Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The Obama administration plans to announce Tuesday that it will buy more energy efficient vehicles for U.S. government fleets in a bid to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. The White House press office notified reporters Monday of the planned announcement during [...]
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Search for more oil creates scramble within the U.S. government
May 23rd, 2011 
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May 17th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner acknowledged on Monday that Washington needs to raise its debt limit. He made the admission on a radio interview on the day that the U.S. federal government reached its $14.3 trillion debt limit. Boehner said Congress, at some point, [...]
Posted in American Accounts Tags: AHN, Barack Obama, borrowing, Congress, debt, debt ceiling, debt limit, federal retirement, fiscal challenges, Hernandez, limit, President, Secretary, timothy geithner Comments OffWatch out, whistleblowers: Congress and courts move to curtail leaks
May 13th, 2011 davidguide ProPublica Staff United States (ProPublica) – by Marian Wang House Republicans introduced legislation yesterday targeting the already-delayed whistleblower rule in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The proposed change would require corporate whistleblowers to report problems internally before going to financial regulators. The move, backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is just the latest in [...]
Medicare ‘Doc Fix’ put on life support by AMA lobby
May 7th, 2011 davidguide United States (KaiserHealth) – The annual scramble to prevent next year’s scheduled pay cut for doctors who treat Medicare patients kicked off Thursday with physician leaders calling for a five-year program of guaranteed annual raises and a high-ranking House Republican calling for another short-term fix. The issue – known inside the Beltway as “the doc [...]
Posted in American Accounts Tags: 'Doc, American, Congress, congress acts, congressional budget office, Health, house ways and means committee, issue, law, Medicare, medicare patients, payment, sustainable growth rate, ways and means committee Comments OffPhilippine employers reject proposed $1.75 daily wage hike for Metro Manila workers, offer $0.30 instead
May 5th, 2011 davidguide Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (AHN) – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines rejected the $1.75 (PHP 75) daily wage increase sought by Metro Manila workers, but instead offered a paltry $0.30 (PHP 13.35) hike. ECOP President Edgardo Lacson said Wednesday at the 32nd National Conference of Employers that the country’s [...]
Posted in Goals Tags: AHN, Confederation, Congress, congress of the philippines, credit defaults, employers confederation of the philippines, Hernandez, massive layoffs, metro, metro manila philippines, Offer, Trade, trade union congress, union Comments OffObama focus stays on raising debt ceiling, cutting deficit
April 17th, 2011 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama is scheduled to undertake domestic travel in the coming week according to a White House communique. Obama is planning to hold town hall meetings in “Northern Virginia, Palo Alto, California and Reno, Nevada to speak directly to the American people [...]
Posted in American Accounts Tags: AHN, american economy, budget, Congress, debt, debt ceiling, deficit, economy, palo alto california, percent, presidential spokesman, reno nevada, Singh, town hall meetings Comments OffBerwick: Obama’s plan to trigger Medicare cuts won’t be necessary
April 15th, 2011 davidguide Philadelphia, United States (KaiserHealth) – A day after President Barack Obama proposed strengthening an independent commission to control Medicare’s costs, the program’s administrator said such oversight won’t be necessary because new efforts to reduce waste should slow down spending and even improve the quality of care. “We don’t have to get to that point,” Medicare [...]
Posted in American Accounts Tags: Barack Obama, Congress, donald berwick, federal health care, health care journalists, health insurance program, Insurance, KaiserHealth, law, Medicare, medicare chief, percentage, trigger, waste Comments OffDocument: Obama’s Proposal On Deficit Reduction – Health Care Section
April 13th, 2011 davidguide Washington, D.C., United States (KaiserHealth) – President Barack Obama on Wednesday shared his plans to cut the deficit by $4 trillion in 12 years, which, according to a fact sheet distributed by the White House, includes saving $480 billion in health care costs by 2023. Obama proposes holding Medicare cost growth down by strengthening the [...]
Posted in American Accounts Tags: Act, Affordable, alice rivlin, Barack Obama, Congress, deficit, FRAMEWORK, Health, health care medicare, health insurance premiums, Medicaid, medicaid savings, Medicare, sustainable growth rate Comments OffPell Grant Program – Ideas To Get You Started
April 9th, 2011 davidguide College students might not acquire Federal Pell Grant money from a lot more than one college at a time.Monetary will need is decided by the U.S.Department of Education making use of a regular formula, established by Congress, to evaluate the monetary details reported on the Free Application for Federal Scholar Support (FAFSA) and to figure [...]
Posted in Family Grants Tags: Congress, fafsa, federal pell grant, federal pell grants, Grant, household, Monetary, Pell, pell grant money, pell grant program, percentage, scholar support, use Comments OffChanges Predicted for Air Traffic Control After Washington Safety Lapse
March 26th, 2011 davidguide Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Some members of Congress are saying the suspension of a Washington, D.C., air traffic controller who fell asleep on the job early Wednesday is only the beginning of the changes that are coming. Possible new safety measures could include a high-tech air traffic [...]
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