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Budget Deal

Congress Dodges Bruising Fight After Positive Report

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2013 | Politics

(Repeats story with no changes to text) By Jason Lange and David Lawder WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The chances of a ...

GOP Sending Mixed Messages About Obama Effort

Posted 03.13.2013 | Politics

By JOSH LEDERMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — House Republicans are sending mixed signals in agreeing to meet with President Barack Obama f...

Obama Doesn't Have High Hopes For Budget Deal

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.13.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is conceding "we're probably not going to be able to get a deal" on budget, tax and spending issues with Congres...

A Bigger Problem for President Obama Than a Drop in Poll Numbers

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It's a tough place for Obama to be in with the GOP loaded for bear against him, and Democrats ready to do battle hard against him on what they won't accept in a budget deal. It's a problem that's far bigger for Obama than the momentary drop of a few points in an approval poll.

Dems Ready To Fight Obama 'Tooth And Nail' On Major Cuts

Reuters | Posted 05.06.2013 | Politics

By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama must work with a deeply skeptical partner as he tries to undo ...

Krugman: Republicans 'Just Won't Take Yes For An Answer'

Posted 03.05.2013 | Business

Republican leaders will never be satisfied, according to Paul Krugman. The Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist wrote in a b...

Obama Presses Congress To Find Short-Term Fix

AP | By JOSH LEDERMAN | Posted 04.11.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is pressing Congress to pass another short-term mix of spending cuts and tax changes while they hash out a ...

Disparate Treatment

Bob Greenstein | Posted 03.06.2013 | Politics
Bob Greenstein

One of the most disappointing parts of this week's budget deal is its disparate treatment of a lavish estate tax break for the nation's wealthiest heirs as compared to several tax credit improvements for low-income working families.

Budget Deal Before the End of the World?

Beth Armogida | Posted 02.18.2013 | Comedy
Beth Armogida

President Obama and Speaker Boehner are trying to reach a budget deal before Christmas and the fiscal cliff. Screw Christmas and the fiscal cliff. They better hurry up before the Earth explodes on Friday.

Further Estate Tax Cut Would Be a Disgrace

Bob Greenstein | Posted 02.17.2013 | Politics
Bob Greenstein

Policymakers hope to cut federal deficits by trillions of dollars over the next decade, imposing painful sacrifices on millions of Americans. So it's astonishing that they're also considering million-dollar tax cuts for a few thousand of the nation's wealthiest heirs and heiresses.

Wall Street Uses Third Way to Lead Its Assault on Social Security

William K. Black | Posted 01.13.2013 | Business
William K. Black

The "left" is not divided on the need to oppose austerity and the Great Betrayal. Third Way is not left or center or even right. It is Wall Street on the Potomac.

Jennifer Bendery

House GOP Votes To Save Defense Funds They Had Voted To Slash

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.14.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Thursday passed a bill to preserve defense spending in the event that Congress can't reach a budget deal this year ...

A Forced End To Jury Duty?

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.11.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Federal civil jury trials in the United States probably would grind to a halt if Congress fails to reach a budget deal and $600 bil...

Obama Called Steaming Mad Over Failure

AP | Posted 11.10.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is acknowledging he was angry with House Republicans last year when a supposed "grand bargain" budget agreem...

Jan Brewer Strikes Deal After Long Fight

The Republic | Mary Jo Pitzl | Posted 04.28.2012 | Politics

Gov. Jan Brewer and the Legislature's top Republican leaders announced Friday that they have reached a deal on a state budget for next year that holds...

Recipe for a Double-Dip Recession

Robert Kuttner | Posted 06.01.2012 | Politics
Robert Kuttner

With the economy just barely on a path to durable recovery, some very dumb fiscal chickens are coming home to roost on January 1 of next year. This grim coincidence is known as the Triple Witching Hour.

House GOP Plan Criticized As Breaking Debt Ceiling Deal

Posted 03.15.2012 | Politics

By David Lawder WASHINGTON--Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed back on Wednesday against suggestions that their drive for ...

Boehner, Cantor Reportedly Pressing For Deeper Cuts

Posted 03.14.2012 | Politics

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, March 13 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are ready to break a hard-fought budge...

Democrats Refuse to Buckle to GOP Demands for Huge Cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid

Robert Creamer | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics
Robert Creamer

The inability of the super committee to reach an agreement is not a reflection on the "intransigence" of both sides and "unwillingness" to compromise. The far right wants changes in the American social contract that will destroy the middle class.

Three Reasons Why It's Better for the Economy if the Super-Committee Fails to Get a Deal

Robert Creamer | Posted 12.25.2011 | Politics
Robert Creamer

It is far better for everyday Americans if the so-called Super Committee fails entirely to get a deal. The overarching reason is simple.

What Happened to the Republican Party on Taxes?

Jared Bernstein | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics
Jared Bernstein

The Republican Party may revere Ronald Reagan, but they definitely wouldn't recognize each other if they met at a tax policy conference today. Nor would the gipper last for long on the Republicans side of the deficit-reduction super committee.

Bipartisan Group Comprises 'Apocalypse Caucus'

The Washington Post | David A. Fahrenthold | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

On Capitol Hill, they are the apocalypse caucus. Twenty lawmakers, from both parties, who calculate that the best way to fix government is to act as i...

White House Requests Billions In Disaster Relief, Setting Up Fight With GOP

AP | Posted 11.02.2011 | Politics

By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The White House told Congress on Thursday there's a need for more than $5 billion in additional di...

Unions Approve Deal To Close Budget Gap In Connecticut

AP | SUSAN HAIGH | Posted 10.18.2011 | Politics

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut's unionized state employees overwhelmingly ratified a labor savings and concessions agreement Thursday in a second...

Crumble

Shan Wells | Posted 10.10.2011 | Denver
Shan Wells

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