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April 30, 2009

AP – FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape

AP – FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape WASHINGTON – “That wasn’t me,” President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was partly him — and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years —…
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April 30, 2009

Obama seeks to change crack sentences

Obama seeks to change crack sentences The Obama administration joined a federal judge Wednesday in urging Congress to end a racial disparity by equalizing prison sentences for dealing and using crack versus powdered cocaine. “Jails are loaded with people who look like me,” U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton, an African-American, told a Senate Judiciary subcommittee…