Think Again: "History" Isn't a Dirty Word
Crossposted with the Center for American Progress. Last week, Mike Allen and Jim Vandehei at Politico reported that the White House planned on maki...
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Orszag Curiously Circumspect About Unemployment Insurance Extension (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
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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...
How to Abort the Recovery
Robert Kuttner | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics
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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.
Obama's Top Six Health Care Players
LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
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Months ago, when President Obama made healthcare his top domestic priority and picked the White House team to make it happen, he selected individuals ...
Health Insurance Companies Want Severe Penalties For People Who Do Not Buy Coverage
The Associated Press | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics
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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...
Orszag At DC's Meridian Ball: My Date Got Dressed At My Office (VIDEO)
Huffington Post | Posted 10.05.2009 | Style
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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...
Aaron Schock, Desiree Rogers, Peter Orszag Top DC's Singles List
Huffington Post via Politico | Posted 11.11.2009 | Style
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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...
Occam's Razor Can Cut Down the Health Care Lobbyists
Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
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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.
Orszag Victory: Experts Side With White House In Medicare Reform Dispute
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics
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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...
Faced With Bad Health Care News, Obama Turns To Orszag And His Blog
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
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Slightly after noon on an otherwise slow-news Saturday, journalists began turning their attention to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released e...
Orszag Vs. CBO: The Battle Over The Budget Gets Personal
MSNBC | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics
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"Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag accused Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf of 'overstepping' in a Web post Sat...
What The White House Could Learn From A Bronx Soda Fountain Owner
Lenore Skenazy | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York
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Since when did we decide that parents have to be there for every school outing?
The Right's Delay And Kill Strategy
The Progress Report | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics
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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.
Orszag: Republicans Trying To Kill Health Care Reform Through Delay
Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics
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***SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO*** President Obama's Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, accused Senate Republicans on Sunday o...
Orszag: Current Health Care Bill 'Not Enough' To Fix System
Bloomberg | Ryan J. Donmoyer and Nicole Gaouette | Posted 08.09.2009 | Politics
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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...
Who Is Washington's Best-Dressed Man? (PHOTOS, POLL)
Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 07.29.2009 | Style
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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...
Rankings Offer Congress Insider View of Federal Agencies
Max Stier | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics
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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.
Who Is the Most Important Stakeholder in Health Care?
Roni Zeiger | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living
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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.
Peter Orszag: Obama's Plan To Boost America's Fiscal Health
Financial Times | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics
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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...
Obama: Agent of Change or Compromiser in Chief
Sandy Maisel | Posted 06.20.2009 | Politics
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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.
The Faux MB Environmental Scandal That Wasn't
Josh Dorner | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green
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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.
ObamaHealth: The Prognosis at 100 Days
RJ Eskow | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
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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.
New Yorker Profiles Peter Orszag: How Obama's Budget Genius Was Tripped Up By Jon Stewart
newyorker.com | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics
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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...
Dressing For Your First Cabinet Meeting: A Slideshow
Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2009 | Style
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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...
Peter Orszag Does "The Daily Show": "This Is A &*$% Big Mess" (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
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White House Budget Director/HuffPost commenter favorite Peter Orszag went on "The Daily Show" Wednesday night and actually explained President Obama's...
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