Federal Budget Deficit Reaches $765B In 5 Months
WASHINGTON — Lower tax revenue and massive government spending on the bank bailout pushed the federal deficit to $765 billion in the first five ...
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Miscommunicated Talking Points Cause Republicans to Condemn 'Hairless Spending'
Jerome Halligan | Posted 04.10.2009 | Comedy
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared in front of reporters at the Capitol this morning, and said, "The problem with this budget, as I see it, is a love of unnecessary spending, hairless spending."
Show Us the Money: Iraq Veterans React to the VA Budget
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
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Veterans' funding is about $1.2 billion higher than the amount recommended by leading veterans' organizations, but Obama's budget is still not a slam dunk for veterans.
Going Galt
August J. Pollak | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
Stupid people turn to the stupidest thing ever for the stupidest idea possible.
An Involuntary Lent
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics
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While I support the president's budget, it does not bring Easter morning to the country.
Senate Rejects McCain In Bipartisan Fashion
Chris Weigant | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
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The bottom line of this story is that nine out of forty-one Republican senators just broke ranks with their party and voted to strip a McCain amendment from a budget bill.
Is There a Posse Big Enough to Enforce Sheriff Obama's Will?
Phil Bronstein | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
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President Obama has essentially called for a new moral order. With the economic panic going on, getting a vice grip on our calamity and its perpetrators really is an issue of national security.
WATCH LIVE: Treasury Secretary Geithner Testifies On President Obama's Fiscal 2010 Budget
MSNBC | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifies at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Obama's fiscal 2010 budget. Expected to begin at 10:...
"Earmarks" in Omnibus Budget Bill: Not Pork, Just Obama Proving He Can Be Taught
M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
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So there's some pork in the budget, and Republicans want it out, and if some of it comes out then they can claim they made Obama blink, and maybe they'll vote for it? Wow!
Our Moral Audit of the Budget
Jim Wallis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics
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My prediction is that many in the faith community, especially those on the front lines of serving the poor, will rally around the principles and priorities of this budget.
Republicans Concede Budget Is Hard To Block
Wall Street Journal | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
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Republican congressional leaders ramped up criticism of President Barack Obama's budget proposal, even as they conceded that they likely won't be able...
I.O.U. Who?
Judith Ellis | Posted 03.31.2009 | Business
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The documentary, I.O.U.S.A, was recently brought to my attention and it will probably be the most sobering clip that you will ever see about the state of the economy.
Obama To Lobbyists: I'm Ready To Fight (VIDEO)
AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.31.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama challenged the nation's vested interests to a legislative duel Saturday, saying he will fight to change heal...
Please Raise My Taxes President Obama
Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
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When I was at Harvard Business School, we inherited a joke that has passed from class to class. It goes something like this: the whole HBS education ...
Obama Bringing Troops Home: Are We Ready to Welcome Them?
Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
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Whether it is 16 months or 19 months or 23 months, whether the residual force is 10,000 or 50,000 troops, the president's new plan will create a surge of new veterans coming home in 2009 and 2010. We need to be ready.
Budget Diet
Roseanne Colletti | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living
Dieting is no fun, whether it's for your waistline or your wallet. Now that you've accepted that all-purpose truth, get over your fear and loathing and find $100 you don't need to spend each week.
The Potential Impact of Jindal's Message
Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics
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Jindal's speech is easy to dismiss, but the potential power of his misleading message must be taken seriously.
Obama Budget Relies On Optimistic Economic Forecast
Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
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Rosy's back. The famed Rosy Scenario, coined in the early days of the Reagan White House when large tax cuts and higher defense spending were assumed...
Obama Budget Will Fund Fight Against Mortgage Fraud
Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation would get funds to boost the ranks of agents investigating mortgage fraud, under a budget blueprint unveiled by th...
Obama Budget Will Cap Federal, Military Pay Raises
Washington Post | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics
Civilian employees of the federal government will be limited to a 2 percent pay increase in 2010 under the proposed budget released this morning by th...
Obama's Call to Rebuild
Jim Wallis | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
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This wasn't really a budget speech, or even a State of the Union. It was a call to rebuild a country -- from its infrastructure, to its economy, to its values.
A Balanced What? Balanced Growth, Not A Balanced Budget
Harry Moroz | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business
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The debate about balanced budgets should be employed only in the face of outrageous tax cuts that provide no benefit for future Americans.
Reid Defends Earmarks In Budget Bill
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moved Tuesday to reframe the debate around earmarks, hoping to restore some of the spending power to Congre...
Solving The Buffett Conundrum On Taxes
Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics
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Obama has leaked his first budget outline, and it appears he is serious about attempting to fix this tax policy travesty.
Obama Bans Budget Gimmicks, Making Deficit Bigger
New York Times | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics
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For his first annual budget next week, President Obama has banned four accounting gimmicks that President George W. Bush used to make deficit projecti...
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AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics