Cuts To Vets’ Pensions: ‘This Is What Happens When A Deal Is Cut In Secret’
Cuts To Vets’ Pensions: ‘This Is What Happens When A Deal Is Cut In Secret’
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Senate Dems Block Fix That Would Reverse Cuts To Military Pensions, Disabled Vets
Senate Dems Block Fix That Would Reverse Cuts To Military Pensions, Disabled Vets
Senate Democrats: “Cut military pensions instead of cutting welfare for illegal immigrants”
A final effort by Senate Republicans to halt cuts to pensions of military retirees failed late Tuesday, after Democrats blocked an amendment to the controversial budget bill. The two-year budget agreement, which cleared a...
Ukraine suspends a deal for closer EU ties: Signs a Russian aid agreement instead to helped avoid bankruptcy
Ukraine’s decision to suspend a deal on closer EU ties and sign a Russian aid agreement instead has helped avoid bankruptcy, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has told ministers in Kiev. The government’s surprise U-turn...
Fed’s $4 Trillion in Assets Draws Lawmakers’ Scrutiny
The Federal Reserve’s balance sheet is poised to exceed $4 trillion, prompting warnings its record easing is inflating asset-price bubbles and drawing renewed lawmaker scrutiny just as Janet Yellen prepares to take charge. The Fed’s assets...
Japan boosts military forces to counter China
Japan’s cabinet has approved a new national security strategy and increased defence spending in a move widely seen as aimed at China. Over the next five years, Japan will buy hardware including drones, stealth...
Obamacare Forcing More Medicaid Recipients to Pay Back Costs After Death
State Medicaid laws, conflicting with federal Obamacare law, have created an odd scenario in which the estates of recipients of Medicaid can be tapped to repay medical expenses after their deaths. According to the Seattle...
France on brink of recession in two-speed eurozone
France is on the cusp of recession after the eurozone nation’s key manufacturing and services industries shrank sharply in December. Markit’s preliminary – or “flash” – purchasing managers’ index estimate for the country fell...
Pension crisis endangers Chicago’s future
CHICAGO (AP) – It’s not the vision of a world-class city that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel typically likes to portray. More teachers losing their jobs, thousands fewer police and firefighters on duty, less frequent...
