President Barack Obama is poised to sign into law the most sweeping economic package in decades, a rescue plan designed to create millions of jobs, spur consumer spending and revive the nation's outlook. Capping the biggest victory of his month-old administration, Obama will sign the economic legi
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It's taboo in the private business world for workers to compare salaries.
So Iowa women with careers in finance and insurance may not know that Iowa men are paid about $78,000 a year on average, while women bring in $40,000.
The Iowa Senate approved legislation Monday aimed at strengthening read more »
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So Iowa women with careers in finance and insurance may not know that Iowa men are paid about $78,000 a year on average, while women bring in $40,000.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's week long trip to Asia, her first venture abroad in her current post, is rife with opportunities, obstacles, and some key challenges borne of her family's personal legacy.
There is broad consensus within foreign policy circles that the Asia rim presents, pe read more »
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Barack Obama will have a rival for the spotlight at Tuesday’s Inauguration: the nation’s First Black President.
The swearing-in of the country’s first-ever African-American commander-in-chief will be a central storyline for the media and for many in the jubilant crowd — but it is not the tale T read more »
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The swearing-in of the country’s first-ever African-American commander-in-chief will be a central storyline for the media and for many in the jubilant crowd — but it is not the tale T read more »
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President-elect Barack Obama yesterday launched an aggressive campaign to persuade a deeply skeptical Congress to permit him to spend another $350 billion to stabilize the still-fragile U.S. financial system, as the Bush White House formally notified lawmakers of Obama's intention to use the money
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Federal prosecutions of immigration crimes nearly doubled in the last fiscal year, reaching more than 70,000 immigration cases in the 2008 fiscal year, according to federal data compiled by a Syracuse University research group. The emphasis, many federal judges and prosecutors say, has siphoned res
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Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio will not seek re-election in 2010.
Voinovich said in a statement Monday that the challenges facing the state and country will require him to devote all of his energy to serving out his current term and that campaigning and fundraising would take time away read more »
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Voinovich said in a statement Monday that the challenges facing the state and country will require him to devote all of his energy to serving out his current term and that campaigning and fundraising would take time away read more »
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Vans will be poised at the Capitol to take a few top aides of Barack Obama's to their new offices at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as soon as he is sworn in, transition aides told Politico.
About 20 senior officials have had their paperwork cleared to enter the White House complex on Tuesday. Some wil read more »
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President-elect Barack Obama is well on his way to finding the silver lining in the economic storm he is inheriting.
The two-year, $825 billion economic recovery plan taking shape in Congress includes billions of dollars for renewable energy and a national electricity grid to distribute it, lowe read more »
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The two-year, $825 billion economic recovery plan taking shape in Congress includes billions of dollars for renewable energy and a national electricity grid to distribute it, lowe read more »
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In a brief stop on the road to Foggy Bottom, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton politely stiff-armed Republicans on Tuesday as they clamored for greater oversight of her husband’s overseas fundraising activities.
During an otherwise sedate confirmation hearing, Clinton exhibited a stag read more »
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With Gov. Rod Blagojevich's Senate impeachment trial looming at month's end, his legal team abruptly announced Friday that it would boycott the proceedings, likening them to a political lynching.
Though the decision raised the possibility that the governor won't have an attorney as the procee read more »
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President-elect Barack Obama tried Sunday to shore up support in Congress for his ambitious economic policies, with his top advisers offering concessions on his economic-stimulus proposal and preparing to detail conditions for how the incoming administration will spend the second half of the $700 b
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Majority Leader Harry Reid is taking full advantage of the Democrats' near supermajority in the Senate, winning a procedural vote in an unusual Sunday session to advance a big package of public lands bills being held up by Republican Tom Coburn.
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Let's talk about proportionality--or, more important, about its negative form. "Disproportionate" is the favorite critical term in current discussions of the morality of war. But most of the people who use it don't know what it means in international law or in just war theory. Curiously, they d
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Faced with Roland W. Burris’ planned return to Washington this week, Senate Democratic leaders are hoping to have a ruling Monday from the chamber’s legal counsel as to whether new paperwork submitted over the weekend qualifies Burris to take the Illinois Senate seat vacated by President-elect Bara
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