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    Border agency cuts questioned as drug busts rise

    Drug busts by the Canada Border Services Agency rose 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, according to agency data, but critics fear a shift in focus and federal budget cuts threaten Canada's effort to stop drugs from entering the country. More...
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    Congress may try blocking cuts if debt panel fails (AP)

    AP - Failure by Congress' debt-cutting supercommittee to recommend $1.2 trillion in savings by Wednesday is supposed to automatically trigger spending cuts in the same amount to accomplish that job. More...
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    LeClair concerned about cut to fisheries budget

    The Island's Fisheries Minister is worried about the $17.5 million in cuts to the science budget of Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The cuts are part of Ottawa's plan to cut $57 million and 275 jobs from the federal fisheries department. Minister Neil LeClair said P.E.I. fishermen rely on...
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    Gates says defense cuts will mean smaller military

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    House taking up stopgap GOP spending bill

    WASHINGTON – Republicans controlling the House are moving quickly to pass stopgap legislation to avoid a partial shutdown of the government when temporary funding runs out Friday. Tuesday's measure would keep the government running for two weeks to buy time for the Republican House, the...
  6. Scammer

    Bracing for a new political reality

    President Obama meets with Democratic and Republican leaders at the White House on November 30. A new political reality hits Washington next week, with the first split Congress since 2004 raising questions about whether the bipartisan cooperation of the recently concluded lame-duck session can...
  7. Scammer

    Tax cuts and your paycheck

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  8. Scammer

    On tax cuts, a game of chicken GOP can win

    "Wait for it! Wait for it! Wait for it!" That's the famous line comedian Katt Williams uses in his standup act as a signal to his audience that the punch line to one of his jokes is coming. That could also be the motto for Republicans these days when it comes to the Democrats eventually caving...
  9. Scammer

    Senate plans Saturday votes on taxes

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/12/02/exp.nr.wolf.tax.cut.vote.cnn Washington -- Senate Democrats planned votes Saturday on two measures to extend Bush-era tax cuts for people who are not super wealthy. Despite the realization that neither will get the 60 votes to succeed, many...
  10. Scammer

    House, Senate Democrats: no tax cut extension over $250,000

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/12/02/exp.nr.wolf.tax.cut.vote.cnn Washington -- With Republicans steadfast in supporting an indefinite extension of all Bush-era tax cuts, Democrats in the House and the Senate moved Thursday to limit the reductions, in full, only for families making...
  11. Scammer

    Obama's not caving on tax cuts

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/11/12/g20.obama.tax.cuts.cnn Seoul, South Korea -- President Barack Obama declared Friday that his "number one priority" is preserving tax cuts for the middle class, and sharply denied that comments by his senior adviser David Axelrod suggest that his...
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    Biden: Tax cut issue 'simple economics'

    Biden: Tax cut issue 'simple economics' WASHINGTON, Middle-class tax cuts enacted 10 years ago should not be permitted to expire as scheduled at the end of the year, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday. Appearing in Washington at a Middle Class Task Force meeting, Biden said the issue...
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    McConnell: Extend Bush-era tax cuts

    McConnell: Extend Bush-era tax cuts WASHINGTON, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday letting some Bush-era tax cuts expire next year would be "outrageous," given the state of the economy. The Kentucky Republican, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," said Democrats' plan to...
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    Greenspan: Roll back all tax cuts

    Greenspan: Roll back all tax cuts NEW YORK, Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan raised eyebrows by calling for complete repeal of tax cuts made by the Bush administration, observers say. In contrast to the White House desire to keep tax rates steady for all but the country's...
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    Obama backs letting tax cuts on rich expire: W.House

    Obama backs letting tax cuts on rich expire: W.House (Reuters) - President Barack Obama remains committed to extend Bush-era tax cuts for middle class Americans but thinks those for the wealthy ought to expire to help ease the U.S. budget deficit, the White House said on Tuesday. Obama made the...
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    Osborne plans cuts in disability benefits

    Osborne plans cuts in disability benefits TORONTO, (UPI) -- Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer said in Toronto he would target disability payments as part of his budget-cutting program. As many as 2.6 million people who receive between $104 and $138 per week would be affected by the cuts...
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    Panel calls for $1 trillion defense cuts

    Panel calls for $1 trillion defense cuts WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- The United States must cut military spending dramatically to allow the government to fund other necessary programs, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said Friday. Frank released a report by a panel he created that recommends almost $1...
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    Gates proposes rearranging $15B

    Gates proposes rearranging $15B ABILENE, Kan., (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday he wants to take $15 billion from the Pentagon's bureaucracy and and use it for other purposes. Speaking to an audience at the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan., Gates said...
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    Magna to temporarily lay off 725 workers at St. Thomas auto parts plant

    Magna to temporarily lay off 725 workers at St. Thomas auto parts plant By Kristine Owram, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Magna International Inc. (TSX:MG.A) will temporarily lay off 725 workers at its Formet Industries truck-frame plant in St. Thomas, an industrial community in southwestern...
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