by Elizabeth Dexheimer | Jul 25, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Where does a 17-year-old girl who wants to be president learn how to do it? At a politics boot camp for middle school and high school girls. Running Start, a nonprofit group that encourages women to get involved in politics at an early age, hosted about...
by Elizabeth Dexheimer | Jul 24, 2012 | Politics
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A leading Republican on Tuesday said in order to avoid the fast-approaching “fiscal cliff,” Congress should extend current Bush-era tax rates for a year and use that time to make fundamental changes to the country’s tax code and entitlement...
by Elizabeth Dexheimer | Jul 18, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Some of the country’s most powerful female Republicans and Democrats agreed on Tuesday the U.S. is better served by empowering more women leaders. But their tone differed slightly on how best to achieve that balance. The message from Democrats was...
by Elizabeth Dexheimer | Jul 16, 2012 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON — A leading senator on Monday suggested Democrats are willing to let the country fall off the “fiscal cliff” at the end of the year if Republicans won’t agree to raise taxes for upper-income Americans. “If we can’t get a good deal, a balanced deal that...
by Elizabeth Dexheimer | Jul 5, 2012 | Politics
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