Jim Kuhnhenn

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  Obama to return 5% of salary to Treasury

  By Josh Lederman  |  April 4, 2013

  President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts.

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  Budget cuts imminent, Senate Democrats, GOP stage votes

  By David Espo  |  February 28, 2013

  Squabbling away the hours, the Senate swatted aside last-ditch plans to block $85 billion in broad-based federal spending reductions on Thursday.

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  Obama: What did that call for "hard choices" mean?

  By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  January 22, 2013

  Mitch McConnell is urging Obama to help overhaul entitlement programs.

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  Resolving the fiscal cliff: 3 scenarios

  By Connie Cass  |  December 26, 2012

  Efforts to save the nation from going over a year-end fiscal cliff were in disarray as lawmakers fled the Capitol for their Christmas break.

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  Boehner on averting fiscal cliff: ‘God only knows’

  By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent  |  December 21, 2012

  Stocks fell, congressional leaders squabbled and the fiscal cliff drew implacably closer.

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  Obama, Boehner clash as cliff edge approaches

  By Ben Feller, Associated Press, DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent  |  December 20, 2012

  Despite the political rhetoric, both sides continue to negotiate.

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  Fiscal cliff splits big, small businesses on taxes

  By Jim Kuhnhenn  |  December 13, 2012

  The fiscal cliff debate is splitting the business community over taxes, driving a wedge between two natural Republican allies.

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  Obama, Romney showing new urgency in close race

  By Ben Feller, Nedra Pickler  |  October 9, 2012

  With swinging polls making the White House race as unpredictable as ever, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney spent Tuesday in Ohio.

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  Senate Ready for Symbolic Showdown on Tax Cuts

  By Alan Fram  |  July 25, 2012

  Senate leaders moved toward a showdown Wednesday with votes on rival Democratic and Republican plans for extending broad tax cuts that will otherwise expire in January.

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  Obama, Romney, and Reform

  By Calvin Woodward  |  May 1, 2012

  A look at where Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stand on a selection of issues, in brief.