Defense facing cuts up to $850B over 10 years The Argus-Press Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:12 PM PDT The Defense Department is facing cuts of up to $850 billion over a decade under the compromise struck by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders. | Weak manufacturing report ends early Dow rally AP via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:11 PM PDT A see-saw day on Wall Street is ending with an 11-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow started the day up nearly 140 points after President Obama and congressional leaders said Sunday that a deal had been reached to raise the nation's borrowing limit. | New health care may provide emergency contraceptives The Blue Banner Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:10 PM PDT The United States could soon be taking measures to prevent pregnancies, or at least unplanned pregnancies. Due to the health care overhaul recently passed by President Obama, a panel of experts will begin advising the government this month on just what the new health care system will cover. | Treasurys rise on debt deal, weak economic growth AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:08 PM PDT Treasury prices are up as the two houses of Congress vote on a deal reached between President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders to raise the nation's borrowing limit ahead of Tuesday's deadline. | Coverage with no copay extended to birth control seattlepi.com Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:06 PM PDT share: digg facebook twitter WASHINGTON (AP) â" A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change in women's health care potentially as transformative: coverage of birth control as prevention, with no copays. Services ranging from breast pumps for new mothers to counseling on domestic violence were also included in the broad expansion of women's ... | Conservatives praise Boehnerâs deal but vow ânoâ votes The Daily Caller via Yahoo! News Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:06 PM PDT âThis is a win for the party,â says freshman GOP Rep. Joe Walsh of Illinois, about the debt ceiling deal Speaker John Boehner forged with President Obama to narrowly avert the Aug. 2 default deadline.âThis is a good thing,â he says. So good, his partyâs boss deserves serious praise. âEverybody in that room loves him,â Walsh says about Boehner, referring to the GOP conference meeting he was ... | Obama Weekly Approval at 42%; Liberal Support Remains High Gallup Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:06 PM PDT President Obama's weekly job approval rating for July 25-31 is 42%, by one percentage point a new weekly low for his administration. However, there are no signs that Obama is disproportionately losing support among liberals or Democrats. | | |
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