Debt Commission

Christie's Absurd Claims

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.28.2011

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Governor Chris Christie claimed President Obama came into office in a crisis, and did not lead. Moreover, he suggested the president did not recognize problems and push to solve them. He must not understand the meanings of two words: "filibuster" and "abuse."

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"The Great Flabbergasting": Rachel Maddow's (Surprising) Blind Spot

Paul Abrams | Posted 10.22.2011

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Even brilliance has its blindspots. Maddow's seems to be her continued fascination with Republicans who vote against their own proposals. It is not befuddling at all. With rare exceptions, Republicans never favored the positions they espoused in the first place.

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The SuperCongress Dilemma: Warren Buffett v. Grover Norquist

Ryan Clayton | Posted 10.17.2011

If you had to choose between the advice of successful investor Warren Buffett or political hack Grover Norquist on how to fix our nation's fiscal ills, who would you trust?

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Budget Cuts Mean Job Cuts

Beth Kobliner | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Green Jobs, Grad School, Debt Ceiling, Jobs, Teaching, Tea Party, Healthcare, Budget Control Act, Debt Commission, Business News

Finally! The debt ceiling drama is over and we can all breathe a big sigh of... Wait a second. It's certainly not a sigh of relief that you're hearing...

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Nancy Pelosi: Dems Will Be Forceful On Super Committee But Won't Draw 'Lines In The Sand'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Frustration on and off the Hill is mounting for Democrats who are worried that the newly created debt reduction "super committee" will e...

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Senate Dems Fired Up At Kent Conrad

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.03.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are furious at their lead budget negotiator for crafting a blueprint that they think moves the party too far to the rig...

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Jan Schakowsky Introduces Bill To Raise Taxes For Wealthiest Americans

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) announced legislation on Wednesday that would create new tax brackets for earners who make significantly mo...

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Money Changes Everything: Will the Battle Over the Budget Derail All Bipartisan Cooperation in 2011?

Eileen McMenamin | Posted 05.25.2011

A collection of senior lawmakers gathered at a Washington panel last Wednesday to reflect on the possibility of cooperation across party lines in the 112th Congress.

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Joe Klein: 'Righteous Burghers' Obsessed With Debt Are Ignoring The Economy

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

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Again, I'm not opposed to long-term deficit reduction, so long as it's equitable. But I do wonder why these righteous burghers are leading the charge ...

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Debt Commission Staffers Paid By Outside Groups

The Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 05.25.2011

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...Tthe National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform has also come under attack for its unusual approach to staffing: Many of its employees...

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Barney Frank: Cut NATO Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Public officials on both sides of the aisle are increasingly looking toward the defense budget as a possible avenue for cutting spending...

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Friday Talking Points [148] -- Aliens Landing?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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So the good news this week was apparently that giant mutant space monsters are not, in fact, about to arrive and (assumably) enslave humankind and eat...

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Republican "Principles" Busting Out all Over

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've been agonizing for some time over how as a country we've catapulted so far beyond George Orwell's 1984, which taught us that rhetoric could be co...

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Deficit Commission Fails To Pass Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama's fiscal commission fell short of reaching consensus on a plan to shave $3.8 trillion from the federal deficit over the ...

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An Example Of How Civil Political Discourse Threatens Modern Conservatism

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The conventional wisdom among this city's elite is that if liberals and conservatives would only sit down and actually listen to each ot...

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Scoring a Fiscal and Social Win-Win

David Bank | Posted 05.25.2011

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As policymakers tackle the national debt, they should invest in a national asset: the talent of older adults seeking to put their experience to work in their encore careers.

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Wasteful Development Subsidies Among Cuts Proposed by Debt Commission

Geoffrey Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

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If Congress really wants to rebuild our economy and spur job growth they should start by cutting federal subsidies that incentivize wasteful development and bankrupt our communities.

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Two Of GOP's Most Conservative Senators Back Deficit Commission Plan

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Some of the Senate's staunchest conservatives and one of its most powerful liberals on Thursday swung behind a controversial defici...

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Steny Hoyer: $13.7 Trillion Debt 'The Most Pressing Problem Confronting Our Country'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Wednesday that the country's $13.7 trillion debt is "the most pressing problem confronting our co...

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Deficit Commission: Cut Taxes For Wealthy, Raise Retirement Age For All

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The president's deficit-commission report, scheduled for a vote by the full panel on Friday, proposes to slash tax rates for corpor...

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Social Security Cuts Are Part Of Deficit Plan

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and TOM RAUM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A painful package of spending cuts and tax increases drew sharp challenges from both the left and right on President Barack Obama's...

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Erskine Bowles: Debt Plan 'Will Not Be Some Watered-Down Version Of The 'Chairman's Mark''

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of President Obama's deficit commission will vote Friday on a proposal to slash federal spending and rein in the country's debt....

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Shoot This Stalking Horse for Tort Reform -- The Debt Commission's Bait and Switch

Martha Burk | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was just a lone sentence tacked on to the very end of a long New York Times article titled "Panel Seeks Social Security Cuts and Higher Taxes," abo...

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Even Your Cranky Uncle Can Be Thankful for Social Security

Roger Hickey | Posted 05.25.2011

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Picture everyone sitting around the table this Thanksgiving and the cranky old uncle lobs a political hot potato at you designed to push the conversat...

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Liberal Leaders Meet To Launch Progressive Alternative To Debt Commission's Draft Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) met with labor unions, seniors organizations, and liberal members of Congress Thursday afternoon to develop ...

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