Scott Horsley appears in the following:
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama promised accountability for problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs after meeting with Secretary Eric Shinseki. The secretary has been on the hot seat since all...
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
Voters are choosing congressional nominees in half-a-dozen state primaries on Tuesday. Those states run the gamut in their experience with the Affordable Care Act.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
Prominent Republicans — including former presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Tim Pawlenty — have endorsed a minimum wage hike in recent weeks. And in Vermont, lawma...
Thursday, May 08, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
A Senate committee is grilling Sylvia Matthews Burwell, the nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services. If confirmed, she would oversee the next phase of the Affordable Care A...
Wednesday, May 07, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama is touting a government report on climate change. He's taking steps to limit the greenhouse gases that contribute to a warming planet, but he faces political heat on Capitol Hill.
Saturday, May 03, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
Hollywood starlets will mingle with politicians and even humble reporters in Washington on Saturday night. That can only mean one thing: the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner. The black-tie event has evolved into a glitzy celebrity roast, but it began as a simple chance for journalists to break bread with ...
Friday, May 02, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the White House Friday, in an effort to present a united front on the Ukrainian crisis. The pair held a joint press confere...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
A bill to increase the federal minimum wage was blocked in the Senate on Wednesday, as Democrats failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to bypass a filibuster.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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Jon Kalish /
Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
In the late 1800s, Jewish immigrants brought the Eastern European tradition of synagogue murals to Burlington. Now one such mural, painted in 1910, is being restored.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News /
Elizabeth Shogren
As President Obama returns from his trip to Asia, he's defending the trip's modest diplomatic accomplishments. He says that, while such efforts may not be sexy, they're better than unforced errors.
Monday, April 28, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
In response to events in Ukraine, the Treasury Department added sanctions on seven Russian officials and 17 companies. The Obama administration has refrained from targeting whole sect...
Monday, April 28, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
Congressional Republicans say they want to repeal and replace Obamacare, but they've been light on details of what the alternative might look like.
Monday, April 21, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama is about to leave on a week's visit to 4 Asian countries. It's the latest effort to refocus U.S. foreign policy on Asia. Like earlier efforts, it's struggling to ward off distractions.
Thursday, April 17, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama met Thursday with insurance company executives and a separate group of insurance regulators from the states, discussing their mutual interest in administering the new health care law.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama, like many wealthy Americans, is paying more of his income to the IRS.
The White House released the president's tax return last week. It shows he and the first lady paid $98,169 in taxes for 2013 on income of $481,098. That's an effective tax rate of 20.4 ...
Friday, April 11, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
President Obama bid farewell Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, whose lengthy tenure was marred by the botched rollout of the government's health insuran...
Friday, April 11, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
The move comes about 6 months after the disastrous roll out of the health insurance website. It was eventually fixed, but not before delivering a severe blow to the president's approval ratings.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News /
Frank James
Kathleen Sebelius has resigned from her position as secretary of health and human services. President Obama accepted her resignation, and he plans to nominate Sylvia Matthews Burwell to replace her.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
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Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
When Franklin Roosevelt first allowed Harry McAlpin to cover a presidential news conference, the White House Correspondents' Association objected. Now, it is naming a scholarship in his honor.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
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Scott Neuman /
Scott Horsley : White House Correspondent for NPR News
A three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals appeared divided on Thursday as they listened to arguments in a case on whether Utah's same-sex marriage ban is constitutional.
The ban, approved by Utah voters in 2004, was struck down by a lower court in the wake of the ...