Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Fiscal cliff: Impasse on tax rates is big hurdleNov 08, 2012 6:29 pm - WASHINGTON — House Republicans’ hard line against higher tax rates for upper-income earners leaves re-elected President Barack Obama with a tough, core decision: Does he...
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Change coming to Obama’s team, just not right awayNov 08, 2012 6:25 pm - WASHINGTON — Big changes are coming to President Barack Obama’s administration — just not right away. The White House is making the nation’s high-stakes fiscal crisis i...
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GOP groups taking stock after $380 million lossNov 08, 2012 6:02 pm - WASHINGTON — Republican-leaning independent groups were supposed to be a key to victory for Mitt Romney. But they ended up being among the big losers of the presidential...
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Obama, GOP leaders lay down markers on budget dealNov 08, 2012 7:38 am - WASHINGTON — Taking little time to celebrate, President Barack Obama is setting out to leverage his re-election into legislative success in an upcoming showdown with con...
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GOP tries to regroup after suburbs go for Obama againNov 07, 2012 10:00 pm - Once might be considered a fluke, but twice is a trend. And President Barack Obama's continued election successes in suburbs once fortified by Republicans have many area...
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End of world? Nirvana? Time to let political anger goNov 07, 2012 10:00 pm - As Facebook gets back to the business of spreading hilarious cat videos, inspirational posters, endless updates on fantastic kids, opinions on chocolate and the ongoing ...
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Re-elected, Obama heads back to divided governmentNov 07, 2012 7:00 pm - WASHINGTON — One day after a bruising, mixed-verdict election, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner both pledged Wednesday to seek a compromi...
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How Obama victory could affect areas of US economyNov 07, 2012 12:54 pm - Upper-income Americans may face a tax increase. Auto fuel economy standards might be raised. Stocks of construction and engineering companies could benefit. America’s de...
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Economists’ advice for Obama: Avoid ‘fiscal cliff’Nov 07, 2012 12:47 pm - WASHINGTON — So what’s the first thing you’d do for the economy if you were president? The Associated Press posed that question to more than a dozen leading economists. ...
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It’s a 50-50 nation, give or takeNov 07, 2012 11:33 am - WASHINGTON — The election laid bare a dual — and dueling — nation, politically speaking, jaggedly split down the middle on the presidency and torn over much else. It see...