House Republicans are considering their options on tying proposals they want to see to passing an increase in the debt ceiling, among them fixing the way Medicare pays doctors. Democrats and the White House are making it increasingly clear ...
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Today's headlines include progress reports on health exchanges in Washington state and New York as well as poll results on Virginia's Medicaid Expansion. Kaiser Health News: Insuring Your Health: Advocates Worry That Drug Company ...
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House Republicans are considering linking their support for raising the national debt to a repeal of the health law's risk corridors, which helps mitigate risk for insurers. In other news, lawmakers continue to weigh proposals to change how ...
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The US federal government has shut many services after failing to pass a spending bill, something that has implications for the highly regulated oil and gas sector. On Friday, talks between House Republicans and President Barack Obama ...
Important decisions on financial policy are due in the USA in the coming weeks. Without the consent of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives, the government can neither determine the budget for the coming fiscal year, ...
Oil prices dropped Monday as investors paid close attention to speeches from Federal Reserve officials for clues on monetary policies. New York Fed President William Dudley on Monday defended the Fed's decision not to trim its massive ...
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Thousands of Olympia traditional yellowish, high-pressure sodium lights could be converted to whiter, energy-saving LED lamps, in a project estimated to cost nearly $4 million. The Olympia City Council will consider funding the project ...
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The National Retail Federation urged the House to approve legislation that would put the federal debt ceiling on hold until mid-May. “This move will give Congress the time it needs to deal with the debt ceiling in a thoughtful and ...
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The Australian dollar fell as a slower-than-expected rise in consumer prices in the fourth quarter stoked the case for another interest rate cut. Consumer prices rose 2.2 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier and 0.2 per cent ...
The sharemarket rose yesterday, led by BHP Billiton after its first-half production report broadly met expectations. Australia's big four banks climbed on speculation that interest rates may drop further. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 ...
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The US Treasury and Federal Reserve said they won't pursue a plan to mint a trillion dollar coin as a device to avoid the debt ceiling. "Neither the Treasury Department nor the Federal Reserve believes that the law can or should be used ...
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