Deficit Commission

Jason Linkins

White House Considers Punting Deficit Problem To 'Bipartisan' Commission

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Budget Deficits, Social Security, Politics News, Deficit Commission, Judd Gregg, Medicaid, Medicare, Kent Conrad, Barack Obama, Politics News

CNN reports today that President Barack Obama is now "seriously considering" using an executive order to spur the creation of that high-toned monument...

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Jason Linkins

Washington Post Now 'Panicking' Over Deficits

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Budget Deficits, Social Security, Politics News, Fearmongering, Deficit Commission, Judd Gregg, Medicaid, Medicare, Washington Post, Kent Conrad, Politics News

It's the nattering of the Post's Sudden Deficit Hawks, screeching about how "It's time to stop worrying about the deficit -- and start panicking about the debt."

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Sam Stein

Bush Deficit Hurting Obama: Reports

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Deficit, Bush Deficit, Blame for Deficit, Obama, Deficit Commission, Obama Deficit, Politics News

The emerging narrative in political circles is that the White House has a deficit problem. Glenn Beck, over at Fox News, insists that Obama is "spendi...

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Jason Linkins

Deficit Commission Proposal Designed As A Horrorshow Of Legislative Dysfunction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Budget Deficits, Politics News, Social Security, Deficit Commission, Judd Gregg, Medicaid, Medicare, Kent Conrad, Politics News

Congressional creatures have been astir lately, with plans to shift the decision-making process on curbing deficits to a blue-ribbon commission that w...

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Jason Linkins

Evan Bayh Burnishes His Fake Budget Hawk Persona

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Budget Deficits, War in Afghanistan, Deficit Commission, Evan Bayh, War Tax, Media News

One of the things we re-learned on Sunday is that Evan Bayh is a big fan of pretending that the cost of the war in Afghanistan doesn't ever need to be...

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Deficit Commission Gains Traction In White House

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, National Debt, Deficit Panel, Kent Conrad, Spending, Judd Gregg, Deficit Commission, Medicare, Democrats, Senate Budget Committee, Republicans, Politics News

A bi-partisan commission that would tame the federal deficit by limiting cost-cutting decisions to a select number of lawmakers is gaining traction in...

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Jason Linkins

Insane Deficit Commission Idea Gathers Momentum

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medicaid, Medicare, Deficit Commission, Budget Deficits, Social Security, Politics News

The deficits! Your Beltway media is sore afraid of them! But like a family who goes to live in a haunted house only to refuse to move out once the a...

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