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Government Adds Record $339 Billion to Debt in First Day after Budget Deal
The
federal government has piled up debt since the latest budget deal was
signed into law, tacking $462 billion onto the
national credit card since Nov. 2 as the Treasury Department replenished
its funds and began another round of borrowing to take it all the way
into
2017. A staggering $339 billion in total debt was added on just the
first day after President Obama signed the budget agreement — the single
largest hike in history. ... Read More
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Paul Ryan Cleaning House, To Dump Committee Chairs
Paul
Ryan took on the role of Speaker of the House last month promising to
rework the House Republican Steering Committee before Thanksgiving and
is doing just that taking steps to restructure the panel and dump
committee
chairs, Politico reports. In what will be the biggest restructuring of
internal GOP policy so far in his tenure, Ryan kick-started the changes
by
impaneling eight lawmakers. And although plans are not finalized,
lawmakers have discussed a two-part plan to in an effort to change the
membership of
the committee. ... Read More
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Clinton Celebrates Environmentalist Endorsement By Boarding Carbon-Spewing Private Plane
Hillary
Clinton has struggled to earn the support of
the more extreme elements in her party, environmentalists included. A
few months ago, she tried to pander to those who belive the Earth is
melting
faster than a chocolate bunny in July under the limited influence of
mankind by attacking the Keystone Pipeline project, but the Obama
Administration
has already nixed that economic development project in the name of
preserving the penugin population, so she's been out of luck. Finally,
this week,
she ... Read More
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Obama: Gun Control Is 'One Thing' I Still Want to Do
In
an email sent out over the weekend by the Democratic Party, President
Barack Obama urges followers to join him in the effort to enact stricter
gun laws. "We have not gone more than eight days without a mass
shooting in this country this year," Obama begins in the email. "That
means that each week, more families are grieving, more communities are
being pieced back together. As a nation, we're holding everyone affected
by these heartbreaking events in our prayers." But, he adds, prayers
aren't enough. ... Read More
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