Entitlements

Beltway Confidential

Washington is ignoring the most potent weapon in the War on Poverty

Mark Tapscott -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

A bipartisan group of senators are pushing Sen. Harry Reid to bring an Iran sanctions bill to a vote in the legislative body. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate

Harry Reid may allow GOP amendments to unemployment bill to ease passage

David M. Drucker -

January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a Cuban-American, speaks about the Ã?American dreamÃ? on the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon JohnsonÃ?s first State of the Union address in 1964, where LBJ committed the government to a war on poverty, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington. RubioÃ?s speech was hosted by the conservative American Enterprise Institute. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Politics

Republicans promote ways of helping the poor

Associated Press -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Audience members hold signs appealing for jobs as they attend a Democratic news conference about extendingÃÂ unemploymentÃÂ insurance benefits on Wednesday in Washington. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Time to make unemployment benefits a permanent entitlement?

Mark Tapscott -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently defended the pension cut in an op-ed in USA Today, saying he stands behind

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

Andrew Taylor -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada, shown here in 2011, is a co-sponsor of the Senate unemployment extension bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Economy

GOP sees political opportunity rather than risk in opposing jobless benefits

David M. Drucker -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

With less than a full week on the job, New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton has to contend with the arrests of 72 retired police officers for fraudulently obtaining disability benefits for mental health conditions, for which they claim resulted from their service during the 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014 (AP/Kathy Willens, File)

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New York City disability scam case spotlights advisers’ role

Jennifer Peltz -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Monday delayed a key procedural vote on legislation to extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans continued negotiations on a bipartisan accord. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Beltway Confidential

Republican frustration with Harry Reid’s iron hand in the Senate boils over

Charles Hoskinson -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

News

Disabled veterans to be exempted from pension cuts

Andrew Taylor -

January 8, 2014 10:34 pm

Senate Minority LeaderÃÂ MitchÃÂ McConnell, R-Ky.:ÃÂ

Economy

Jobless aid package runs into Republican roadblocks

Susan Ferrechio -

January 8, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Entitlements

Washington is ignoring the most potent weapon in the War on Poverty

Harry Reid may allow GOP amendments to unemployment bill to ease passage

Republicans promote ways of helping the poor

Time to make unemployment benefits a permanent entitlement?

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

GOP sees political opportunity rather than risk in opposing jobless benefits

New York City disability scam case spotlights advisers’ role

Republican frustration with Harry Reid’s iron hand in the Senate boils over

Disabled veterans to be exempted from pension cuts

Jobless aid package runs into Republican roadblocks

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