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House Budget Committee Democrats Urge Abolition of Debt Limit

House Budget Committee Democrats Urge Abolition of Debt Limit

by Zachary Miller | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON – The federal debt ceiling has caused headaches for decades. Now, House Democrats are considering the value of doing away with it altogether. “The debt ceiling has become a political weapon used to extract concessions, or more recently, simply score...
Expanding financial technology access a solution to racial wealth gap

Expanding financial technology access a solution to racial wealth gap

by Ellisya Lindsey | Feb 2, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — The right technology could aid in mitigating the racial gap in financial health and wealth by making these services more accessible to underbanked communities, panelists shared in a webinar on Wednesday. “What fintech really does is it enables community...

White House, nonprofits push for education tech upgrades

by Jeanne Kuang | Mar 18, 2014 | Education

WASHINGTON – Pushed by the Obama administration, the Federal Communications Commission and private groups are working together to bring speedier Internet access to public schools across the country. In June 2013, President Barack Obama announced his ConnectED...
Military to use ground troops more, Special Ops Chief says

Military to use ground troops more, Special Ops Chief says

by Stephanie Haines | Feb 24, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – The military is focusing on using troops more strategically in future ground operations, the head of the Army Special Forces Command said Monday. During a panel discussion on the need for humans in land operations following recent defense budget cuts,...

Affordable Care Act will increase income for poorest Americans, Brookings study shows

by Sophia Bollag | Jan 27, 2014 | Living

WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act will increase income for the poorest 20 percent of Americans because of the value of the subsidies – an unintended benefit of the health care law, a Brookings Institution study released Monday said. Although the ACA was not...
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