Congress panel on debt hits brink of failure
The bipartisan supercommittee wrestled with deep tax and spending divides as it neared a deadline to propose a 1.2 trillion dollar deficit cut over ten years. Both parties blamed each other amid pressure from voters ahead of 2012 elections.
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John Kerry
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Capitol Hill
Washington
No end in sight to debt gridlock
The supercommittee’s collapse mirrors a nation split over taxes and social programs. Republicans press for tax cuts while Democrats demand protections for Medicare and Social Security. With debt at 15 trillion, no leader gains enough support to force a compromise, leaving 2012 elections as the likely arena for change.
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Rick Perry
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Mitch McConnell
Kentucky
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Eric Cantor
Virginia
Dick Durbin
D-Ill
Harry Reid
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Washington
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Congress
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Tom Davis
House
Davis
Quinnipiac
Inmate Facebook Harassment Spreads Beyond Prison Walls
An Oregon woman fears renewed danger as her ex husband in prison for kidnapping may be sending Facebook taunts and photos. Across the U.S. inmates use social networks and smuggled phones to harass victims and intimidate witnesses, challenging authorities to link messages to prisoners. California reports thousands of phones found in ten months, and lawmakers punish smuggling with jail time for staff and visitors, while inmate credit can be reduced but not the sentence.
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Heaphy
John Conner
Whitney Roberts
Conner
Corrections Department
Federal Bureau of Prisons
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