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Obamacare's employer mandate shouldn't be delayed. It should be repealed. — Delaying Obamacare's employer mandate is the right thing to do. Frankly, eliminating it — or at least utterly overhauling it — is probably the right thing to do. But the administration executing …
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Continuing to Implement the ACA in a Careful, Thoughtful Manner — Over the past several months, the Administration has been engaging in a dialogue with businesses - many of which already provide health coverage for their workers - about the new employer and insurer reporting requirements under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Health-Law Employer Mandate Said to Be Delayed to 2015 — Businesses won't be penalized next year if they don't provide workers health insurance after the Obama administration decided to delay a key requirement under its health-care law, two administration officials said.


We're Listening to Businesses about the Health Care Law — From the start, this Administration has encouraged an ongoing dialogue with the leaders of our nation's businesses, large and small. There's more to do, but working together we've helped rebuild our economy.
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ObamaCare employer mandate delayed until after 2014 midterms
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Crucial Rule Is Delayed a Year for Obama's Health Law
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The politics of delaying Obamacare
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Implementing Health Reform: A One-Year Employer Mandate Delay
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Morsi and Egyptian Generals Edge Closer to Conflict — By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, BEN HUBBARD and ALAN COWELL — CAIRO — Egypt's top generals summoned civilian political leaders to an emergency meeting Wednesday just hours before the deadline they have set for President Mohamed Morsi to leave power.
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Mursi, Egypt army ready to die in ‘Final Hours’ showdown — (Reuters) - Egypt's army commander and Islamist President Mohamed Mursi each pledged to die for his cause as a deadline neared on Wednesday that will trigger a military takeover backed by protesters.
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Egypt's Morsi defiant under pressure as deadline looms — CAIRO — Sporadic bursts of automatic gunfire shut down streets in central Cairo overnight as supporters of President Mohamed Morsi clashed violently with opposition protesters outside Cairo University, where the president's supporters had gathered.
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Depth of Discontent Threatens Muslim Brotherhood and Its Leader
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In Egypt, Democrats vs. Liberals
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How Did the U.S. Lose the Egyptian People?
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Senate tacks sweeping abortion legislation onto Sharia law bill — RALEIGH, N.C. — Senators tacked a suite of new restrictions and regulations pertaining to abortion clinics onto a bill dealing with the application of foreign laws in North Carolina family courts Tuesday.
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North Carolina Abortion Bill: State Senate Votes On Restrictive Measure
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Rubio to Introduce Senate Bill to Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks — Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today agreed to be the lead sponsor of a Senate bill to ban abortion after an unborn child is 20 weeks old. A similar measure passed the House last month and a state version is now being debated …
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Could Perry be a player in 2016? — (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick Perry has found himself squarely in the middle of the national political conversation as he clashes with Democrats over a restrictive anti-abortion bill that has drawn thousands of protesters to Austin.
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Texas Democrats Use Wendy Davis Filibuster To Register New Voters
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Bolivian president's jet rerouted amid suspicions Edward Snowden on board — France and Portugal accused of refusing entry to their airspace, while plane lands in Vienna with no sign of Snowden — • Read live updates on the diplomatic crisis — Bolivia reacted with fury …
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BOLIVIAN LEADER'S PLANE REROUTED ON SNOWDEN FEAR — You are here — Home » Evo Morales » Bolivian leader's plane rerouted on Snowden fear — LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday …

Austrian plane search for leaker Snowden enrages Bolivia
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Texas Capital Abortion Supporters chant “Hail Satan” — It's been a very interesting day at the Texas State Capitol. Cahnman's Musings hasn't been following the hearing. Instead, we've been participating in the surrounding events. LetTexasSpeak has been doing a live broadcast …
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Rush Limbaugh: Fox News wouldn't discuss state of GOP — Rush Limbaugh says Fox News did not want him to talk about the state of the Republican Party on the network and he called the move “quite telling.” — “They asked me, what do you want to talk about, I didn't want to talk about Egypt …


State Department bureau spent $630,000 on Facebook ‘likes’ — State Department officials spent $630,000 to get more Facebook “likes,” prompting employees to complain to a government watchdog that the bureau was “buying fans” in social media, the agency's inspector general says.
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OMG! State Department Dropped $630,000 on Facebook “Likes”
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University Tells Student to Remove Cross Necklace — A Sonoma State University student was ordered to remove a cross necklace by a supervisor who thought other students might find it offensive, in a case that prompted even one campus official to speculate that “political correctness got out of hand.”
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Intelligence director Clapper apologizes for lying to Congress on snooping — Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has apologized for a “clearly erroneous” statement he made to Congress over the National Security Agency's surveillance activities.
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Clapper: I gave ‘erroneous’ answer because I forgot about Patriot Act
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