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... his proposals would gut Medicare. But Romney assured his audience in Florida today that the Republican ticket will preserve and protect Medicare. And in an interview Sunday with CBS News' "60 Minutes," he insisted his campaign wouldn't be based on the Ryan budget. MITT ROMNEY: Well, I have my ...
... tried to get beyond the barbs and tackled welfare reform Thursday night. Judy Woodruff spoke with Heritage fellow Robert Rector, who helped craft former president Bill Clinton's 1996 welfare reform legislation, and Georgetown's Peter Edelman, who resigned from the Clinton administration in protest of the reform plan that ...
... it. // JUDY WOODRUFF: So before I ask you about CGI, is the Obama campaign wrong to continue to criticize Romney's record at Bain Capital? BILL CLINTON: Not necessarily. It depends on the facts of the case. That's what I tried to say in the CNN interview. The equity ...
... not just weighing down the 37 million former students who owe it, but the whole economy. Here's economist Paul Krugman in a recent public interview. PAUL KRUGMAN, columnist, The New York Times: The preponderance of the evidence is that the biggest single factor keeping us where we are, keeping ...
... college atmosphere, which is difficult for anyone, but transitioning back into their lives. So they have so many challenges that they face. The G.I. Bill certainly helps them out from a financial standpoint, but it doesn't give them the other, the moral support that they need. Nationally, 80 ...
Supporters of President Obama listen to him speak during a campaign event Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images. As the nation prepares to spend a long weekend honoring the armed forces and gathering in backyards for barbecues, the economy continues to be the dominant issue in politics. A new Washington Post/ABC...
In other news Wednesday, News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch appeared before a British inquiry panel to refute charges he had too cozy a relationship with Britain's top politicians, among them former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Also, the U.S. Senate voted to slow down service cuts to the ailing U.S. Postal Service.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Prime Minister David Cameron laugh as Vice President Joe Biden gives a toast at the State Department on Wednesday. Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images. Updated 2:30 p.m. ET: Vice President Biden hit the 2012 campaign trail in earnest Thursday, defending the administration's rescue of U.S. auto companies while...
Mitt Romney's book is for sale at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC. Photo By Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call. We are coming to you live from the Marriott Wardman Park hotel in Washington, D.C., where Day 2 of the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference is underway and where Republican presidential contenders Rick...
Americans spends more than $500 billion every year on Medicare, and as the cost of health care rises, many are examining how that money is spent. NewsHour's partner The Center for Investigative Reporting conducted a year-long probe into one prominent hospital chain's bills to Medicare. California Watch's Lance Williams reports.
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