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Farm groups offer conflicting views on commodity title
Oklahoma wheat grower Scott Neufeld has long benefited from the certainty and planting flexibility provided by the direct payments that were first offered in the 1996 “Freedom to Farm” bill. But as Congress moved to discontinue those payments last year,...Tags: U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, U.S. Congress, Marketing, Arable Farming, Politics
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Turning the tables on Jack Lew
WASHINGTON -- President Obama won re-election in part by beating up on his opponent for receiving big corporate payouts in exchange for dubious work and for socking away money in tax havens such as the Cayman Islands. So it's a bit, well, rich that...
Tags: Mitt Romney, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, White House, Washington, DC, Chuck Grassley
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The challenging math of passing immigration reform
WASHINGTON – Senators from both parties are expressing enthusiasm for pushing a comprehensive overhaul of the nation’s immigration system. But while immigration politics appears to have changed in the wake of sweeping Republican rejection...
Tags: Lisa Murkowski, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Mitch McConnell, Science and Technology
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What expiration of payroll tax holiday will cost you
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe country didn't go over the so-called 'fiscal cliff', but your paycheck will still be smaller starting in a couple of weeks. That's because the payroll tax holiday is expiring. Congress lowered the amount workers pay in Social Security payroll tax in...Tags: Jerry Moran, George H.W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Mike Pompeo, Fiscal Cliff
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Senate approves 'fiscal cliff' deal, sends it to House
Hours before a midnight deadline Monday, the White House reached a tentative deal with Congress to stop an enormous tax hike for all but the wealthiest households and to postpone for two months tough decisions on how to cut federal spending. After a rare...
Tags: Tax Credits, Fiscal Cliff, Government, Budgets and Budgeting, White House
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NRA silent as protesters march outside DC offices
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSupporters of tougher restrictions on guns and ammunitition protested outside the Washington offices of the National Rifle Association Monday afternoon. The protest comes after a gunman killed 27 people, including 20 school children, in Newtown,...Tags: Jerry Moran, National Rifle Association of America, U.S. Congress, Gun Control, FBI
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New five-year farm bill by Christmas?
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in many parts of the country and traditionally, that's when we could expect lawmakers in our nation's capital to be wrapping up several pieces of legislation so they could spend holiday time with their own...Tags: Tom Vilsack, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, John Boehner, Fiscal Cliff, Holidays
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Senate defeats disabilities treaty despite Dole appearance
Republican opposition has led to Senate rejection of a United Nations treaty on the rights of the disabled that is modeled after the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The majority of Republicans were not swayed by support for the...
Tags: Jerry Moran, Physical Disabilities, George W. Bush, John McCain, Republican Party
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Governors push for extension of wind energy tax credit
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsWarning that tens of thousands of jobs are at stake, governors in wind energy states are calling on Congress to renew an expiring tax break. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R), Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R), Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) and Oregon...Tags: Jerry Moran, George H.W. Bush, John Hickenlooper, Taxation, Tax Credits
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Christopher Van Hollen Jr., Tax Credits, Wicomico County, Chemical Industry, Libertarian Party
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Siemens laying off nearly half of its Hutchinson workforce
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsEmployees at the Siemens plant in Hutchinson learned Tuesday nearly half of them will lose their jobs. “Certainly this is not only a blow to the Hutchinson community, but to the region and to the state of Kansas,” said Hutchinson City Manager...Tags: Jerry Moran, Navigant Consulting Incorporated, Government, Mike Pompeo, Unemployment
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'Silent Spring' echo still eloquent
Mitt Romney wants to open up more federal lands and waters to drilling for oil and natural gas. His party is pushing, in the name of freedom and economic opportunity, to roll back a variety of environmental protections. Republicans, including U.S. Sen....Tags: Death, Breast Cancer, Chemical Industry, Diseases and Illnesses, Mitt Romney
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