Barack Obama

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  House chairman sees IRS errors as part of pattern

  By Alan Fram, Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 17, 2013

  A top House Republican charges that the IRS's tougher scrutiny of conservative groups seems part of a broader pattern of intimidation and cover-ups by the White House.

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  House bill to require SEC, DOL fiduciary collaboration

  By Melanie Waddell  |  May 16, 2013

  SEC Chairwoman White noted the DOL would “ultimately make its own independent decision” regarding its fiduciary rule.

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  Obama fires IRS commissioner

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  May 16, 2013

  President Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the IRS late Wednesday amid an outcry over the improper targeting of tea party groups.

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  Obama wades back into the health care debate

  By Julie Pace  |  May 10, 2013

  The president will talk about the cancer screening and contraceptive benefits mandates.

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  Bernanke says Fed increasing financial monitoring

  By Martin Crutsinger  |  May 10, 2013

  The Federal Reserve now monitors a wide range of financial institutions that could hasten another financial crisis, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday.

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  SEC chief defends budget request to skeptical lawmakers

  By Melanie Waddell  |  May 7, 2013

  SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White told a House panel on Tuesday that the agency’s $1.67 billion budget request for 2014 would help the agency fulfill one of its top priorities: adding 250 examiners for advisors.

• Against infanticide

  By Staff Writer  |  May 3, 2013

  A loophole makes an exception for late-term abortions, but nobody likes the use of it.

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  W.Va. to expand Medicaid, cover 92K uninsured

  By Lawrence Messina  |  May 2, 2013

  The decision follows a financial analysis that found more than $5 billion in promised federal funds will cover nearly all of the resulting costs over the next decade.

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  Promises, promises: Social Security pledge at risk

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  April 30, 2013

  President Obama and Congress are still looking for ways to control the spiraling cost of Social Security and Medicare.

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  Online transaction tax rife with unintended consequences

  By Melanie Waddell  |  April 23, 2013

  Lawmakers and industry officials say an online financial transaction tax bill would hurt retirement savers, small businesses and investors.