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Ryan Pushes FY12 Budget Plan

The Hill reports : Less than six hours after Congress and the White House announced a shutdown-avoiding budget deal, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) began talking about the next budget battle, which will be fought over the plan for fiscal 2012. The budget deal covering the remainder of fiscal …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Boehner Defends Budget Deal

The Hill reports : The bipartisan deal struck late Friday falls short of the House Republican campaign pledge to cut $100 billion in fiscal 2011 spending. The pact cuts $78.5 billion when compared to President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget request, which was never enacted. Comparatively, …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Reid: 'This is Historic'

Politico reports : Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took a victory lap on the floor late Friday night, following the announcement of a spending deal that averted a government shutdown with just minutes to spare. “This is historic, what we’ve done, ” Reid said, accompanied …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Obama: Cuts Were 'Common Sense'

Politico reports : Late Friday night, Republicans and Democrats finally reached a long-awaited agreement on a budget framework for the remainder of the fiscal year, averting a government shutdown that threatened to leave about 800, 000 federal employees temporarily out of work. In …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

The Road To The Last-Minute Deal

Politico reports: The low point may have been Thursday night. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) had spent hours meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, inching towards a deal to avert a shutdown, but he kept insisting that it include a prohibition against federal funding …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Farm Subsidy Cuts Finally On Table

The Wall Street Journal reports: WASHINGTON—The hunt for cuts has come to this: Even agriculture subsidies—billions in spending both parties have embraced for years—are on the table. With the farm economy booming and Washington on a diet, a program set up in the 1990s that cuts …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Egyptian Army Disperses Protest

The Washington Post reports: CAIRO – Egypt’s military used force early Saturday to break up a camp of protesters in Tahrir Square, as tensions continued to build between the pro-democracy movement and the military leadership that has run the country since Hosni Mubark’s ouster. Hundreds of …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Tea Party Groups Praise Boehner

The Wall Street Journal reports: Leaders of the small-government, tea-party movement are generally giving House Speaker John Boehner high marks for his leadership in the spending showdown, even though the agreement eventually reached Friday night fell short of the cuts the tea party once …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Algerians Wary Of Revolution

The Washington Post reports: ALGIERS — Only a few weeks ago, Algeria seemed on the brink of revolution, with thousands taking to the streets to demand the ouster of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. But much like the crowd gawking at the few lonely activists who recently showed up for a …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Nuke Plant May Take Years to Shut

BBC News reports: Japanese reactor maker Toshiba says it could decommission the earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in about 10 years, a third quicker than the US Three Mile Island plant. Radiation has been leaking from the Fukushima plant since a 9.0-magnitude quake and …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

GOP Freshmen Behind Budget Deal

Politico reports: It’s not nearly as big a cut as they wanted, but the ambitious class of freshmen Republicans isn’t about to upset a budget deal with one of the largest cuts in federal government history. Several freshmen — who came to Washington saying they wouldn’t compromise — …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Obama Condemns Syria Crackdown

Politico reports : With less than five hours to go before a possible government shutdown, President Obama released a statement on Friday condemning the ongoing violence in Syria. Urging the country’s authorities and protesters to refrain from using violence, Obama called for an end to …

Written by FF Washington Insider on Saturday April 9, 2011

Freak Sandstorm Kills 8 In Germany

BBC News reports: A freak sandstorm that swept across a motorway in northern Germany caused a multiple pile-up, leaving eight people dead and dozens injured. Sand and dirt were blown on to the four-lane A19 near Rostock, close to the Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state, on …

Written by FrumForum News on Saturday April 9, 2011

Budget Deal Reached

Politico reports : After a long day of trading offers, the White House and House Republicans reached agreement Friday night on a budget framework that would cap 2011 appropriations near or below $1.050 trillion while cutting domestic and foreign aid by more than $40 billion from the …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011

Israel's Global War on Hamas

Eli Lake reports in The Washington Times : Israel's security agencies are stepping up targeted attacks throughout the world on Hamas' leadership in what one Israeli official called "intelligence-based prevention." In the past two months, Israeli operatives have intercepted a German ship …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011

Parties Review Plan for $40B in Cuts

Politico reports : The threat of a government shutdown diminished late Friday night after White House and congressional negotiators reached agreement on controversial policy riders in the stalled government funding measure, and closed in on a final compromise on cuts around $40 billion. …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011

Obama: No Planned Parenthood Cuts

Politico reports : President Barack Obama has told Speaker John Boehner he won’t accept cuts to Planned Parenthood and can’t make any new concessions to avert a government shutdown without movement from the GOP, sources close to the process tell Politico. Frustration is building in …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011

House Votes to Repeal Net Neutrality

Politico reports : House lawmakers on Friday voted to roll back the FCC's net neutrality rules, dealing another political blow to one of Chairman Julius Genachowski's top priorities. The full chamber cleared the Republicans’ measure on a mostly party-line 240-179 vote, despite the protests …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011

Coburn to GOP: Get Deal Done

Politico reports : Usually, he's the Senate's Dr. No. But today, Sen. Tom Coburn is urging his fellow Republicans just to say yes to a budget deal. Coburn, one of the Senate's most well-know deficit hawks and an anti-abortion obstetrician, says it's time for Republicans to set aside …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011

Giffords Wants to Attend Husband's Shuttle Launch

Arizona Daily Star reports : U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wants to attend the April 29 launch of the space shuttle Endeavor, which will be commanded by her husband, her office said this morning. "She wants to attend. Mark wants her to attend. We are planning for her to attend," Giffords …

Written by FrumForum News on Friday April 8, 2011