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The U.S. tax code has many politically sacrosanct tax breaks and few rank higher than the deduction for home mortgage interest.
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India's government has announced an inquiry into the lobbying practices of Wal-Mart after a report that the giant retailer had pressed U.S. lawmakers to help gain access to foreign markets.
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NEW DELHI, Dec 12- India's government announced an inquiry into lobbying practices by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Wednesday after a report that the giant retailer had pressed U.S. lawmakers to help gain access to foreign markets.
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*Executives sent letter to Obama, Congress, urging action. WASHINGTON, Dec 3- U.S. weapons industry executives on Monday urged the White House and Congress to end what one CEO called "political theater" and act to avoid looming automatic budget reductions that will cut projected military spending by another 10 percent this year.
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*White House dismisses Republican proposal. The White House dismissed the proposal and said it contained no new ideas. Both the Republican and White House plans would rely on spending cuts and increased tax revenue to trim budget deficits by more than $4 trillion over the coming 10 years.
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*Fifteen days left in lame-duck session of Congress. WASHINGTON, Nov 29- With time running out, agricultural leaders in Congress vowed on Thursday to do everything they can to pass a farm bill that cuts spending by at least $23 billion- savings that could assure support by lawmakers determined to reduce the federal deficit.
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*Fifteen days left in lame-duck session of Congress. WASHINGTON, Nov 29- With time running out, agricultural leaders in Congress vowed on Thursday to do everything they can to pass a farm bill that cuts spending by at least $23 billion-- savings that could assure support by lawmakers determined to reduce the federal deficit.
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*Govt says lobbyist overlooking ArcelorMittal's business practices. PARIS, Nov 29- The head of France's employers' union branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.
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LONDON, Nov 29- A senior judge who presided over a year-long inquiry into the standards and ethics of the British press delivered his verdict on Thursday.
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LONDON, Nov 29- A senior judge who presided over a year-long inquiry into the standards and ethics of the British press delivered his verdict on Thursday.
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*Govt says lobbyist overlooking ArcelorMittal's business practices. PARIS, Nov 29- A top French business lobbyist branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.
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*Govt says lobbyist overlooking ArcelorMittal's business practices. PARIS, Nov 29- The head of France's employers union branded government plans to take over ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks as "scandalous" on Thursday, leading the government to accuse her of overlooking the company's practices.
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The revolving door between Washington and Wall Street is an oft-noticed phenomenon here, but in recent years, the migration from Congress to the financial services firms that are trying to stave off greater federal regulation has become more pronounced. The NYT reports.
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The Supreme Court has handed lobbyists a new weapon. A lobbyist can now tell any elected official: if you vote wrong, my company, labor union or interest group will spend unlimited sums explicitly advertising against your re-election.
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The New York Times reports on some of the hidden compromises in the final version of the Senate's health care reform bill.
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As the Senate prepares to tackle global warming, the nation’s energy producers, once united, are battling one another over policy decisions worth hundreds of billions of dollars in coming decades.
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Hedge funds, trying to separate themselves from the big Wall Street banks, are stepping up their efforts to head off new regulation from Washington. The New York Times reports.
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Harry and Louise have changed their minds about health care reform. The fictional suburban couple featured in a series of national television spots sponsored by the health insurance industry in 1993 and 1994 stoked fears that helped doom a government-created health plan promoted by a Democratic president, Bill Clinton.