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                    [Title] => House leader: Obama war powers proposal needs toughening
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U.S. congressional Republicans vowed Thursday to toughen President Barack Obama's day-old legislation to authorize military force against Islamic State fighters, and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi warned, "It's going to be hard" to find common ground.

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President Barack Obama asked the US Congress on yesterday to authorize military force to "degrade and defeat" Islamic State forces in the Middle East without sustained, large-scale US ground combat operations, setting lawmakers on a path toward their first war powers vote in 13 years.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-12 02:46:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249296 [AuthorName] => David Espo and Nedra Pickler [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150212/obama-joint-news-conference-merkel.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1341192 [Title] => Obama seeks power to return immigrant children [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama is asking Congress for increased powers to send unaccompanied children from Central America back to their home countries from the US border they tried to cross illegally, setting up a confrontation with immigration activists.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-01 06:13:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1257825 [Title] => GOP sees health care law as big 2014 opportunity [Summary] =>

In his West Virginia district, the TV ads attacking Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall over the calamitous startup of President Barack Obama's health care law have already begun.

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Democrats and Republicans regularly warn about the dire consequences of legislation they don't like. Often it's gloom-and-doom partisan hype.

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 The Senate passed legislation early New Year's Day to neutralize a fiscal cliff combination of across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts that kicked in at midnight. The pre-dawn vote was a lopsided 89-8.

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Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and US congressional leaders announced a historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default.

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President Barack Obama and Congress’ top Republican signaled a new flexibility in budget talks aimed at averting the first-ever US debt default. But a deal remained tenuous, with each side pushing ideas considered untenable by the other.

[DatePublished] => 2011-07-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 703670 [Title] => Obama, lawmakers see urgency in budget deal [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama and Congress' top Republican signaled a new flexibility in budget talks aimed at averting the first-ever U.S. debt default. But a deal remained tenuous, with each side pushing ideas considered untenable by the other.

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In prodding Congress to act swiftly to avoid a government default on its financial obligations, President Barack Obama has Isaac Bassett and a long history of procrastination conspiring against him.

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