Joe Biden

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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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  McConnell vows to repeal PPACA

  By Ken Thomas  |  March 15, 2013

  The Senate minority leader told CPAC attendees that the Democrats are short on new ideas.

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  Lew confirmation could clear FIO report release

  By Elizabeth D. Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  February 28, 2013

  Insurers might finally get the long-delayed administration proposals for modernization of industry regulation.

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  The darkness within

  By Bill Coffin  |  February 27, 2013

  As the nation asks what can be done about a recent rash of mass shootings, the health insurance industry is quietly looking the other way.

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  Strategist Valliere: Economy’s fundamentals ‘extremely good’

  By John Sullivan  |  January 30, 2013

  Greg Valliere says, "There was no fiscal cliff, there will be no government shutdown, there will be no debt default and the world according to the Mayan calendar did not happen.”

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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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  Sen. Reid says cliff negotiations continue, as experts see no deal before deadline

  By Melanie Waddell  |  December 31, 2012

  Experts are divided as to whether lawmakers will act in time.

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  Capitalism, socialism wed as words of the year

  By Leanne Italie  |  December 5, 2012

  Thanks to the election, socialism and capitalism are forever wed as Merriam-Webster's most looked-up words of 2012.

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  The 2012 Rogue's Gallery

  By Bill Coffin  |  December 3, 2012

  Who or what are those forces conspiring to sink the life and health insurance industry, like an iceberg beneath an unsuspecting Titanic? This year, we polled our readers and reviewed our own coverage to determine the top 10 culprits to populate the 2012 Rogue’s Gallery. Who do you think should...

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  Real politics

  By Stephen D. Forman  |  November 27, 2012

  A working LTCI agent looks at what civic fortunetellers were saying in 2008.