Obama Signs Massive Spending and Tax Package
President Obama signed a 1.1 trillion spending bill and a 622 billion tax package after Senate approval, ending budget stalemate until 2016. The package extends child and earned income tax credits to 2019 and allows faster depreciation for equipment, while lifting the 40 year ban on crude oil exports and avoiding a government shutdown. Pelosi called the spending bill a Democratic victory while noting support for solar and wind credits and criticizing the oil export move.
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White House concerns drive Carter email disclosures
Pentagon releases 35 pages of former Defense Secretary Carter emails from his personal account. The messages show instructions on routine office matters and tensions with the White House and media. Carter apologized for using a personal account for official business and lawmakers call for inquiry into mixing communications.
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Iraqi forces halt major IS offensives in Ramadi and north
Iraqi security forces defeated major Islamic State offensives in Ramadi and northern Iraq this week, showcasing improvements in effectiveness of US supported and equipped forces. Col. Steve Warren in Baghdad said Friday that these units are becoming solid fighting forces and performed well.
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Obama pledges to close Guantanamo in 2016 push
President Obama vowed to stay active in the 2016 election year and pressed forward on closing the terrorism prison at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. He said persistence would drive progress on the economy IS fighting Asia trade climate change criminal justice reform and other goals during a news conference.
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Obama hints at using actions to close Guantanamo Bay
In his final year, President Obama suggests he could close Guantanamo Bay with executive actions if Congress balks at a plan to move all detainees by January 2017. David Jackson notes the White House stance amid 2016 political rhetoric.
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30 Percent Republicans Back Bombing Agrabah
A Public Policy Polling survey asked would you support or oppose bombing Agrabah. Thirty percent of Republicans favor bombing the fictional kingdom while thirteen percent oppose and fifty seven percent are indifferent. Democrats show 19 percent for bombing and 39 percent against. The question had no extra context and the name was often misread as Agra bah.
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Obama grants 95 clemencies in a single day
President Obama issued 95 commutations and two pardons in a December clemency push, the largest one-day clemency action of his presidency. Most commutations target drug offenses, including 24 for crack cocaine, with 40 inmates serving life sentences set for release in April.
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Johnson Kennedy Polls and Vote Totals Cited
Source cites Lyndon Johnson at 24 percent with 739 of 925 and John F. Kennedy at 4 percent with 123 of 574. Other figures include 281 of 1187 and 1231 of 2045, attributed to George Lardner Jr. and P S Buckman Jr in Guilty No More forthcoming.
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