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GOP: Linking Obamacare defunding to fiscal talks may be political loser
Healthcare

GOP: Linking Obamacare defunding to fiscal talks may be political loser

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Government workers, supporting union members and activists protest against the across-the-board federal spending cuts called sequestration. Ending the across-the-board spending cuts mandated by the 2011 congressional debt ceiling deal would increase employment by nearly 1 million jobs by next year. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Congressional Budget Office: Canceling sequestration would create 900,000 jobs

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President Obama plans to travel to Galesburg, Ill., Warrensburg, Mo., and Jacksonville, Fla., this week. (AP File)
Economy

Obama’s economic speeches aimed at shaping fall budget showdown

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White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)
Beltway Confidential

White House: Spending cuts ‘diminished the sense of the greatness of America’

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House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said spending cuts must be part of any agreement to raise the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate

Lawmakers already bracing for fiscal fights this fall

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The lingering jobs crisis following the 2008 financial crash lacks one of the few silver linings associated with previous recessions: people living healthier lifestyles. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Beltway Confidential

Past recessions boosted health, but not the Great Recession

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This week will see continued discussion of the fate of Detroit which filed for municipal bankruptcy on Thursday evening. (AP/Paul Sancya)
Economy

The week ahead in economics: President Obama’s jobs pivot, housing, and Detroit

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Healthcare

State Obamacare exchanges unlikely to make deadline, GAO says

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Thanks to artificially low interest rates, the United States has been able to finance deficits exceeding $1 trillion every year from 2009 through 2012 at very low cost. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Politics

Big Ideas: On deficits, leaner armies and government innovation

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, smiles as he walks to the floor of the House of Representatives as the GOP majority passed legislation to replace the No Child Left Behind law, in Washington, Friday, July 19. The Student Success Act reflects the long-held Republican premise that Washington has no business determining how local school systems are run. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
Education

House passes revamp of No Child Left Behind law

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