Articles filed under Political Figures
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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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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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Obama faces familiar world of problems in 2nd termNov 08, 2012 7:38 am - WASHINGTON — Now that his re-election is secured, President Barack Obama has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways, from toughening Americ...
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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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Editorial: Let’s move to post-election bipartisanshipNov 07, 2012 10:41 am - When Rep. Joe Walsh visited with our editorial board a couple of months ago, he predicted, to our surprise, that once the election was over, we’d see a stronger spirit o...
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Images: Election Night in AmericaNov 07, 2012 4:24 am - ...
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Images: Election Night in the SuburbsNov 06, 2012 11:02 pm - ...
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Images: America VotesNov 06, 2012 12:55 pm - ...