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Senate to Uber-Rich: "Help Is on the Way"

Bob Greenstein | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Senate, Congress, Federal Budget Deficit, Economy, Budget, Tax Cuts, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Estate Tax, Recession, Politics News
Bob Greenstein

How did Senate proponents sell their colleagues on the idea of spending so much money to benefit the estates of the wealthiest one quarter of one percent of Americans who die?

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Federal budget deficit sets March record $192.3B

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Friday that the budget deficit increased by $192.3 billion in March, and is near $1 trillion just half...

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Watch and Pray

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

After studying the Obama budget carefully, many of us who have been fighting poverty for years believe this is a moral document, with more commitments to struggling families than any budget in our lifetimes.

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Is Cap-And-Trade Dead This Year?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Democrats are all but admitting that they're killing off cap-and-trade for this year's legislative season. When the time comes, they will be blaming the Republicans, even though their own cowardice is the real culprit.

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Ryan Grim

Lieberman, GOP Push For Military Spending Hike

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.04.2009 | Politics

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The Democratic budget passed late on Thursday night may "tax too much, borrow too much and spend to much" -- in the oft-repeated words of its opponent...

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House, Senate Pass Obama's Budget

AP | DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Acting in quick succession, the House and Senate approved budgets Thursday night drawn to President Barack Obama's specifications a...

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Insane Republicans Reveal An Insane Budget Plan

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Bob Cesca

Congratulations, Republicans, you just released a budget that rewards wealthy corporate executives while blocking any attempt to dig us out of the economic catastrophe they created. Smart!

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A Progressive Budget Alternative

Rep. Lynn Woolsey | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Rep. Lynn Woolsey

Tomorrow, when the House takes up the Fiscal Year 2010 Budget, the Congressional Progressive Caucus will present an alternative budget for the third year in a row.

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Obama's Political Arm Gathers 642K Pledges In Support Of Budget

The Huffington Post | Megan Slack | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Budget, GOP Budget, Gop-Alternative-Budget, Dnc, Democratic Party, Budget, President Obama, Organizing for America, Politics News

Organizing for America, the post-election reincarnation of the Obama presidential campaign's massive grassroots organizing arm, will hand over some 64...

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Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

White House: House GOP Budget A "Joke"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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House and Senate Republicans emerged from an early morning meeting in a closed House chamber Wednesday morning to unveil their much-awaited budget alt...

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Obama Declares Himself President-For-Life (No Fooling!)

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

"I am ashamed at getting my stimulus bill passed so quickly. Republicans, those masters of bipartisanship, offered their sincere efforts to delay this bill for months and, I admit, I ignored them."

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The Elephant's New Clothes

Jonathan Richards | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Jonathan Richards

See how smart you can look on a budget?

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Marijuana No Laughing Matter, Mr. President

Norm Stamper | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics

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Norm Stamper

Our leader doesn't seem to understand that millions of his interlocutor-constituents are actually quite serious about the issue.

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Do You Want a Straight Majority Vote on Health Care?

Jason Rosenbaum | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

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Jason Rosenbaum

It comes down to this: Do you think health care reform should get a straight majority vote in Congress? Or should a few Senators be allowed to single-handedly block reform?

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Counting the Cost of Good and Bad Debt

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

While watching President Obama's press conference Tuesday evening, I was struck by a few things that are often forgotten in the criticism of his proposed budget.

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"The Jim Crow Laws of the 21st Century": Will New York Change?

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics

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Odile Weissenborn

In New York, the 36-year-old Rockefeller Drug Laws may be massively overhauled.

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Budget Deficits and Blow Up Dolls: It's the Economy Stupid!

Dean Baker | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Dean Baker

We're supposed to be up in arms over the deficit projections for 2013 or 2019? That's bit like someone complaining about the lawn not being mowed at a time when the house is on fire.

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Learning Deficits

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

Will Obama's transformative budget survive? As his press conference last night illustrated, it runs a serious risk of drowning in a swamp of cant.

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Ryan Grim

Centrists Demand Smaller Budget, But It's Unclear What They'd Cut

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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Republicans and some conservative Democrats have adopted a simple refrain in opposition to President Obama's budget: it's too big. On Monday, Sena...

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House, Senate Panels Take Up Revised Obama Budget

AP | DAVID ESPO and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's allies rallied around his ambitious budget blueprint as he visited the Capitol on Wednesday, and only hour...

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Elephants With Short Memories

Ed Kilgore | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

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Ed Kilgore

As Republicans continue to shriek about it, they need to be reminded that reconciliation in its current form was largely the creation of the sainted Ronald Reagan.

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Sam Stein

VP's Economist: Budget Reconciliation Shouldn't Be Used For Major Legislation

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

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The Vice President's chief economic adviser said Sunday that the White House agreed that "major" energy or health care policy should not be part of th...

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Time to Dog the Dogs

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

The most treacherous opposition to reform actually comes from within the Democratic Party itself, from so-called "moderate" and conservative Democrats, particularly the Blue Dogs.

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The Big Game Pitcher vs. the GOP

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 04.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Obama Budget, Baseball, John Boehner, Republican Party, Budget, Economy, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Home News
Sara Haile-Mariam

A great pitcher, when the pressure is on, lets the game affect him and starts speeding up instead of executing his pitching strategy. A big game pitcher, slows the game down. Obama is a big game pitcher.

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GOP Divided On Need To Offer Alternative Budget

New York Times | Carl Hulse | Posted 04.14.2009 | Politics

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Congressional Republicans are engaged in a highly coordinated political assault on President Obama's budget, but they are not so united when it comes...

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