Polarization menaces debt control effort
Suddenly, it s occurred to liberals as well as wonky budget hawks that the nation s fiscal future is unsustainable. But the chances of action are near zero. Blame political polarization. For years, Republicans have complained about runaway entitleme...
 3.2K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 844.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 1000.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 429.0 Deficit surges to $1.42 trillion
WASHINGTON What is $1.42 trillion? It s more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of India, almost as much as Canada s, and more than $4,700 for every man, woman and child in t...
8.3K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 1000.0 Glitch delays plan to deport inmates
PORTLAND (AP) Oregon s plan to save money by transferring 175 prisoners to federal immigration authorities for deportation has been delayed by what Gov. Ted Kulongoski s office is calling a glitch. Earlier this year, Oregon legislators approved a ...
1.8K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 429.0 No Social Security increase for 2010
WASHINGTON There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975, the government announced today. Blame falling consum...
5.2K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 386.0 Insurers shift, assail health bill
WASHINGTON After working for months behind the scenes to help shape health care reform, the insurance industry is now sharply attacking the emerging plan with a report that maintains Senate legislation would increase the cost of a typical policy by...
4.6K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 386.0 Obama-backed health care bill gains ground
WASHINGTON Health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama all but cleared a major hurdle in the Senate early today as Democratic liberals and moderates on a key committee closed ranks behind the most sweeping set of changes in a half-cent...
5.7K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 580.0 Social Security feels the pinch
WASHINGTON Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off seniors will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that s happened since the 1980s. The deficits...
6.5K - Sep. 28, 2009; scored 608.0 Quake size, location are part of tsunami alert
Curiosity about what sorts of seaquakes would set off a tsunami alert inspired one of the questions in this edition of Ask AP, a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers questions about the news. If you have your own news-rela...
4.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 556.0 States start campaigning for census
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. State governments and civic groups are sinking scarce dollars into the phone banks, TV ads and door-knocking commonly seen in political campaigns to pump up numbers in the upcoming census. They ve got a vested interest in going...
5.1K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 448.0 Iffy math is part of health care plan
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation s health care system without adding one dime to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the de...
7.8K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 773.0 Iffy math is part of health care plan
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation s health care system without adding one dime to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the de...
8.0K - Sep. 10, 2009; scored 773.0 Wyden decries health system
COOS BAY Indefensible. Inhumane. Those are a couple of words U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden used to describe the American health care system. But the Oregon Democrat isn t much of a fan of his party s health care legislation promoting a public option. Officia...
3.7K - Sep. 5, 2009; scored 386.0 Olympic hopefuls get mixed reviews
LONDON Exactly a month before the final vote, all four cities bidding for the 2016 Olympics received a mix of praise and criticism today in an IOC report assessing their technical merits. The International Olympic Committee s evaluation report gave...
5.8K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 429.0 Clouds of summer
This is the summer of Barack Obama s discontent. The leaping optimism that greeted his election is dwindling steadily as harsh reality settles in. The latest Washington Post/ABC survey reflects this changing mood. Obama s personal approval still stan...
3.2K - Sep. 2, 2009; scored 386.0 Clouds of summer
This is the summer of Barack Obama s discontent. The leaping optimism that greeted his election is dwindling steadily as harsh reality settles in. The latest Washington Post/ABC survey reflects this changing mood. Obama s personal approval still stan...
3.2K - Sep. 1, 2009; scored 386.0 Fiscally, U.S. can't afford health care
Even a week after the event, I must say it was an interesting experience to attend DeFazio s recent charade at the North Bend Community Center. His town halls masquerade as a colonial New England town meeting when, in truth they are nothing of the ...
2.1K - Aug. 27, 2009; scored 537.0 Obama retains Fed chief
OAK BLUFFS, Mass. President Barack Obama announced today he wants to keep Ben Bernanke on as Fed chairman, saying he shepherded America through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Ben approached a financial system on the verge of ...
5.0K - Aug. 25, 2009; scored 495.0 AP source: White House projects lower deficit
WASHINGTON The federal budget picture will look slightly better next week. Relatively speaking. The White House plans to announce the federal deficit will still be a record breaker, at $1.58 trillion, for the current 2009 fiscal year. But...
5.1K - Aug. 20, 2009; scored 896.0 | 
