New Jersey 101.5 » federal budget http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sun, 26 May 2013 02:43:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Budget Woes Could Delay Trial For bin Laden Kin http://nj1015.com/budget-woes-could-delay-trial-for-bin-laden-kin/ http://nj1015.com/budget-woes-could-delay-trial-for-bin-laden-kin/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:42:02 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=250597 A judge in New York says he finds it "stunning" that federal budget woes could delay the start of a terrorism trial for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/budget-woes-could-delay-trial-for-bin-laden-kin/feed/ 0 Top White House Aide Calls For GOP Co-operation On Budget http://nj1015.com/top-white-house-aide-calls-for-gop-co-operation-on-budget/ http://nj1015.com/top-white-house-aide-calls-for-gop-co-operation-on-budget/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 16:21:40 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=250001 A top White House official says Republicans who adopt a "my way or the highway" approach are going lose in upcoming budget talks.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/top-white-house-aide-calls-for-gop-co-operation-on-budget/feed/ 0 The White House (Uyen Le, Getty Images) House GOP Budget Would Cut Deeply, Obama Says http://nj1015.com/house-gop-budget-would-cut-deeply-obama-says/ http://nj1015.com/house-gop-budget-would-cut-deeply-obama-says/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:36:27 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=240329 President Barack Obama is criticizing a proposed House Republican budget, saying it would turn Medicare into a voucher-like program, cut deeply into programs such as Medicaid and increase tax payments by the middle class in order to achieve promised lower tax rates.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/house-gop-budget-would-cut-deeply-obama-says/feed/ 0 Republicans Unveil Government Funding Measure http://nj1015.com/republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure/ http://nj1015.com/republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:49:44 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=237398 Republicans controlling the House are moving to give the Pentagon more money for military readiness. They also want to largely exempt agencies like the FBI and the Border Patrol as well as Western firefighting efforts from the effects of across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/republicans-unveil-government-funding-measure/feed/ 0 Lawmakers React to Report on Automatic Budget Cuts http://nj1015.com/lawmakers-react-to-report-on-automatic-budget-cuts/ http://nj1015.com/lawmakers-react-to-report-on-automatic-budget-cuts/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:21:50 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=137368 Republicans and Democrats alike are pointing to a new report estimating that automatic budget cuts will cost the economy 2 million jobs.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/lawmakers-react-to-report-on-automatic-budget-cuts/feed/ 0 Dave Huss, Getty Images Produce Safety Testing Program Spared Budget Ax http://nj1015.com/produce-safety-testing-program-spared-budget-ax/ http://nj1015.com/produce-safety-testing-program-spared-budget-ax/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:27:49 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=136795 The Agriculture Department is extending the life of the nation's main produce-safety testing program, just as the initiative was slated to be shut down.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/produce-safety-testing-program-spared-budget-ax/feed/ 0 Medioimages/Photodisc, Getty Images White House Threatens Veto of GOP Budget Bill http://nj1015.com/white-house-threatens-veto-of-gop-budget-bill/ http://nj1015.com/white-house-threatens-veto-of-gop-budget-bill/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 03:53:47 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=102074 The White House says President Barack Obama would veto a Republican budget bill that swaps cuts to domestic programs like food stamps for cuts scheduled to hit the Pentagon and domestic agencies alike in January.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/white-house-threatens-veto-of-gop-budget-bill/feed/ 0 House Rejects Bipartisan Budget http://nj1015.com/house-rejects-bipartisan-budget/ http://nj1015.com/house-rejects-bipartisan-budget/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:47:20 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=80534 The House has voted to decisively reject a bipartisan budget mixing tax increases with spending cuts to wring $4 trillion from federal deficits over the coming decade.

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]]> http://nj1015.com/house-rejects-bipartisan-budget/feed/ 0 Mark Wilson, Getty Images Federal Budget Includes $31-Million For Delaware River Project http://nj1015.com/federal-budget-includes-31-million-for-delaware-river-project-2/ http://nj1015.com/federal-budget-includes-31-million-for-delaware-river-project-2/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:13:56 +0000 Townsquare News Network http://nj1015.com/?p=56338 President Obama's new budget proposal includes $31 million for deepening of the Delaware River shipping channel.

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