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Republicans Take Aim at Medicare
After the President and House leaders failed to agree on preventing a government shutdown on Friday, Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other. We hear about that and what's called a "bold" Republican plan to cut the deficit and restructure Medicaid and Medicare.
By Warren Olney • • 50m ListenAfter the President and House leaders failed to agree on preventing a government shutdown on Friday, Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other. We hear about that and what's called a "bold" Republican plan to cut the deficit and restructure Medicaid and Medicare. Also, it's back to Guantanamo for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Banner image: Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (C), chairman of the House Budget Committee, holds up a copy of the 2012 Republican budget proposal during a news conference April 5, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images
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3 storiesBudget Negotiations Stall, Shutdown Looms
Republican House Speaker John Boehner met the President at the White House today, but they failed to make a deal to avoid a government shutdown on Friday. Meanwhile, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia blamed the stalemate on a "lack of [Democratic] leadership in the Senate."
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As the White House and Congress struggled to avoid a government shutdown based on this year's budget, chair of the House Budget Committee, Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan, presented his much-awaited plan for next year.
Read the story34 minObama Administration Reverses Plan on 9/11 Trials
Despite months of insisting that America's civilian courts could handle the most despised accused terrorist in American history, the Obama Administration has capitulated to Congress and public opinion.
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