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Government Shutdown Likely Averted, for Two Weeks

Feb 26, 2011 5:34 AM CST

Government Shutdown Likely Averted, for Two Weeks

Democrats respond favorably to John Boehner's plan

(Newser) - Looks like a government shutdown has been avoided—for two weeks, at least. Democrats responded favorably last night to a Republican plan for a temporary, two-week extension that would allow the government to continue operating. The trade-off? It also requires a first installment of $4 billion in budget cuts to...

Providence, Rhode Island, School Board Votes to Terminate All Public School Teachers

Providence Board Votes to Terminate All Teachers

Feb 25, 2011 8:59 AM CST

Providence Board Votes to Terminate All Teachers

More than 700 gathered to protest

(Newser) - Those 1,926 pink slips will definitely be going out in Providence: After two hours of debate, the school board voted last night to send out termination notices to every public school teacher in the city. More than 700 teachers gathered to express their feelings: "disrespected," "bullied,...

Providence Giving All Its Teachers Pink Slips

Feb 23, 2011 10:42 AM CST

Providence Giving All Its Teachers Pink Slips

But it won't actually fire them all

(Newser) - All 1,926 teachers in the Providence Public School District are about to get termination notices. Tomorrow the school board will vote on a resolution to dismiss every teacher on the last day of school, Superintendent Tom Brady announced in a staff email today, according to the Providence Journal . Not...

Wis. Public Workers'
Pay Isn't So Hot

Feb 20, 2011 6:45 AM CST

Wis. Public Workers' Pay Isn't So Hot

Public employees sacrifice cash for benefits, stability, study says

(Newser) - Don't call the Wisconsin public employees greedy—despite generous benefits, they actually earn 4.8% less than comparable private sector workers, reports the Wisconsin State Journal . Public sector workers have higher salaries than average because their jobs require more education than average, too: in fact, a typical Wisconsin public employee...

Hooray for the Budget Brawl!

OPINION

Feb 18, 2011 12:44 PM CST

Hooray for the Budget Brawl!

This messy stuff is what democracy is supposed to look like

(Newser) - The Washington press corps hasn’t been kind to John Boehner's budget free-for-all , calling it “chaos,” a “headache,” “turmoil,” and worse. “There’s a far better word for what happened: democracy,” writes Kimberly Strassel in the Wall Street Journal . Boehner’s allowed...

House Wades Through
600 Spending Cut Proposals

Feb 17, 2011 7:10 AM CST

House Wades Through 600 Spending Cut Proposals

Democrats call moves 'Extreme and indiscriminate'

(Newser) - There was a flurry of actual policy debate on Capitol Hill yesterday, as Republicans, determined to slash $60 billion to $100 billion in spending, waded through some 600 amendments, debating everything from health care reform to wild horses roundups, the Los Angeles Times reports. John Boehner has scrapped rules past...

Here's a Slogan
for the GOP:
'Eat the Future'

paul krugman

Feb 14, 2011 1:59 PM CST

Here's a Slogan for the GOP: 'Eat the Future'

Republicans' spending cuts will hurt in the long run, writes Paul Krugman

(Newser) - Paul Krugman would like to suggest a slogan for the Republicans' budget plan: "Eat the future." After all, their proposal is all about making cuts to "programs whose benefits aren’t immediate," he writes. The cold, hard truth (bolstered by a recent Pew survey) is that...

Obama to Propose
Middle-Ground
Budget Cuts

Feb 13, 2011 4:28 PM CST

Obama to Propose Middle-Ground Budget Cuts

Proposed cuts will reduce deficits by $1.1T over 10 years

(Newser) - The budget cuts President Obama will propose tomorrow likely won’t be as deep as Republicans want , but they will nonetheless promise $1.1 trillion in deficit reductions over the next decade, according to a senior administration official. Among the proposed areas to be affected in the fiscal 2012 budget:...

Freshmen Squeeze GOP, Wring Out $100B in Cuts

Feb 11, 2011 7:14 AM CST

Freshmen Squeeze GOP, Wring Out $100B in Cuts

Freshman lawmakers drive changes

(Newser) - House Republicans have toughened their budget proposals, after some cajoling from freshman lawmakers: They emerged from last night's meeting with the news that they'll seek $100 billion in cuts, Politico reports. Lawmakers from the 87-member strong freshman class pushed the changes, calling for $100 billion in cuts immediately—not over...

Don't Like My Plan
to Cut $500B?
Then Do This...

Sen. Rand Paul

Feb 7, 2011 11:34 AM CST

Don't Like My Plan to Cut $500B? Then Do This...

Sen. Rand Paul offers challenge to those who don't like his proposal

(Newser) - Rand Paul is trumpeting his plan to cut $500 billion in spending once again , this time in the pages of the Wall Street Journal , where he calls his "a modest proposal when measured against the size of our mounting debt." He runs through its elements—he doesn't touch...

Rand Paul: GOP
Not 'Brave Enough'
to Make Big Cuts

Feb 4, 2011 11:43 AM CST

Rand Paul: GOP Not 'Brave Enough' to Make Big Cuts

Says deficit measures come before party loyalty

(Newser) - When it comes to the budget deficit, Sen. Rand Paul says fellow Republicans "aren't maybe yet brave enough to talk about the cuts to come.”" The new House GOP budget plan is "really not going to touch the problem," he told ABC News . While the...

Poll: Majority Want
Action on Deficit Now

Jan 21, 2011 4:48 AM CST

Poll: Majority Want Action on Deficit Now

Public wants spending cuts ... just not to Medicare or Social Security

(Newser) - Some 56% of Americans want the massive federal budget deficit dealt with now instead of when the economy improves, according to a New York Times / CBS poll, and 62% say they would prefer the deficit be addressed through spending cuts, rather than higher taxes. That preference, however, changed when...

2nd Arizona Patient Booted From Transplant List Dies

Jan 6, 2011 8:27 AM CST

2nd Arizona Patient Booted From Transplant List Dies

Some 100 residents removed from list after funding is cut

(Newser) - The latest casualty of Arizona's budget cuts is, tragically, a true casualty: A patient unable to get a liver transplant "most likely" due to the defunding of the procedure has died, reports the Arizona Daily Star . A rep for the University of Arizona Surgery Department says the patient was...

House GOP Vows to Cut $100B ... From Somewhere

Jan 4, 2011 7:58 AM CST

House GOP Vows to Cut $100B ... From Somewhere

But 20% reduction may be too drastic to be realized

(Newser) - The Republican-controlled House is determined to follow through on its plan to cut $100 billion in domestic spending this year—it just isn’t quite sure where the cuts will come from. The military, domestic security, and veterans are safe, but all other federal programs would face 20% cuts, on...

Deficit-Cutting Plan
Fails to Advance

Dec 3, 2010 10:17 AM CST

Deficit-Cutting Plan Fails to Advance

But it gets 11 votes, just 3 shy

(Newser) - An austere deficit-cutting plan by President Obama's budget commission has failed to win the supermajority required to force a quick vote in Congress. The plan won support from 11 of 18 commission members, however, more than expected just a few weeks ago. As a result, it could shape the coming...

Portugal Screeches to
Halt as Unions Strike

Nov 24, 2010 8:57 AM CST

Portugal Screeches to Halt as Unions Strike

Trains, planes, banks shut down in unions' joint effort

(Newser) - The largest Portuguese unions banded together and went on joint general strike today, the first of its kind since 1988, the New York Times reports. The unions, protesting a government austerity plan amid a debt crisis, halted trains, buses, planes, health care, and banking services. “What’s coming for...

Britain Shrinks Government
With Big Spending Cuts

Oct 20, 2010 4:13 PM CDT

Britain Shrinks Government With Big Spending Cuts

About 500,000 public sector jobs could go

(Newser) - We already knew they were scrapping the harrier jet , but Britain's new spending cuts go much, much further than that: the government announced reductions of an average of 19% across all departments, the Christian Science Monitor reports. They add up to about $128 billion in cuts. Big hits were made...

Cuts, Not
Parades, for
Returning
Troops

Aug 31, 2010 1:14 PM CDT

Cuts, Not Parades, for Returning Troops

As defense spending falls, military services are in danger

(Newser) - Rather than brass bands and parades, troops returning from Iraq could be greeted with pay caps and cuts in benefits—or worse. As the federal budget deficit rises, pressure is being put on Washington to cut military spending, and troops could even lose their jobs if Congress decides it no...

Ghostbusters Fans
Take Over NY Library

Ghostbusters Fans Take Over NY Library

Improv troupe performs scene based on movie; stunt was library's idea

(Newser) - The ghosts arrive first, and they're barely in their seats when the Ghostbusters show up to chase them out of the reading room at the New York Public Library. Both the Ghostbusters and their prey spread laughter throughout the Fifth Avenue landmark before receiving a round of applause as they...

Megan Fox Thinks
Teachers Are Hot

wishes California thought so, too

Apr 8, 2010 10:29 AM CDT

Megan Fox Thinks Teachers Are Hot

She's flabbergasted by education cuts in new video

(Newser) - Megan Fox and boyfriend Brian Austin Green feel quite strongly about the budget cuts affecting education in California. The two co-star in a Funny or Die video showing an appalled Fox being asked to take over an overcrowded classroom that has already lost its teacher…and its janitor…and its...