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- Bush gets good grades, but handling of economy is faulted; Performance rating of president slips from last year.(Industry Attitudes)
- Byline: Sara Hansard WASHINGTON - Advisers are less enthusiastic this year about the Bush administration's handling of the economy than they were in 2004, but the largest number continue to give the president a solid grade. ...
- Research articles 2005-10-10
- Biz ready to reap Bush rewards; Holding line on new regs, opening door to tax cuts.
- WASHINGTON-Prospects for a more centrist political agenda may be a pre-Christmas fantasy after this year's bruising presidential election. Nonetheless, Illinois' business interests anticipate a happier new year under President-elect George W. Bush. WASHINGTON-Prospects for a more centrist political agenda may be a pre-Christmas...
- Research articles 2000-12-18
- Not a priority? State of the Union: Speech to Congress has observers asking how pension, retirement issues rank on Bush administration agenda.(News)(George W. Bush)
- Byline: Vineeta Anand, with reports from Barry Burr, Joel Chernoff and Phyllis Feinberg WASHINGTON - President Bush's State of the Union speech was more striking for what it left out, than for what it said. Pension or retirement proposals were n ...
- Research articles 2004-01-26
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- Executives Expect U.S. to Mull Consumption Tax
- By Kim DixonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Corporate executives expect a value-added tax to be considered by the U.S. Congress in the next five years, according to a survey by tax and accounting firm KPMG released on Thursday.The poll conducted by KPMG of 600 executives at a cross section of U.S. domestic...
- News items 2009-12-03
- JUST HOW STRONG IS THE U.S. ECONOMY?
- David Rosenberg is a 20 year veteran of the Street, David most recently was Merrill Lynch's chief North American Economist, where he correctly warned about the Housing and Credit Collapse and Recession in advance. He is the Chief Economist of Canada's Gluskin Sheff > > What made things so interesting...
- News items 2009-10-28
- Senate nears OK of bill to let U.S. debt grow larger
- WASHINGTON -- The Republican-led Senate neared passage Friday of a bill letting government debt grow by a record $984 billion, overcoming Democrats' attempts to spotlight the federal IOUs that have resumed piling up under the Bush administration. The debate came just minutes after Congress approved $330 billion in...
- Research articles 2003-05-23
- Report: DC Gets $95M if Bush Iraq Request Matched with Funds for U.S.; DC ACORN: 'Don't Forget Priorities at Home!'
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- DC would receive $94.6 million if money for rebuilding Iraq were matched for domestic spending according to a new report by DC ACORN and the Institute for America's Future. Congress is voting on President Bush's request for an additional $87 billion for Iraq --...
- Research articles 2003-10-17
- Ten Things The Taxpayer Should Know About The U.S. Auto Industry Now That They Own It
- Posted by: David Kiley on December 19 During the hearings for an auto bailout, there was plenty said about Americaâ??s carmakers and the United Auto Workers. Some criticism was dead on, but much of it was either way off base or exaggerated. As is most often the case when rhetoric...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Hazmat shippers fight fee proposal. (Transportation).(chemical shippers oppose tax to fund U.S. Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- Chemical shippers have joined with the trucking, railroad, and ocean carrier sectors to oppose a Bush Administration transportation budget plan for 2003 that would require hazardous materials shippers to pay $6 million in taxes to help fund the Department of Transportation's Research and Special Programs Administration...
- Research articles 2002-03-13
- U.S. Closes In on Terror Pool.(terrorism insurance pool planned; proposed tax policy to benefit insurers)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- The Insurance industry is encouraged by the White House plan for a federally backed reinsurance pool; economic-stimulus proposal includes insurers. Insurance industry advocates are cautiously optimistic that Congress and the Bush administration are moving toward a plan that would shield the industry from...
- Research articles 2001-11-01
- Railroads push Congress to back tax credit
- The U.S. Transportation Department may consider supporting a tax credit sought by freight railroads if carriers agree to invest in "long-term equipment" and projects that benefit passenger rail, the head of the agency said. Large U.S. railroads including No. 1 Union Pacific Corp. are pushing Congress to back...
- Research articles 2008-08-20
- Senate's chief climate denier makes Copenhagen cameo
- by Kevin Grandia The great leader of the Copen-deniers, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe R , showed up on the Danish island of Copenhagen for a fly-by press event here at the international climate treaty. Sen. Inhofe, the Oklahoma Republican, speaking at an impromptu news conference...
- News items 2009-12-17
- Tax cut ballot/ Congress dances around deficit as it decides how to
- Has the war in Iraq torpedoed the chances of a significant tax cut? The U.S. Senate amended the budget resolution previously passed by the House to reduce the 10-year tax-cut proposal the Bush administration has put forward to $350 billion from $726 billion. The argument: with a war on and...
- Research articles 2003-04-06
- What Obama's Win Means for C-Suites
- What does Barack Obama's victory mean for the C-Suite? More regulation of certain sectors; more taxes for narrow sectors, corporations in general and the rich; more attention to greenhouse gases; more concern for health insurance alternatives; and some kind of economic stimulus package. Plus,...
- Blog posts 2008-11-05
- Texas Congressman Discusses Federal Tax Policy.
- By Dan Wallach, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 17--BEAUMONT, Texas--Taxpayers have earned and deserve a tax cut, but Congress must remain fiscally responsible, said U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Beaumont, at a Chamber of Commerce lunch on Friday. ...
- Research articles 2001-03-17
- Bush Budget Slashes Environment, Funds Nuclear Development
- WASHINGTON, DC ENS — --> President George W. Bush today sent Congress a $2.9 trillion budget package for the fiscal year starting in October that includes big increases for defense spending, cuts in conservation programs and assumptions that tax revenues will increase and that the Arctic National Wildlife...
- Research articles 2007-02-05
- American Public Health Association Encourages Bush, Congress to Advance Comprehensive Approach to Improving and Protecting Health of Americans
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Public Health Association APHA today outlines five principles for improving and protecting the health of Americans. APHA proposes these five principles be used to assess the impact of the administration's health agenda as outlined in President Bush's State of the Union address...
- Research articles 2006-01-31
- Obama weighs options as deficit is forecast at $1.2 trillion
- Changes in Social Security and Medicare will be central to efforts to bring U.S. government spending in line, President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday, as the Congressional Budget Office projected a $1.2 trillion budget deficit for the fiscal year. "We expect that discussion around entitlements will be a part, a central part"...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Can Americans Stop Spending?
- Get over that image of Americans as debt-ridden consumption addicts. The Great Recession will teach us to find better things to do with the time and money we have left — at least for now. Right now, as we lick our financial and career wounds and poke our 401k...
- Articles 2009-06-25
- Federal Tide Of Red Ink Riles Former Budget Chief
- Kessler, E.J. Forward 09-17-2004 Figures released last week from the Congressional Budget Office show a record $422 billion U.S. budget deficit this year -- and a projected 10-year deficit of $4.5 trillion if President Bush succeeds in getting Congress to make...
- Research articles 2004-09-17
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