Deficit Talks

'Stealth Change' To Social Security On The Table In Debt Ceiling Talks

Posted 09.05.2011

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Last week, President Barack Obama insisted that nothing could be off limits in talks to raise the nation's debt ceiling. The president was mostly ...

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Obama, Boehner Held Secret Debt Ceiling Meeting Over July 4 Weekend

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.05.2011

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WASHINGTON — Republicans showed new signs of flexibility to break a budget impasse Wednesday, but the White House raised the ante – pushin...

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Biden Speaks After Deficit Talks Break Down

AP | Posted 08.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden says bipartisan budget talks have made headway but that the next step is up to President Barack Obama and ...

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Ratings Agency Warns U.S. On Debt Limit

Reuters | Daniel Bases and Donna Smith | Posted 08.02.2011

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June 2, 2011 11:35:36 PM By Daniel Bases and Donna Smith NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ratings agency Moody's warned Thursday it would con...

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Peter Peterson and the Deficit Ostriches

Dean Baker | Posted 07.23.2011

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Dean Baker

It is ridiculous to be spending so much time yelling about the deficit at a time when 25 million people are unemployed, underemployed or out of the work force altogether.

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Michael McAuliff

Tom Coburn 'Takes A Break' From Debt Gang

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Influential Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) "decided to take a break" from the bipartisan "Gang of Six" budget negotiating team Tuesday, citin...

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Jennifer Bendery

Biden 'Not Pessimistic' About Progress Of Bipartisan Deficit Talks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Vice President Joseph Biden said Thursday’s bipartisan deficit talks with lawmakers were the “most frank discussion we have had” b...

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White House Deficit Talks Coming Apart At The Seams

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 06.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The White House's proposed deficit talks with Congress appear to be unraveling before they've even begun. House and Senate Republican l...

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