How Will The Republican Plan To Kill Medicare Affect Your District? (Oliverwillis.com)

The Dems on the House Energy & Commerce committee have done us a service by detailing the effects of the GOP plan to kill Medicare on a district by district level. In my district, for instance, Maryland's 4th congressional - currently represented by Donna Edwards - this is what we would have to look forward [...] Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

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New Portugal Government To Deal With Economy

The people of Portugal vote in an election Sunday to choose a new government to replace the one that collapsed over its unpopular austerity program. Portugal is deeply in debt, and has promised to make unpopular changes in welfare and labor policies in return for a massive bailout by the IMF and the European Union.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/03/136912830/new-portugal-government-to-deal-with-economic-crisis?ft=1&f=1004

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Rare Form Of E. Coli To Blame For Outbreak

The E. coli story is boiling up, with the CDC saying the outbreak is being caused by a rare strain of the bacteria. The Russians have seized on it as an opportunity for some nationalist chest-thumping, imposing a complete ban on European Union raw vegetables The Germans admit they have no idea of the source. At least 18 people are dead.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/02/136897359/rare-form-of-e-coli-to-blame-for-outbreak?ft=1&f=1007

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Could Unemployment Numbers Cost Obama His Job?

After a week of tough economic news, the latest job numbers tell perhaps the most powerful story of economic pain that continues to wrack Americans. And it puts President Obama's 2012 re-election at risk.

The economy added just 54,000 jobs in May, far below forecasts, and the housing market hardly has a pulse.

It's become de rigueur to note that Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the late 1930s was the last American president reelected when the unemployment rate was above 7.2 percent.

Given the current 9.1 percent rate and stalled recovery, a number well above that appears a near certainty come Election Day 2012.

Obama faces not only that dismal harbinger, but something more immediate: increasing pressure from his party's liberal wing to refocus on job creation in a political environment now dominated by pressure to reduce the nation's debt.

"For most people, jobs are front and center," says Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

"He really lost control of this debate early, and he has to try and get back on the theme of job growth," Baker says. "Or he'll sit through the rest of his term in stagnation."

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/03/136899750/could-unemployment-numbers-cost-obama-his-job?ft=1&f=1003

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Weekly Standard: Despite Law, China Wants Arms

United States law prevents the sell of weapons and technology to China. Despite this, China is lobbying the government to overturn the ruling. Joseph A. Bosco for The Weekly Standard wants the Obama administration to uphold the congressional band.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/06/02/136884112/weekly-standard-despite-law-china-wants-arms?ft=1&f=1057

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