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Georgia March Madness Meets Watergate
… had a different experience. I attended a sobering presentation on ethics delivered by Egil (Bud) Krogh, one of the White House officials convicted of conspiring to violate civil rights during the Watergate crisis.Forty years or so ago, Krogh …
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2013 Employment Forecast: A Fiscal Cliffhanger
… weeks to resolve the fiscal cliff. If Congress and the White House can't agree on a plan to avert the potent combo of ..... hiring and be more efficient." If Congress and the White House can agree on a compromise deal to reduce the deficit …
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Abraham Lincoln: Listener-in-Chief
… soldiers on the street as he does in the movie, "Honest Abe" did hold what were essentially "office hours" at the White House . Yes, the "Great Emancipator" held office hours—at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. nonetheless. In one scene in the …
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White House Suggestions on Funding Contraception Coverage Called 'Unworkable'
Under one administration suggestion, TPAs could fund the coverage through rebates they receive from drug manufacturers that the TPA is not contractually liable to forward to the affiliates.
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Lawmakers Drop Provision to Boost Mass Transit Tax Break
… the Senate provision would cost the federal government $139 million in lost tax revenue. The final bill , which the White House said President Barack Obama will sign July 6, also will allow many employers to reduce required contributions to their …
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Seasonal Firefighters to Become Eligible for Federal Employee Health Benefits Program
… health insurance to thousands of seasonal firefighters, a White House official confirmed. Seasonal firefighters, which the ..... eligible for health care this month, a spokesman for the White House said July 13. More than 126,000 people signed an online …
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Employers Should Ignore the Rhetoric and Focus on the Reality of Health Care Reform, Experts Say
… watching closely over the next two months who will win the White House and in Congress, especially the Senate. It's possible ..... the law. But they [Republicans] would need both the White House and the Senate for a total repeal."In any case, employers …
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Group Health Insurance Premiums See Moderate Increase in 2012: Survey
… which was much higher than increases found in several other surveys, may have been an "aberration," Altman said. A White House official attributed the large health care premium hikes Kaiser found for 2011 at least in part to insurers' miscalculations …
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Fixing Patients the First Time Holding Health Care Costs Down
… infections. California last summer started assessing civil penalties against hospitals for medical errors, and the White House floated a proposal in September for a pilot project that would ask patients to report mistakes by physicians and other …
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Moto Mobility's Mart Move Creates a New Tech Hotspot in Chicago
… is a sign of what has to happen in the city," says Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economist and former White House adviser. "The Merchandise Mart is associated with things you put in your house. With people building fewer houses …
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House of Representatives Votes to Repeal Health Care Reform Law
… to advance further. In addition, if a repeal measure cleared Congress, President Barack Obama would veto it , the White House said this week. However, lawmakers on a bipartisan basis previously approved two measures repealing portions of the …
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Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law
… vocal on the health reform issue as we get closer to November, and the composition of Congress and who controls the White House will, of course, determine many things including the future direction of health care reform," said Paul Dennett …
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Suburban Flight: Google Moving 3,000 Motorola Mobility Jobs Into Chicago
… Those conversations involved former Motorola Mobility boss Eric Schmidt, whom Emanuel knew from his work in the Obama White House . The physical move will begin in late winter and be completed by sometime in fall 2013. The space Motorola will get …
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White House Says No to Pension Relief
… the PBGC] strikes me as a fair trade-off.â The White House opposition to corporate pension relief has intensified over ..... corporations.â PBGC officials declined to comment. The White House press office did not offer a comment. The PBGC, which …
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Business Voices Concerns About White House -Senate GOP Talks
… Essential Worker Immigration Coalition. The putative White House -Senate proposal wonâ t help companies that need low ..... voices heard over the next few months as Congress and the White House wrestle with immigration reform. But most people agree …
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Workforce Issues Get Task Force Rather Than White House Czar
… momentum because it was led by an official who was a White House favorite, according to a department source. For the most ..... responsibility for addressing that area will fall to the White House Task Force on Working Families , which will be chaired …
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White House Defends Mini-Med Plan Waivers
… about ensuring and protecting the coverage that people have until there are better options available to them in 2014,â White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Oct. 7 during a briefing. His comments responded to questions about why the Department …
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White House Letter Proposing Increasing Visa Increases
… following proposal was sent May 11, 2000, outlining President Clinton's proposed changes in the H1-B rules. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary The Honorable Henry J. Hyde Chairman Committee on the Judiciary U.S. House of Representatives …
