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Obama budget sets up election-year tax fight
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[Reuters] - They also dismissed as a "gimmick" $800 billion in savings from ending wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that meant counting money that was never going to be spent. (Additional reporting by Richard Cowan, Susan Heavey, Caren Bohan, David Lawder and Kim
Obama budget to propose election year spending on jobs, roads
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[Reuters] billion expected to be saved by controlling growth in the costs of Medicare and Medicaid, federal healthcare programs for elderly and poor Americans. (Additional reporting by Laura MacInnis and David Lawder, editing by Jackie Frank and Stacey Joyce)
House votes to give Obama limited line-item veto
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[Reuters] - By David Lawder | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives voted to give President Barack Obama a limited line-item veto authority on Wednesday in a rare display of bipartisanship on bitterly divisive spending and budget issues.
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