers said [...]
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Fiscal cliff approaches and concerns mount

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7 months ago
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Fiscal cliff approaches and concerns mount By Ian Swanson – 10/24/12 05:00 AM ET Economists, budget hawks and business groups are growing more and more concerned that Washington will allow the nation to go over the fiscal cliff by doing nothing to prevent looming spending cuts and tax [...]
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Report: Countrywide won influence with discounts

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10 months ago
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Report: Countrywide won influence with discounts Associated PressBy LARRY MARGASAK | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The former Countrywide Financial Corp., whose subprime loans helped start the nation’s foreclosure crisis, made hundreds of discount loans to buy influence with members of [...]
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