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GOP Budget Takes Aim Again at Obamacare, Medicare

Posted on 03/12/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy Andrew Taylor of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program’s cost. Related: Read AARP reaction to Paul Ryan’s newly announced budget proposal The point is to prove it’s possible to balance the budget within 10 years by simply cutting spending and …

Medicare: Once Again a Political Hot Potato

Posted on 03/12/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | PoliticsIt’s budget time on Capitol Hill, and remaking Medicare is a hot topic. On Sunday, Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the chairman of the House Budget Committee, revealed some of his budget blueprint for  Medicare. He still wants to convert the program into a premium support system under which beneficiaries would get a set amount of money to buy insurance. But only people under the age 55 would be affected. Ryan told Chris Wallace of Fox News that his new Medicare plan …

Obama’s Charm Offensive: Time-Tested Strategy

Posted on 03/11/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsMaybe the most surprising thing about President Obama’s wining and dining of GOP lawmakers is the fact that it’s surprising. Socializing that crossed party boundaries once was the lubricant that greased political compromise in Washington. In recent years, though, lawmakers have been spending much more time back in their home districts, which means they have less time to get to know their colleagues in Washington. And the polarization of politics has led to less two-party partying. Obama drew lots of …

Obama, GOP Seek Spending Deal — Medicare Fight Looms

Posted on 03/6/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy David Espo, Special Correspondent, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration and congressional Republicans are quietly working in tandem to blunt the impact of short-term spending cuts that kicked in with dire White House warnings a few days ago, with both sides eager to pocket the full savings for deficit reduction as they pivot to a new clash over Medicare. The overall size of the cuts remains in place: $85 billion in reductions through the end of …

Who Still Sees US as World’s Top Economic Power?

Posted on 03/1/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin TodayMost Americans aren’t too bullish anymore on the notion that the United States is the world’s leading economy. The exception, according to a new Gallup Poll, are Americans 65 and older. For the third year in a row, a slim majority of Americans — 53 percent — say that China is the world’s top economic power in the world today, compared with just 32 percent for the United States. (Relatively few respondents in the poll named other countries.) Americans under …

One App for All Your Political News

Posted on 09/28/2012 by | Technology | Comments

Politics | TechnologyPolitical junkies and regular voters from both parties can cross the great aisle of division, and unite around an iPad app that dishes up politics evenly. Just download the free Washington Post Politics App and leap into the campaign season with gusto. The app, launched earlier this year, offers terrific photos, graphics, and animation of everything political.  It features news and analysis, interactive maps with state-by-state polls, historical election results, campaign ads and candidate issues at-a-glance. It also contains, my …

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