Posts Tagged ‘Fair’

GOP senator: Fair to put raising revenue on table

A Republican senator says “it’s fair to ask my party to put revenue on the table” as part of the solution to avoid the looming automatic tax increases and across-the-board spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff.” Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Ryan: Shocked at loss, Obama won fair and square

Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan acknowledges that he was shocked when he and presidential nominee Mitt Romney lost last week’s election. The Wisconsin congressman says President Barack Obama won fair and square. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Rubio’s daughter in fair condition after accident

The 12-year-old daughter of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was in fair condition Saturday evening at Miami Children's Hospital after she was airlifted there following a golf-cart accident in a gated community, the senator's office said. Tweet This Post

Gulf Coast senators to Obama: Ensure BP spill deal is fair

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senators from the U.S. Gulf Coast urged President Barack Obama on Friday to ensure that any legal settlement for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill does not undermine a recently passed law that would funnel billions of dollars worth of fines to their states. The U.S. Justice Department and BP Plc [...]

China minister asks Canada be fair with state firms

TORONTO (Reuters) – China’s minister of commerce said on Tuesday that the country’s state-owned companies act as corporations and obey local laws as he asked Canadian regulators to make a “fair and objective” analysis of their involvement in acquisitions. Chen Deming spoke as Canada studies CNOOC Ltd’s planned $ 15.1 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc. [...]

Romney, in interview, says his tax rate is “fair”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he thinks it is "fair" that he pays a lower tax rate on his investment income of $ 20 million last year than someone who made $ 50,000 annually. "Yeah," Romney said in an interview aired on Sunday on the CBS television show "60 Minutes," [...]

Obama Visits Iowa State Fair: Four More Beers!

OSKALOOSA, Iowa – Hours after Rep. Paul Ryan received a rowdy reception at the State Fair, President Obama stopped by for pork on a stick, beer and the chance to reclaim some of the Iowa support that propelled him to the presidency in 2008. An… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

At Iowa fair, Ryan criticizes Obama on economy

Republican Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama is diminishing the future for the nation's children. Tweet This Post

Clinton urges Kenya to hold free, fair elections

NAIROBI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Kenya on Saturday to hold free and fair elections and be a role model for Africa, underlining the need to avoid the bloodshed suffered during the last vote five years ago. The general election next March will be the first since a disputed poll in [...]