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- GOP urges new Massa probe - 01/01/1970
They push ethics committee to look into whether Democratic leaders responded appropriately.
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Washington Post : Politics
Site : http://www.washingtonpost.com
- A frustrated caucus keeps complaints quiet - 12/03/2010
A year ago, members of the Congressional Black Caucus openly wept at Barack Obama's inauguration. Slowly, that euphoria has given way to frustration that his administration has not done more for black America. Questions about how to elect him have been replaced by questions about how to prod him.
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- Democrats move toward grouping health reform with student-aid bill - 12/03/2010
Democratic leaders said Thursday that they were increasingly inclined to release a final health-care bill that could accomplish two of President Obama's top domestic priorities: guaranteeing coverage to 30 million uninsured Americans and vastly expanding federal aid for college students.
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- Financial system reforms won't wait - 12/03/2010
Senate banking committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) said Thursday he will move forward next week with sweeping legislation to revamp the nation's financial regulatory system, despite failing to resolve key differences with Republicans.
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- GAO analyst says cost overruns, delays continue to plague F-35 program - 12/03/2010
A congressional auditor said Thursday that the Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program, "continues to struggle with increased costs and slowed progress," leading to "substantial risk" that the defense contractor will not be able to build the jet on time or deliver as many aircraft as expected.
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- Justices and politicians should boycott the State of the Union - 12/03/2010
The increasingly puerile spectacle of presidential State of the Union addresses is indicative of the state of the union and is unnecessary: The Constitution requires only that the president "shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union." But a reaction may be brewing against these embarrassing events. Speaking in Alabama, Chief Justice John Roberts said "to the extent that" this occasion "has degenerated into a political pep rally," he is "not sure why we're there." He was referring to Supreme Court justices. But why is anyone there?
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- If Democrats ignore health-care polls, midterms will be costly - 12/03/2010
In "The March of Folly," Barbara Tuchman asked, "Why do holders of high office so often act contrary to the way reason points and enlightened self-interest suggests?" Her assessment of self-deception -- "acting according to wish while not allowing oneself to be deflected by the facts" -- captures the conditions that are gripping President Obama and the Democratic Party leadership as they renew their efforts to enact health-care reform.
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- House bans earmarks to for-profit companies - 11/03/2010
Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way business is done in Washington.
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- Haitian president renews call for direct aid from U.S. - 11/03/2010
Haitian President René Préval pleaded Wednesday for U.S. help plugging a multimillion-dollar budget gap caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake but said he got a cool reception from congressional leaders wary of handing over cash.
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- Overworked U.S. Embassy in Kabul straining to meet administration's demands - 11/03/2010
The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan, which may soon overtake its counterpart in Iraq as the world's biggest diplomatic mission, is overworked, underappreciated and struggling to meet the demands placed on it by President Obama's new strategy, according to the State Department's inspector general.
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- Massa investigated for allegedly groping staffers - 10/03/2010
Not long after Eric Massa joined Congress in January 2009, several male staff members began to feel uncomfortable with the sexually loaded language their boss routinely used, according to accounts relayed to the House ethics committee.
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- Lawmakers insist shower run-ins like the one Massa alleges are far from norm - 10/03/2010
It's no secret that members of Congress broker deals on the treadmill or in the weight room of the House and Senate gyms. But former congressman Eric Massa's accusation that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel once berated him in the gym's shower over his vote against President Obama's budget left Washington watchers wondering how much business politicians conduct while naked.
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- Obama's plans for NASA changes met with harsh criticism - 10/03/2010
Harrison Schmitt's credentials as a space policy analyst include several days of walking on the moon. The Apollo 17 astronaut, who is also a former U.S. senator, is aghast at what President Obama is doing to the space program.
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- Obama launches attack on health insurance companies - 09/03/2010
The White House is mounting a stinging, sustained broadside against health insurance rate increases as President Obama and his aides enter what they hope will be the final stretch of a year-long political war over health-care reform.
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- Are unemployment benefits no longer temporary? - 09/03/2010
Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high joblessness in a generation, and critics are taking aim, saying that the Depression-era program created as a temporary bridge for laid-off workers is turning into an expensive entitlement.
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- Greece seeks U.S. help regulating speculators - 09/03/2010
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will seek President Obama's support at the White House on Tuesday for a European campaign to crack down on global financial speculation that critics say has exacerbated Europe's worst debt crisis in decades.
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- House liberals force vote on pullout from Afghanistan - 09/03/2010
Liberals in the House, who have spent much of the past year complaining that other congressional Democrats and the White House are insufficiently progressive, will get a chance this week to vent about one of their biggest concerns: the war in Afghanistan.
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- Obama nominates Robert A. Harding to lead TSA - 09/03/2010
President Obama nominated retired Army Maj. Gen. Robert A. Harding on Monday to lead the Transportation Security Administration, selecting someone unknown to the aviation industry and federal unions to lead one of the government's most visible agencies.
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- Maryland's strong alcohol lobby likely to quash tax increase - 12/03/2010
In recent years, Maryland has raised its sales tax, income tax, corporate tax and cigarette tax; added a surcharge called the "millionaires' tax"; and created taxes on electronic bingo, tip jars and even water and septic systems -- the "flush tax."
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- Corrections - 12/03/2010
-- A March 11 A-section article about the staff of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) being alerted to concerns about the behavior of then-Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) incorrectly said that Pelosi's office did not respond to a request for comment. A Pelosi aide, speaking on the condition of anonymity...
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- 'Withering' report says Metro needs 3 years to be turned around - 12/03/2010
Transit expert David L. Gunn gave a blunt assessment of Metro's management, financial and service problems to its board of directors Thursday, predicting that it will take three years to turn the nation's second-busiest transit system around, according to Metro officials and sources.
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- Rev. Jeremiah Wright discusses Obama controversy, history of his church - 12/03/2010
President Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. on Wednesday compared the president to a son who was being treated unfairly and said it had been hard weathering the media storm after Obama became a serious contender for the White House and controversy erupted over Wright's fiery sermons.
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- 'JihadJane' suspect dropped out before high school, married at 16 - 11/03/2010
The Pennsylvania woman who allegedly used the Internet alias JihadJane to recruit people for violent jihad had dropped out before reaching high school and was married at age 16, the start of a bumpy life that might have left her vulnerable to radical beliefs, according to federal sources and publ...
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- Positioning for promotions in the federal workforce - 11/03/2010
-- Research Triangle Park, N.C.: As a career employee at the Environmental Protection Agency who happens to be over 50, how can I position myself to still be considered for promotions? I apply for every position I can find for which I'm qualified and am usually referred to the selecting official but...
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- U.S. envoy pushes for Darfur peace deal before Sudanese elections - 11/03/2010
NAIROBI -- The U.S. special envoy to Sudan warned Wednesday that efforts to bring peace to the country's troubled Darfur region could become less of a priority for the Obama administration if a full-fledged peace agreement is not reached before Sudanese elections scheduled for mid-April.
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- Haitian president renews call for direct aid from U.S. - 11/03/2010
Haitian President René Préval pleaded Wednesday for U.S. help plugging a multimillion-dollar budget gap caused by the Jan. 12 earthquake but said he got a cool reception from congressional leaders wary of handing over cash.
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- JihadJane, an American woman, faces terrorism charges - 10/03/2010
A petite, blond-haired, blue-eyed high school dropout who allegedly used the nickname JihadJane was identified Tuesday as an alleged terrorist intent on recruiting others to her cause, as federal prosecutors unsealed criminal charges that could send her to prison for life.
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700 jobs Legalization of same-sex marriages expected to create in District.
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- Corrections - 10/03/2010
-- The headline on a March 9 Economy & Business item misidentified the agency conducting reviews of some campuses of Kaplan, the education company owned by The Washington Post Co. It is the Education Department, not the Securities and Exchange Commission. The item also incorrectly included the...
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- Some Muslims, fearing backlash, worry about intent of census - 10/03/2010
The millions of blue forms being mailed this month in the first census count since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, do not ask about religion. But the idea of answering any questions posed by the government makes some Muslims uneasy, and community leaders are worried that many may avoid the...
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- - 10/03/2010
Stars 4, Capitals 3 (SO) SCORING FIRST PERIOD Scoring: 1, Washington, Poti 4 (Steckel, Bradley), 2:51. Penalties: None.
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- - 10/03/2010
MAVS 125, T-WOLVES 112 Shawn Marion had a season-high 29 points and 14 rebounds and Dallas stretched the league's longest active winning streak to 12 straight games with a victory over Minnesota.
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- New York AG Cuomo recuses himself from probe of Gov. Paterson - 12/03/2010
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he has recused himself and appointed an independent counsel to probe whether Gov. David A. Paterson illegally took World Series tickets or had improper contact with a woman who accused an aide of domestic violence.
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- AIG, federal czar reach deal on rest of bonus pay to be returned - 12/03/2010
American International Group has reached an agreement with the Obama administration's compensation czar to pay back the remaining money employees agreed to return last year after an uproar over bonuses at the insurance giant, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
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- Aftershocks a reality check for Chilean President Sebastián Piñera - 12/03/2010
SANTIAGO, CHILE -- Sebastián Piñera pledged during his presidential campaign to bring fiscal prudence to Chile, but moments before his inauguration Thursday, he received a jolting reminder of how last month's 8.8-magnitude earthquake has shredded that promise.
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- GAO analyst says cost overruns, delays continue to plague F-35 program - 12/03/2010
A congressional auditor said Thursday that the Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon's most expensive weapons program, "continues to struggle with increased costs and slowed progress," leading to "substantial risk" that the defense contractor will not be able to build the jet on time or deliver as many...
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- February set deficit record; Google says China feud may be resolved soon - 11/03/2010
The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the government's budget deficit in February totaled $220.9 billion, the largest monthly figure yet and 14 percent higher than the previous record from February 2009. The deficit for the first five months of this budget year is $651.6 billion, 10.5 percent...
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- FHA considers down payment requirements - 11/03/2010
The Federal Housing Administration has concluded that its loan volume would have dipped by 40 percent in the next fiscal year and that 300,000 first-time home buyers would have been shut out of the housing market if it had raised its down payment requirements, as critics have pressured it to do, ...
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- Gay marriages expected to create wedding-related jobs in D.C. - 10/03/2010
Georgetown residents Christopher Cahill and Richard Marshall consider the $75,000 wedding that they're planning for June to be their own "personal stimulus package" for the District economy. And local businesses are already seeing the dollar signs.
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- Wall Street could learn from book that finds money isn't everything - 10/03/2010
You would have thought that after the junk-bond scandals of the 1980s, the tech bubble of the 1990s and our recent market meltdown, Wall Street would have finally acknowledged the folly of trying to motivate employees through outsize performance bonuses.
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- Senate financial bill appears likely to keep Fed as regulator of big banks - 10/03/2010
Key members of the Senate banking committee are coalescing around legislation that would strip the Federal Reserve of much of its regulatory authority but would leave the central bank with oversight of the nation's largest banks, according to aides familiar with the ongoing negotiations.
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- House bans earmarks to for-profit companies - 11/03/2010
Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way business is done in Washington.
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- Wall Street's role in Greek crisis should be no surprise - 10/03/2010
As I look at the uproar over Wall Street's role in the Greek crisis, one of the things I find most surprising is that anyone is surprised about Wall Street's conduct. You're upset that the Street helped Greece hide some of its debt and then began making bets that the debt wouldn't be paid? Welcome...
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- Are unemployment benefits no longer temporary? - 09/03/2010
Millions of Americans have been forced to rely on unemployment payments for extended periods as the nation struggles through its longest period of high joblessness in a generation, and critics are taking aim, saying that the Depression-era program created as a temporary bridge for laid-off worker...
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- Greece seeks U.S. help regulating speculators - 09/03/2010
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will seek President Obama's support at the White House on Tuesday for a European campaign to crack down on global financial speculation that critics say has exacerbated Europe's worst debt crisis in decades.
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- AIG sells Alico unit to MetLife for $15.5 billion - 09/03/2010
American International Group announced Monday the sale of one of its major global insurance units to MetLife for $15.5 billion, the latest step in the insurance giant's quest to pay down its massive debt to U.S. taxpayers.
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- Senate jobs bill moves toward final vote - 10/03/2010
The Senate's latest jobs bill cleared a key procedural hurdle Tuesday, with the chamber voting to limit debate on a $150 billion package of tax-break extensions and aid for the unemployed.
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- D.C. law firm Arent Fox names Mark M. Katz new chairman - 09/03/2010
The Washington law firm Arent Fox said Monday that it has named longtime partner Mark M. Katz as its new chairman, a leadership change that comes as the legal sector copes with an economic downturn that has curtailed business and prompted layoffs.
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- What is a credit default swap? - 09/03/2010
That's part of what Greece's prime minister, George Papandreou, blames for his country's financial crisis. A credit default swap is a form of insurance on bonds that investors buy and sell. When it looks like a bond issuer might have trouble paying, its CDS prices soar because the bonds are more...
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- A ski bum turns his love of the slopes into a living - 08/03/2010
Chris Chapman owns an Anne Arundel County business that sounds deceptively simple. It brings him a comfortable six-figure income on more than $1 million in revenue, allows him to employ a handful of relatives and is built around a sport he loves.
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- Foreign Digest: Pakistan, Iran, China, Guantanamo, Dubai, Haiti - 09/03/2010
Pakistan The Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella militant group that had been weakened in recent months, staged a forceful resurgence Monday with an attack that killed at least 12 in the heartland city of Lahore. As the workday began, a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed truck into an unmarked...
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- U.S. reportedly gives billions to firms doing business with Iran - 08/03/2010
The U.S. government, while pushing for tougher sanctions against Tehran, has given $107 billion in the past 10 years to U.S. and foreign companies doing business in Iran, much of it in the energy sector, the New York Times reported in its Sunday editions.
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- APPOINTMENTS - 08/03/2010
A-T Solutions of Vienna named Paul McQuillan , former president of Leonie Industries, executive vice president of business development.
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- Face Time: Local tech events - 08/03/2010
MONDAY Job Search Support Group. A four-week workshop on practical job-search techniques also offers support and inspiration from others to help face the challenges of finding a job in the current economy. 10:30 to noon, 401 N. Washington St., Suite 100, Rockville. Sponsor: Montgomery County...
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- Neil's Must Reads - 08/03/2010
Elected officials like to look toward sexy new industries such as clean energy technology as answers for job creation. But a McKinsey Global Institute study argues that the actual number of jobs created by such industries is small, and leaders may be better off looking to more conventional service...
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- New at the Top: Chris Pettingill, RHI Executive Search - 08/03/2010
The first job I landed after finishing school was at a community college, where I helped students find jobs. The community in which I worked had been experiencing high unemployment. But I was determined.
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Position : Group managing director at RHI Executive Search, a D.C.-based company.
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- Frank Ahrens: Why it's so hard for Toyota to find out what's wrong - 07/03/2010
I won't lie to you: I was not a good engineering student. That's one of the reasons I went into journalism. But I managed to acquire a bachelor of sciences in mechanical engineering, and the recent Toyota hearings on Capitol Hill brought back a lot of memories. Specifically, memories about how...
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- House committees seek more answers from Toyota - 06/03/2010
Separate House committees are demanding more information from Toyota and government regulators after executives from the embattled Japanese automaker appear to have given conflicting answers about the causes of runaway vehicle acceleration plaguing the company.
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- Rep. Barney Frank warns of Fannie, Freddie risks - 06/03/2010
An influential voice on Capitol Hill has unexpectedly called into question the safety of investing in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, raising the specter that investors who have lent money to the two firms or bought their mortgage-backed securities could one day suffer losses.
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- Things to think about when considering a Roth conversion - 07/03/2010
Good news: You're eligible. Until now, only taxpayers with incomes of $100,000 or less were permitted to convert a traditional retirement account to a Roth IRA. But the income-eligibility limit on Roth conversions disappeared Jan. 1 (income-eligibility limits on contributions remain in effect). So...
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- 2010 Color of Money Challenge: Stephanie Harris - 07/03/2010
Stephanie Harris Age: 27 Background: Harris was raised in a middle-income home with parents who expected her to do well. "I had a great childhood with family values," she said. "When the street lights came on, we couldn't leave the alley behind our house." Harris, who said she was an honors stud...
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- National debt to be higher than White House forecast, CBO says - 06/03/2010
President Obama's proposed budget would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, congressional budget analysts said Friday. Proposed tax cuts for the middle class account for nearly a third of that shortfall.
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- AIG units settle lending discrimination allegations - 05/03/2010
AIG Federal Savings Bank and Wilmington Finance settled Justice Department claims that they broke the law by allowing wholesale mortgage brokers to charge higher direct broker fees to black borrowers.
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- Starting over - 07/03/2010
A look at the two Maryland women who have agreed to let columnist Michelle Singletary advise them as they leave prison and start new lives.
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- The recession has hurt many people's credit scores. How to fix it? - 06/03/2010
The recession may have done a number on your credit score, even if it spurred you to reform spendthrift ways and cut up your credit cards. For many, the drops have come at the same time that lenders have tightened their standards and demanded higher scores to get the best interest rates.
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