Obama’s budget would allow pot sales in District of Columbia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s $4 trillion budget would allow legal sales of marijuana in the District of Columbia by adding one word – “federal” – to spending language Congress approved last year.
Obama 2016 budget urges states to cut emissions faster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget proposes boosting funding for clean energy by 7 percent and a new $4 billion fund to encourage U.S. states to make faster and deeper cuts to emissions from power plants, officials said …
U.S. lawmakers preparing Cuba telecomms, agriculture bills: aides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are preparing a series of bills to ease U.S. restrictions on trade with Cuba, with plans to introduce them in the Senate in the next two months, senior congressional aides said on Monday.
Obama seeks to fold U.S. trade agencies into one-stop-shop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday revived a proposal to fold the office of the U.S. Trade Representative and other trade bodies into a one-stop-shop for U.S. exporters, a plan that in the past drew mixed reviews.
Wyoming House approves bill allowing guns in schools
(Reuters) – Legislation that would allow people with concealed-gun permits to carry firearms into public schools and government meetings won easy approval from the Wyoming House of Representatives on Monday after a debate over rising gun violence in U….
Republican lawmakers urge Obama to work with them on Internet rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Republican lawmakers urged President Barack Obama on Monday to work with them on legislation “to establish permanent protections for an open Internet.”
U.S. forces declassify data on Afghan troops after watchdog dispute
KABUL (Reuters) – The U.S.-led force in Afghanistan is to make recently classified data on the Afghan security forces available to the public after a U.S. government watchdog complained about undue secrecy surrounding reconstruction efforts.
Obama proposes $3.99 trillion budget, draws scorn from Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday proposed a $3.99 trillion budget that drew scorn from Republicans and set up battles over tax reform, infrastructure spending, and the quest to prove which party best represents the middle class.
Unveiling budget, Obama warns Republicans to fund Homeland Security
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama formally unveiled his fiscal year 2016 budget on Monday with a warning to Republicans to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security or face putting the nation at risk.
Behind Obama’s budget proposals, a gloomy view of the future
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Beneath President Barack Obama’s plan to fight income inequality lies a gloomy view of an economy that is growing slower and creating fewer rewards for its workers than it did in much of the last century.
