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Appearing on the Charlie Rose show Tuesday night, White House budget chief Peter Orszag was surprisingly noncommittal about the idea of extending unem...
Robert Kuttner | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
As unemployment continues to rise, deficit hawks are upping their efforts to use the economic crisis as a pretext for gutting basic social programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
Months ago, when President Obama made healthcare his top domestic priority and picked the White House team to make it happen, he selected individuals ...
The Associated Press | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (AP)-- The health insurance industry doesn't want Congress to let you off easy if you decide to ignore a proposed requirement that all Amer...
Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2009 | Style
Politico turned up at DC's Meridian Ball on Friday night to capture Washington's nightlife at its most glam. They interviewed OMB Director (and HuffPo...
Huffington Post via Politico | Posted 11.11.2009 | Style
Washington D.C. may be home to many staffers, but it's also a hot spot for singles. Politico surveyed the pickings and came up with a list of the most...
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
Private health-insurance and pharmaceutical industry lobbyists are threatening the health and stability of America. Some argue that this is equivalent to crimes against humanity.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
A group of prominent health care experts, including members of a Congressional Budget Office advisory panel, are taking the Obama White House's side i...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
Slightly after noon on an otherwise slow-news Saturday, journalists began turning their attention to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released e...
MSNBC | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
"Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag accused Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf of 'overstepping' in a Web post Sat...
Lenore Skenazy | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York
Since when did we decide that parents have to be there for every school outing?
The Progress Report | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
Throughout his campaign for the White House, after his election victory, and as soon as he assumed office, Obama was clear that reforming health care would be at the top of his agenda.
Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics
***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** President Obama's Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, accused Senate Republicans on Sunday o...
Bloomberg | Ryan J. Donmoyer and Nicole Gaouette | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration pressed House lawmakers to strengthen legislation to revamp health care, saying it doesn't go far enough to fix a system plag...
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.29.2009 | Style
The women of Washington D.C. aren't the only ones in the style spotlight! The lawmaking men on the hill are also expected to meet today's sartorial st...
Max Stier | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
If our legislative leaders really want a clearer picture of what's going on within the executive branch, they would be wise to listen closely to the opinions of government employees.
Roni Zeiger | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
Consumers need to be part of the health care conversation and doctors and patients alike need better access to basic data about what works and what doesn't.
Financial Times | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
As the healthcare debate picks up in the US, there has been much discussion about how to pay for it. Coinciding with this debate are vocal concerns ab...
Sandy Maisel | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
The President is clearly the agenda setter, but he is not, as President Bush tried to be, "the decider." The verdict on Obama is clearly still out, but the early returns are positive.
Josh Dorner | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green
Rather than being some shadowy "White House document" objecting to those overzealous greens at the EPA, it could have been written by almost anyone within the vast federal bureaucracy.
RJ Eskow | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
Is Obama behind schedule on defining his health policy? That's the wrong question. He's on a different schedule, one that favors process over policy.
newyorker.com | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
A few weeks ago, Peter Orszag, President Obama's trim, apple-cheeked budget director, stretched out in the green room of what has become, in recent ye...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2009 | Style
Getting dressed for one's first Cabinet meeting is probably not unlike getting dressed for the first day of school. See how Obama's staff decided to d...
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
White House Budget Director/HuffPost commenter favorite Peter Orszag went on "The Daily Show" Wednesday night and actually explained President Obama's...
New York Times | Jodi Kantor | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics
At 6 in the morning, Peter R. Orszag is racing: across wet pavement for a 35-minute run, into a shower and a suit, and through a living room that loo...
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The Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics