On improving the criminal justice system, Holder said the government is providing increased support for programs offering quality legal representation to people who cannot afford it.

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Third, it helps out-of-work Americans by extending unemployment benefits to help them support their families while looking for work and reforming the system with training programs that build real skills, connect to real jobs and help the long-term unemployed.

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Third, the American Jobs Act of 2011 helps out-of-work Americans by extending unemployment benefits to help them support their families while looking for work, and by reforming the system with training programs that build real skills, connect to real jobs, and help the long-term unemployed.

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The decreased allocation of funds to NASA programs was reported in the press as early as Feb. 13, lowering available funds for planetary science programs that support Mars exploration and missions to outer planets in the Solar System.

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If our elected officials truly want to modify a system in a creative way, why not at least allow small pilot projects for purely optional premium support programs for seniors who want to find cheaper insurance more tailored to their own needs?

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Indeed, even if the President chose to press for more borrowing or printing, he could, at best, only do so in support of the existing entitlement programs as it would take an act of Congress to expand the system.

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