Obama Deficit Reduction

How Obama Survived A Brush With Political Disaster

The New Republic | Noam Scheiber | Posted 02.13.2012

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Shortly after four o'clock on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 13, 2011, U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner walked down the hallway near his office...

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'What The Hell Are We Paying You For?'

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 11.29.2011

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) slammed President Barack Obama at a press conference in Camden, N.J. Monday for the super committee's failure. "...

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A Fateful Weekend for U.S. Fiscal Stability

Bill George | Posted 01.22.2012

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The fate of the fiscal stability of the United States was sealed on the weekend of December 4-5, 2010.

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Obama Warns Super Committee Co-Chairs Not To Change Triggers In Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- With the deadline fast approaching for the congressional super committee to make its deficit reduction recommendations, President Barack...

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Postal Workers, Allies Decry 'Manufactured' Crisis At Agency

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Postal workers and their supporters plan to rally in congressional districts across the country Tuesday afternoon, hoping to convince th...

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Has the President Turned the Corner?

Peter Smirniotopoulos | Posted 11.26.2011

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When the Wednesday morning of Nov. 7, 2012 begins, we may look back on the week of Sept. 19, 2011 as a turning point in the presidency of Barack Obama and his candidacy for re-election.

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Grim Realities in the Obama Budget Plan

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 11.21.2011

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Obama may be leaning against the right-wing juggernaut, but he is not changing its direction, only slightly blunting its force. He has already given in where it counts by agreeing with the Republicans in August to slash the core of the discretionary civilian budget.

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Obama's Deficit Plan 'Worse Than Nothing' Says Former U.S. Comptroller

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- One of the experts who attended President Obama’s Rose Garden deficit speech is hammering the White House Tuesday, saying the presiden...

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Obama Caters To Base By Taxing The Wealthy, But Entitlement Cuts Loom

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is back in the good graces of progressives. For now. Hours after Obama delivered a fiery speech demanding that...

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Late Paying Your Taxes? Expect A Call On Your Cellphone

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama isn't leaving a single couch cushion unturned in his effort to lower the deficit. A new proposal by the White House woul...

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Obama Debt Reduction Plan Calms Democrats' Concerns On And Off Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's broad new debt reduction proposal has, at least momentarily, managed to placate a community of progressive acti...

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Mark Cuban: The 'Most Patriotic Thing' The Rich Can Do Is Pay 'Lots Of Taxes'

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.19.2011

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Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, said wealthy Americans should pay "lots of taxes" in a post on his blog on Monday. Titled "The Most Patr...

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President Obama Targets Providers, Then Beneficiaries For Medicare Savings

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Obama wants to extract $320 billion in savings from the health care system in his push to trim the deficit, starting with cutt...

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Obama Unveils Deficit Reduction Plan, 'Buffett Rule' Tax On Millionaires

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON — Drawing clear battle lines for next year's elections, a combative President Barack Obama on Monday demanded that the richest Americ...

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Obama Will Veto 'Super Congress' Plan That Cuts Medicare Without Raising Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will veto a comprehensive deficit reduction package if it includes cuts to entitlement program benefits but no ta...

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Obama Won't Include Social Security Reform In Recommendations To Super Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Jilted by Republican leadership during the deficit-reduction talks that accompanied the debt ceiling debate, the Obama administration is...

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White House Report: Unemployment Rate Above 6 Percent Until 2016

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A series of sharp spending battles and a wave of new tax receipts have improved the nation's long-term fiscal outlook, a new report by t...

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Obama Faces Tough Task In Making Case On High-Stakes Economic Issues

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 09.08.2011

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WASHINGTON — Immersed in an intense struggle to cut the national debt, President Barack Obama faces a dilemma that will stay with him even if he...

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Government Borrowing Goes On Under GOP, Obama Plans

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.02.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's all but impossible to glean from the political rhetoric, but government borrowing will grow by trillions of dollars over the n...

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Obama On GOP Budget: `Wrong For America'

AP | By JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 06.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is promoting his new deficit-reduction plan by drawing sharp contrasts with a House Republican budget that he say...

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Obama Debt Ceiling Warning: Raise Limit Or Risk Global Recession

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 06.15.2011

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CHICAGO — President Barack Obama confidently predicted Friday that a divided Congress would raise the nation's borrowing limit to cover the stag...

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Obama: Deficit Reduction Push 'Can't Exempt Anyone'

AP | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says the nation's effort to curb ballooning deficits "can't exempt anyone." Obama spoke Thursday as he met ...

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Obama Tiptoes On Proposed Tax Increases

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — With his striking choice of words, President Barack Obama clearly outlined the greatest perils for Republicans – and for Demo...

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Federal Budget Cut Highlights, Past And Pending

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 06.12.2011

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Some details of the bipartisan spending measure agreed to Friday night by President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Major...

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Obama Prevents Budget Cuts To Favorite Programs

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 06.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were ...

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