| Ryan's New Poverty Plan — 'Schizo Steroids:' Van Hollen
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| Photograph by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin. Democrats are attacking an ambitious anti-poverty plan from Rep. Paul Ryan by essentially questioning his credibility. And the former vice presidential candidate welcomes it. Ryan, who's considering a presidential campaign in 2016, pitched his new plan yesterday promising "not a penny less" for safety net programs. Yet his budget plan this year would cut $3.3 trillion from safety net programs over 10 years. "Policy and political schizophrenia on steroids," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the House Budget Committee's top Democrat. "The fundamental problem with the proposal Mr. Ryan laid out," Van Hollen said in a statement, "is the total cognitive dissonance between it and the Republican budget he authored earlier this year." Ryan sees Van Hollen's position as a positive one. "It's not a criticism of the kinds of reforms we're proposing, so I see this as a good thing," Ryan said on a conference call this morning with ...
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Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin.
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| Smartphone Freedom for All: Petitioned
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| Photograph by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg iPhones in Palo Alto, California. They may not be tackling immigration reform. They may not be untangling the Byzantine federal tax code. But they are unlocking our cell phones. Congress, deadlocked for many months over federal spending, taxes and debt, agreed on one thing today: Smartphone owners should be able to unlock their devices — switching wireless carriers after their service contracts expire — with a simple software code. And President Barack Obama, who hasn't gotten to sign much legislation lately, is ready to sign this bipartisan bill. "Last year," the president said in a statement issued by the White House today, "in response to a 'We the People' petition from consumers across our country, my administration called for allowing Americans to use their phones or mobile devices on any network they choose. " More than 114,000 people signed this petition. And big wireless carriers — Verizon and AT&T — said in December that they'd let consumers unlock — ...
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iPhones in Palo Alto, California.
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| Iceberg Collapses Off Coast Of Newfoundland, Terrifies Woman On Nearby Boat (VIDEO)
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 Look out below! Boaters off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, got quite the show Tuesday when an iceberg collapsed before their eyes as they were observing floes in the Bay of Exploits. One woman in particular became extremely alarmed by the sinking ice, which generated some sizable waves. In a video, posted to YouTube this week, the woman can be heard screaming as the iceberg collapses into the bay. "Run, Rick. GO! GO!" she exclaims, addressing her husband. "GO! GO!" Identified as Newfoundland resident Wanda Stead, the woman in the video later explained that she feared the waves of ice ...
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