U.S. trade deals could be delayed past August: Daley
Tue,19 Jul 2011 06:21 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will soon send free-trade pacts with Colombia, South Korea and Panama to Congress for votes, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said on Tuesday, but doubts are building on its passage. Full Story |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged India on Tuesday to amend a law that has put off U.S. companies from taking part in the $150 billion nuclear energy market and further open up Asia's third largest economy to foreign investment. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time in a long, bitter fight over budget deficits and raising the U.S. debt limit, Democrats and Republicans have found a big idea they both might like: a "Gang of Six" proposal that unexpectedly burst onto the scene on Tuesday. |
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Factbox: Details of Senate group's deficit-cut plan
Tue,19 Jul 2011 01:47 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday offered an ambitious deficit reduction plan that could help break an impasse over spending cuts and tax increases and advance efforts to raise the U.S. credit limit by August 2. Full Story |
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 AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer will formally announce his candidacy for president on Thursday in New Hampshire, campaign aides told Reuters on Tuesday. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann said Tuesday she suffers from migraines and controls them with prescription medication but denied a report the headaches leave her incapacitated. |
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Factbox: McConnell-Reid backup plan on debt limit
Tue,19 Jul 2011 12:58 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - A bipartisan fallback plan is emerging to avert an unprecedented U.S. debt default -- if Congress and the White House fail to reach a comprehensive deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit by an August 2 deadline. Full Story |
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Factbox: Key dates in 2012 presidential race
Tue,19 Jul 2011 12:32 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - The first contests on the road to the 2012 Republican presidential nomination are scheduled to take place next February, but there is a series of important events on the political calendar before then. Full Story |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Lamar Alexander, a member of Republican leadership, embraced on Tuesday a deficit-reduction plan by the bipartisan "Group of Six" senators aimed at averting a debt default. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After months of criticizing President Barack Obama's economic leadership, the Republican White House hopefuls are turning some of their sharpest jabs on each other. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Tuesday revived an ambitious budget plan that could provide new ideas for breaking the impasse in Congress over raising the nation's credit limit by August 2. |
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 GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin voters were heading to the polls on Tuesday for the first of nine summer recall elections triggered by the battle earlier this year over curbs on public-sector collective bargaining in the state. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama threw his support on Tuesday behind efforts by a bipartisan group of senators to negotiate a new deficit-reduction plan aimed at averting a looming debt default. |
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Nuclear regulators question recommended reforms
Tue,19 Jul 2011 10:37 AM PDT
Reuters - ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. nuclear safety regulator wants a quick and sweeping overhaul of the rules governing the nuclear power industry but his fellow commissioners said on Tuesday they want to first hear from the industry and the public. Full Story |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. officials met with representatives of Muammar Gaddafi to deliver a message that the embattled Libyan leader must go, a State Department spokesperson said on Tuesday. |
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U.S. can move on nuclear reactor review: NRC chief
Tue,19 Jul 2011 09:17 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. nuclear safety regulator said on Tuesday that the agency would be able to move ahead evaluating applications for new nuclear reactors even if it hasn't made final decisions on rule changes in the wake of Japan's nuclear disaster. Full Story |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Mitch McConnell's plan to avert an imminent debt default could lead to a day of reckoning for his Republicans as they weigh the prospect of fiscal disaster against the demands of Tea Party activists. |
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 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The majority leader of North Dakota's Republican-controlled state Senate was killed on Monday when the vehicle he was driving back from a fishing trip veered off a road and crashed in Alaska. |
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 AUSTIN (Reuters) - Governor Rick Perry signed into law on Monday a Republican-backed measure that would eventually allow Texas to enter into a "health care compact" with other states to seek flexibility in operating Medicaid and Medicare. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military has essentially the same size, force structure and capabilities as it did a decade ago but costs 35 percent more, an independent public policy think tank said on Monday in an analysis of the 2012 defense budget. |
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 PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Democrat-leaning advocacy group was launched in New Jersey on Monday, saying it would "fight back" for the interests of state residents and blaming Republican Governor Chris Christie for drastic budget cuts, high unemployment and tax breaks for the wealthy. |
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 BOSTON (Reuters) - Elizabeth Warren, who locked horns with Wall Street while creating a consumer protection agency during the U.S. bank bailout, is being urged to run for the Senate seat once held by another populist, Edward Kennedy. |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hopes to cement gains in ties with emerging global power India during talks in New Delhi on Tuesday while heading off new frictions with fragile U.S. ally Pakistan. |
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 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - U.S. officials have met representatives of Muammar Gaddafi to deliver a "clear and firm" message that the Libyan leader must go, a State Department official said on Tuesday. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday called on European leaders to do more to contain the escalating debt crisis in Europe. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With time quickly running out to raise the debt ceiling, the Obama administration is turning to biblical rhetoric to underscore the disastrous consequences if the United States defaults. |
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 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The credit ratings agencies are again angering governments, but this time they are taking on the big fish of the world economy. |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The latest Republican plan to avert a looming default is a fierce statement of conservative principles that pushes the party's negotiating position farther to the right. |
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Obama to discuss progress on U.S. financial reform
Sun,17 Jul 2011 03:39 PM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will meet on Monday with top U.S. regulators to discuss progress on implementing the legislation he signed a year ago overhauling the country's financial regulatory system. Full Story |
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 ATHENS (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday voiced strong U.S. support for Greece's battle to overcome its debt crisis, saying it was taking the difficult steps required for future growth. |
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Iowa congressman helps fight off home invasion
Sun,17 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT
Reuters - DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - An eight-term congressman from Iowa helped fight off an armed man who invaded his farm house in Decatur County and attacked his daughter on Saturday night, according to a statement from his office. Full Story |
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Governors urge debt deal to avoid "embarrassment"
Sat,16 Jul 2011 05:16 PM PDT
Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - State governors meeting in Utah on Saturday urged a speedy resolution to the deadlock in Washington over lifting the U.S. debt ceiling to avoid what they called an embarrassing default on U.S. obligations. Full Story |
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 SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, whose moves to curb state workers' bargaining power brought massive protests, said this weekend he made mistakes but defended the policy steps of his rocky first term. |
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Governors urge debt deal, discuss jobs
Sat,16 Jul 2011 03:09 PM PDT
Reuters - SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - U.S. governors meeting in Salt Lake City this weekend called for a quick resolution to the current impasse over raising the U.S. borrowing limit, saying they worried about impacts to their own credit scores. Full Story |
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 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has wished retiring Michigan Representative Dale Kildee well after Kildee announced he would not seek re-election to a 19th term. |
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