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President Barack Obama met with congressional leaders as no one predicted a breakthrough to avert $85 billion in federal spending cuts set to start before midnight.
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Almost 6 million people with federal student loans would see their payments reduced under an Obama administration plan that would let them consolidate debt.
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Tuition and fees at U.S. public universities soared 8.3 percent this year, twice the rate of inflation, to an average $8,244, a College Board report found. Nonprofit private college costs rose 4.5 percent to $28,500.
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President Barack Obama will propose tonight a five-year freeze of non-security discretionary spending as a way to reduce the federal budget deficit .
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Treasuries climbed, pushing yields on 10- and 30-year debt down the most this year, as an official said President Barack Obama will propose a five-year freeze of non-security discretionary spending to help cap deficits.
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Forget binders. Christi-Marie Butler is worried about labels.
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President Barack Obama ended months of internal White House debate by siding with a group of mostly female advisers who urged him not to limit a health-care law mandate to provide contraceptives, even at the risk of alienating Catholic voters in November, people familiar with the discussions said.
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President Barack Obama today is seeking to make the case that a $90 million fund he proposed in his budget for education technology will spark a transformation in schools.
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President Barack Obama’s administration will bypass Congress to override the nation’s main public-education law, granting waivers to states if they agree to his schools agenda.
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