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Senate Democrats reject House GOP budget plan Democrats controlling the Senate rejected for the second year in a row Wednesday a budget plan passed by House Republicans.The 58-41 vote against the GOP budget came after a daylong debate in which Democrats blasted Republicans for refusing to consider tax increases as part of a solution to trillion-dollar deficits, and Republicans in turn attacked Democrats for not offering a budget at all.Republicans
GOP wants to cut food stamps in deficit-trim drive
Republicans controlling the House are eying big cuts to food stamps as they piece together legislation to trim $261 billion from the federal budget over the next decade, hoping to forestall major
Panetta details impact of deeper cuts in military
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress on Monday that deeper defense cuts would leave the military with the smallest ground force since 1940, lead to possible months-long furloughs of
Panetta details impact of deeper cuts in military
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Congress on Monday that deeper defense cuts would leave the military with the smallest ground force since 1940, lead to possible months-long furloughs of
US panel limits Obama's authority on nukes
Republican lawmakers voted Wednesday to limit President Barack Obama's authority to reduce America's nuclear arsenal and implement a U.S.-Russia arms control treaty overwhelmingly approved by the
Pentagon chiefs: don't cut US defense too deeply
The Pentagon's top civilian and military leaders implored Congress Wednesday not to cut too deeply into military spending, plunging into a heated political debate over how to curtail defense costs 1
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