Maryland Governor-elect says will deliver tax rollbacks: Washington Post
(Reuters) – Maryland Governor-elect Larry Hogan said on Wednesday he would deliver on his campaign promise to roll back tax increases despite a budget shortfall, the Washington Post reported.
Former Senator Webb sets up panel to explore 2016 presidential bid
(Reuters) – Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb, a Democrat, became the first person to officially take serious steps towards a bid for the U.S. presidency in 2016 with the launch of an exploratory committee late on Wednesday.
U.S. lawmakers plan bill to encourage auto employees to report faulty parts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators plan to introduce legislation on Thursday to encourage employees in the auto industry to report information on faulty parts to federal authorities, a spokeswoman for one of the lawmakers said.
Immigrants face major hurdles in signing up to new Obama plan
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s televised address to the nation on Thursday may prove the easiest part of his controversial plan to relax U.S. immigration policy. Implementing it will be difficult and many people may never bene…
Obama to act unilaterally on immigration, irking Republicans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will outline a plan on Thursday to relax U.S. immigration policy for as many as 5 million people, bypassing Congress and angering Republicans.
Obama’s immigration move expected to leave out millions of childless adults
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Most Friday nights, in the Denver suburb of Arvada, Ramon Madera invites his sister Angelica and her three children over to his home for dinner and games. It’s a tradition that became all the more important after the children’s f…
U.S. states get more, spend more on Medicaid under Obamacare: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One part of the Affordable Care Act is going according to plan, with U.S. states receiving and spending more money on the Medicaid health insurance program, a report released by the National Association of State Budget Officers o…
Some Senate Democrats balk at Obama’s unilateral immigration approach
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several Democratic senators are uncomfortable with President Barack Obama’s decision to use executive action to make immigration reform, raising the possibility of open, bipartisan resistance to his plan.
Obama to offer deportation relief to 250,000 farm workers: union
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s immigration reforms would lift the threat of deportation for at least 250,000 undocumented people who work on farms, Arturo Rodriguez, the president of the United Farm Workers union said on Wednesday afte…
Republican governors urge Congress to avoid shutdown over immigration
BOCA RATON Florida (Reuters) – Republican governors huddling in Florida on Wednesday warned fellow conservatives in Washington against shutting down the U.S. government in response to President Barack Obama’s expected move to ease immigration policy.
