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Six key senators – three Democrats, one independent and two moderate Republicans – sent a letter to Senate leaders calling for a slowdown in the push for a health care overhaul, in light of the Congressional Budget Office's assessment that the Democratic plan currently being considered would not cut medical costs.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: July 20, 2009 2009

Let's see the White House's budget, the Congressional Budget Office's assessment of the actual costs and a realistic plan for collecting the taxes that will be needed to fund the socialized medical care package.

Democrats intensify drive for health care reform 2009

The MPs, however, heard in private an assessment from Charles Farr, the Home Office's head of the Office of Security and Counter-terrorism, that "sympathy for violent extremism is declining rather than increasing".

Internet biggest breeding ground for violent extremism, ministers warn 2012

That's the canyon between the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of a $9.5 trillion federal budget deficit over the next decade under White House proposals, and the White House's own estimate of $7.2 trillion.

Unhappy Anniversary 2011

Monetary tightening in China is threatening to dent construction-related machinery orders that have benefited Japanese companies, said Minoru Masujima, director of the Cabinet Office's business statistics department.

Japan Machinery Orders Rise But Outlook Is Murky Andrew Monahan 2011

• A campaign in the Islamic world against the "scandalous act" of a British gambling firm calling itself Mecca Ltd challenged the Foreign Office's cultural sensitivities.

Gems from National Archives unearthed after the 30-year rule 2011

South Yorkshire police authority rejected the Home Office's invitation to take part, arguing it would mean the nearest helicopters for them would be based in Derbyshire, Humberside and West Yorkshire.

Police to share national air service 2012

The discrepancy between the Congressional Budget Office's findings and those make-believe numbers from the White House leaves us with an 8.6% shortfall, but that piece of legislation is not our only worry.

Policy Debates Should Use Real Numbers 2011

• A top secret copy of the Cabinet Office's War Book, dating back to 1962, has been released to the National Archives, revealing that one of the secret codewords authorising government evacuation from London before a nuclear attack was "orangeade".

Gems from National Archives unearthed after the 30-year rule 2011

"What we learned in March and April is that, based on the strong German economy, there was more interest for investors to look into German real estate," said Richard Berg , Prime Office's head of investor relations.

Real Estate in Germany Beckons to Investors Laura Stevens 2011