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| White House considering new tax cut Oct 27th 2012, 00:19 The White House is weighing the idea of a tax cut that it believes would lift Americans' take-home pay and boost a still-struggling economy, according to people familiar with the administration's thinking, as the presidential candidates continue battling over whose tax policies would do more for the country. Read full article >>   |  | So you want to defund Planned Parenthood? Texas gives other states a roadmap. Oct 26th 2012, 19:31 A handful of states have passed laws that cut Planned Parenthood out of their Medicaid program. Most have been held up in legal wrangling, with numerous court decisions that disallow such regulations. Thats not the case in Texas: After 15 months of court battles, it appears to have received the final go-ahead to cutoff Planned Parenthood. Its success in the courts where others have failed gives a sense of the trade-off states must make if they want to successfully cut off the health-care providers funding. Read full article >>   | | Whats a good ground game worth? About one point. Oct 26th 2012, 18:20 It all comes down to the ground game. Thats perhaps the biggest cliche in electoral politics. And with national polls deadlocked and the election coming down to a few key swing states, its more pertinent than ever. It also represents a key advantage for the Obama campaign, which has gotten many more supporters out to vote early than the Romney campaign has. But how much can a good get-out-the-vote (GOTV) effort really get a candidate? Read full article >>   | | How to tie a bowtie Oct 26th 2012, 16:52 Consider this some Wonkblog news you can use, at least if youre an aspiring congressional staffer: a short little tutorial on how to tie a bowtie. Read full article >>   | | Meet the fiscal cliff-divers, who think jumping off could be our best bet Oct 26th 2012, 16:47 The very notion of a fiscal cliff suggests that the country is approaching a calamitous drop-off at the end of the year and it would be tantamount to suicide to jump off. But a contingent of policy wonks and Democrats insist that letting the Dec. 31 deadline come and go thus triggering automatic tax increases and spending cuts could produce the best outcome for the country. Once the tax hikes have kicked in, the reasoning goes, Republicans would be hard-pressed to roll them all back and would have to accept a deal on taming the deficit that contains more new tax revenue than GOP lawmakers want. Read full article >>   | | The price of Medicaid expansion opt-outs: $53.3 billion Oct 26th 2012, 15:38 The Supreme Court decided way back in June that the health laws expansion of Medicaid was optional rather than required. That decision, it appears, comes with a hefty price tag: $53.3 billion. The National Association of Public Hospitals estimates that, in light of the decision, the United States will spend as much as $53.3 billion more on bills that go unpaid by the uninsured. Their analysis uses data from the Congressional Budget Office, which estimates that six million to10 million fewer Americans will gain insurance through Medicaid after the Supreme Court decision. Read full article >>   | | The most important issue of this election: health reform Oct 26th 2012, 15:13 According to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 55 percent of registered voters say the outcome of this election will make a great deal of difference in their lives. Thats a 10 percent increase over the 2004 election, and more than double the percentage of voters who felt that way about the elections of 1996 or 1992. The stakes this year are higher and most voters know it. Read full article >>   | | Dont think drought is a big deal? It knocked 0.4% off growth last quarter. Oct 26th 2012, 14:56 All summer long, the Midwest has been roiled by the worst drought in half a century. And its taking a surprisingly large toll on economic growth this year. The U.S. economy grew at a 2 percent annual pace from July to September but it would have grown much more without the dry spell. All told, a drop in farm inventories shaved 0.42 points off growth last quarter, the Bureau of Economic analysis says. Thats after the drought shaved 0.17 points off growth in April through June. Read full article >>   | |
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