Posts Tagged ‘Welfare’

House to vote on bill preventing welfare waivers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is taking up a politically charged bill that would block the Obama administration from waiving any work requirements in the 1996 welfare reform law. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Welfare cuts pose an image problem for British PM Cameron

LONDON (Reuters) – A descendant of King William IV and an alumnus of Britain's Eton College, British Prime Minister David Cameron has struggled to counter the charge he favors the interests of the wealthy minority into which he was born. An outspoken lawmaker in his own Conservative party has called him and his finance minister [...]

Moore Got Incentives for Anti-Corporate Welfare Film

Filmmaker Michael Moore received $ 841,145 in tax incentives from the State of Michigan to make Capitalism: A Love Story, a documentary against corporate welfare, the New York Times reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Merkel coalition agrees welfare changes as poll looms

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition reached agreement on Monday on contentious social welfare issues that it hopes will bolster its support in the countdown to federal elections next September. After nearly eight hours of talks that underlined the degree of discord simmering within her three-party government, Merkel and other leaders agreed [...]

Merkel coalition agrees welfare changes as poll looms

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right coalition reached agreement early on Monday on contentious social welfare issues that it hopes will bolster its support in the countdown to federal elections next September. After nearly eight hours of talks that underlined the degree of discord simmering within her three-party government, Merkel and other leaders [...]

Osborne to slash welfare after next election

BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – Britain's Conservative-led government will trim an extra 10 billion pounds ($ 16 billion) a year from its welfare budget and make cuts across the board in the next phase of austerity if re-elected, its finance minister said on Monday. The 2015 election is likely to be decided on the health of [...]