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South Korean president to address Congress
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) says he will invite South Korean President Park Geun-hye (goon-hay) to address a joint meeting of Congress on May 8. Park, who last December was elected as the first woman president of South Korea, will also hold talks with President Barack Obama on May 7. ...
Obama budget to embrace "Chained CPI"
Leaking out more details about President Obama's budget plan for 2014, senior officials say that plan will include a controversial effort backed by Republicans to hold down the costs of entitlement programs, but that any such change must be accompanied by GOP support for future tax increases. "Chained CPI" is ...
Immigration reform pushed back in Congress
With a small group of Senators still working on an immigration reform plan, the chairman of a key Senate committee said Wednesday he does not see his panel doing anything on the controversial subject until at least May. "Without legislative language, there is nothing for the Judiciary Committee to consider ...
Senate Democrats detail budget outline
In a clear contrast with a House Republican budget plan, Democrats in the Senate set out their own ideas on how best to run the government, proposing $975 billion in tax increases over the next ten years in a spending blueprint that held no hint of a balanced budget. And ...
The sequester comes to Capitol Hill
While the White House stuck by its decision to scrap public tours because of automatic budget cuts, those who work in Congress will see a different decision on cuts, as House and Senate officials announced a series of security changes because of spending reductions. In a letter sent to lawmakers ...
House speeds up vote on post-sequester funding bill
Even as a winter storm hits the Washington, D.C. area, the U.S. House is to vote by Wednesday afternoon on a Republican plan that is designed to sand down some of the rough edges of $85 billion in across the board budget cuts, and fund the government through the rest ...
Looking for sequester answers and details
As I spent the weekend digging through the 83 page sequester report issued on Friday night by the White House, it was obvious that many readers and listeners had a lot of questions about how $85 billion in budget cuts were being administered. And it was obvious from comments to ...
White House meeting produces no sequester deal
As expected, there was no magic solution unveiled after a meeting Friday morning at the White House between Congressional leaders and the President, as both sides seem headed for a lengthy battle over how to deal with $85 billion in automatic budget cuts. "I told them these cuts will ...
Here come the automatic cuts
Seventeen months after approving a debt limit deal which included across the board budget cuts as a last resort for deficit control, Congress adjourned for the weekend without taking any action on the sequester, as $85 billion in budget cuts will start going into effect on Friday night. "Americans know ...
Florida: The budget cut breakdown
President Obama meeting with the National Governors Association last night at the White House, as the clock ticks down to sequestration. "We've got more work to do," President Obama said, adding he's looking for "good partners" among Republican and Democrat governors from across the nation. And a much more aggressive ...
Spend or save?
Mayor Brown wants to invest $11 million from a refinancing of bonds back into the city, but he's facing some push back. City auditors want him to hold off on spending the money until after we see how funding shapes up for the rest of the fiscal year.
Democrats move on automatic budget cuts
After months of finger pointing over who is to blame for billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts, Democrats in the House and Senate rolled out plans to avert cuts scheduled to hit on March 1, as House Republicans said they would not act on any budget measure until the ...
Washington stumbling toward automatic budget cuts
With just over two weeks until $85 billion in across the board budget cuts are set to hit all corners of the federal budget, the blame game is in full bloom in Washington, D.C., as this week's State of the Union Address seemingly did nothing to push lawmakers any closer ...
When some defense cuts aren't really cuts
As both parties in Congress angle for advantage over scheduled automatic budget cuts that are set to hit in March, Republicans on Wednesday laid out plans to avert spending reductions for the military, arguing too much has already been chopped from the Pentagon. "We are really in dire straits," said ...
Rubio tapped for State of the Union response
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), already seen as a rising star in Republican Party circles and a possible candidate for President in 2016, will play a central role in next week's State of the Union Address, as he will give the official GOP response to the President's speech. "Marco Rubio is ...
Teacher pay raises
If you're a teacher, or know one, keep an ear out during Sean Hannity. That's when Governor Rick Scott announces his proposal to give pay raises to Florida teachers. We're told the Governor is pushing state lawmakers to put aside money in the coming year, specifically for teacher pay hikes.
GOP pushes more than debt limit increase
As the House votes Wednesday on a GOP plan that would extend the nation's borrowing authority into May, there is much more going on behind the scenes than just simple talk about raising the debt limit, as Republican leaders try to regroup on the budget. "It’s time for us to ...
Left to die
New this morning, police are looking for a blue van with obvious damage. The Florida Highway Patrol says a person walking near Timiquana Road west of Seaboard Avenue around 10pm Thursday was struck and killed. The victim is a 46 year-old Jacksonville resident but the name has not been released.
A new Congress brings new hope
Just like the start of a new baseball or football season, the first day of a new session of Congress brings with it the hope that progress will be made on a variety of issues important to individual lawmakers and the nation, even as we say goodbye to those who ...
A messy end to the 112th Congress
The fiscal cliff was averted. It wasn't easy. It was messy. It was ugly. But, you could almost argue despite all the talk of failure, the Congress was still able to get something approved on that tax and budget impasse. Even if both parties seemed very unhappy about the final ...
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