Obamas Budget

Should Homeless People Be Sheltered Or Diverted? Obama Budget Renews Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.16.2012

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Every night, homeless shelters across the country turn away thousands of people seeking beds -- and not just because they're full, though they often a...

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Paul Ryan, Jeff Sessions Warn Obama's Budget Could Make The U.S. Like Greece

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 02.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget plan does nothing to address mounting debt and could lead the country into a European-styl...

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Why Does (Almost) Everyone Hate the IPAB?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 06.20.2011

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The IPAB is the Independent Payment Advisory Board established in the health reform bill to help keep Medicare spending under control. Sounds good, right? Here's why so many groups fear its power.

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Paul Ryan Throws A Poisoned T-Bone Towards The Blue Dogs

Howie Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week Ryan did something he had never ever, ever thought he would do -- he voted against the rich, corrupt banksters who have completely financed his disgraceful political career.

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Democrats Want To Cut Down Obama's Budget

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alarmed by rising deficit predictions, Congressional Democrats prepared Tuesday to pare spending in President Obama's budget and limit some middle-cla...

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Kent Conrad: Obama's Budget Lacks Votes To Pass

The Hill | Walter Alarkon | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama's budget doesn't have enough support from lawmakers to pass, the Senate Budget Committee chairman said Tuesday. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-...

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Obama is a Young Man in a Hurry, and Just What We Need

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some complain Obama's taking on too much by including health care reform in his overall economic agenda. I think he's getting it just right.

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An Involuntary Lent

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

While I support the president's budget, it does not bring Easter morning to the country.

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Obama's plan to hike taxes meets fierce opposition

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's call to raise taxes on high earners and greenhouse gas polluters met fierce opposition Tuesday from congre...

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Obama Budget Projects Record $1.75 Trillion Deficit

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama charted a dramatic new course for the nation Thursday with a bold but contentious budget proposing higher ta...

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OBAMA BUDGET: Text, Details

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration has released its first budget outline, for fiscal year 2010, documenting the fiscal and economic path that the country will t...

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