Obama urges haste with consumer watchdog pick
Barack Obama says Republican lawmakers are taking advantage, depriving middle-class Americans of better protection against deceptive business practice
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US lawmakers abandon efforts to rein in ballooning debt
US lawmakers have abandoned efforts to rein in debt in a sign that Washington will be unlikely to resolve the tax and spending dispute before 2013.
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US counterparts missing their mark in debt crisis
A peer review report has shown the need for greater coordination among US departments in solving their debt crisis.
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US debt crisis moves to Senate, deadlock persists
A bitter divide remained in the US before Tuesday's deadline to raise the country's debt ceiling, to avoid a crippling default.
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From rightwing to ridiculous
Barack Obama's achievements are insufficient, his party confused. Ahead of the elections, reactionaries are seizing the initiative.
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Obama looks to fast-track health-reform Bill
The scene is set for one of the biggest battles of recent US political history after Republicans rejected Barack Obama's revised health-reform Bill.
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Bumpy ride for Obama
Jonthan Freedland looks back over a year that began with Barack Obama's victory speech.
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Republicans insanely out of balance and all set to fail
The conservatives who now dominate the party of the American right may come to rue losing their moderate wing.
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Japan passes stimulus budget after Parliament row
Japan's ruling and opposition parties enacted a $53-billion extra budget on Tuesday to fund government stimulus plans, after two days of bickering.
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Obama to woo Republicans on stimulus plan
US President Barack Obama will on Tuesday hold talks with congressional Republicans who complain his $825-billion stimulus plan is too expensive.
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