Peter Orszag

ObamaHealth: The Prognosis at 100 Days

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ezekiel Emanuel, Peter Orszag, Tom Daschle, Max Baucus, President Obama, Bill Scher, First Hundred Days, 100 Days, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News

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.

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New Yorker Profiles Peter Orszag: How Obama's Budget Genius Was Tripped Up By Jon Stewart

newyorker.com | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Yorker, Peter Orszag, New Yorker on Orszag, Orszag Profile, Ryan Lizza, Politics News

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...

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Dressing For Your First Cabinet Meeting: A Slideshow

Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Slideshow, Peter Orszag, Washington Style, First Cabinet Meeting, Obama's Cabinet, Style News

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...

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Peter Orszag Does "The Daily Show": "This Is A &*$% Big Mess" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Daily Show Orszag, Peter Orszag Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart, Peter Orszag, Peter Orszag Daily Show, Politics News

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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NY Times Profiles Peter Orszag, Obama's "Supernerd" Budget Director

New York Times | Jodi Kantor | Posted 04.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, Peter Orszag, Obama Budget Director, Politics News

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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Orszag On President's And Senate's Budgets: Not Identical Twins, But Brothers Who Look Alike

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Omb Budget, Orszag Budget, Senate President, Kent Conrad, President Budget, Senate Budget, Health Care Reform, Peter Orszag, Obama Health Care, Politics News

Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag downplayed the major structural changes that Democrats in Congress are making to the Obama budge...

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White House Task Force To Investigate Tax Revenue Gaps

Wall Street Journal | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Obama Budget Priorities, White House, Tax Evaders, Peter Orszag, Corporate Taxes, Tax Evasion, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts, Obama Budget, White House Task Force, Obama Corporate Taxes, Obama Budget Plans, Politics News

The White House said it would launch a search for new tax revenues, as Congressional leaders moved to scale back proposed spending increases and tax c...

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For Pete's Sake! HuffPost Commenters Declare Their Love For Budget Director Orszag (SLIDESHOW)

The Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 04.09.2009 | Style

Read More: White House Hotties, Slideshow, Peter Orszag White House Hottest, Peter Orszag, White House Hottest, Peter Orzag Marriage, Style News

Ask and you shall receive! When we posed the question "Who's the hottest person in the White House?" last Wednesday, we neglected to include Obama's B...

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Orszag Calls Out GOP On Budget, Channels Inner Ronald Reagan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Orszag Gop, Reagan Budget, Ronald Reagan, Reagan There They Go Again, Orszag Budget Scary, Obama Budget, Peter Orszag, Politics News

Asked on Sunday whether the Obama administration's budget proposal was, as posited by Sen. Lindsey Graham, a "scary" idea, OMB Director Peter Orszag d...

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Orszag: Give Stimulus Some Time To Work

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Peter Orszag, Orszag, Obama Budget, Obama Budget Plans, Orszag Obama Budget, Orszag Interview, Orszag Cnn, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The White House's top budget official declared on Sunday that "fundamentally, the economy is weak" while saying the administration'...

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Obama's Budget Draws Senate Dem Opposition

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Max Baucus, Obama Budget, Obama Budget Priorities, Obama Budget Wars, Barack Obama Taxes, Obama Taxes, Senate Democrats, Obama Senate Democrats, Obama Tax Cuts, Obama Tax Rise, Timothy Geithner, Peter Orszag, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's proposal to limit itemized tax deductions for high earners is running into opposition from key Democrats i...

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Obama's plan to hike taxes meets fierce opposition

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's First Budget, Congress, Obama's Budget, President Obama, Obama Administration, Peter Orszag, Tim Geithner, Politics News

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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Orszag: Obama Will Sign Omnibus Despite Earmark Pledge

blogs.abcnews.com | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Budget, Peter Orszag, Obama Will Sign Omnibus, President Obama, Politics News

During our exclusive interview today on "This Week" President Obama's chief number cruncher, Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, sa...

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Recovery.Gov Getting 3,000 Hits Per Second

Los Angeles Times | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Transparency, Economic Recovery, recovery.gov, Peter Orszag, Joe Biden, Obama Transparency, Barack Obama, Politics News

The website created by the Obama administration to help taxpayers follow the money -- www.recovery.gov -- is becoming a new Internet sensation....

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Let's Make a Deal Politics

Barbara B. Kennelly | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fiscal Summit, Social Security, Cbo, Economic Crisis, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, Peter Orszag, Entitlement Reform, Medicare, Healthcare Reform, Barbara Kennelly, Health, Health Care, Politics News

Social Security and Medicare did not bring us to this economic precipice or turn our budget surplus into record debt in just eight years, and should not be used as scapegoats.

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Peter Orszag, Obama's Budget Director, Saw His Own Investments Hurt In Financial Crisis

wsj.com | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Orszag Lehman Bond Defaulted, President Obama, Peter Orszag, Orszag's Own Investments, Financial Crisis, Orszag Disclosure, Business News

President Barack Obama's budget director, Peter Orszag, apparently has had up-close-and-personal experience with the financial meltdown. Among his ...

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Obama Signals Shift in Governing Philosophy

Max Stier | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

He is not just saying we need to improve government operations. He's saying we need to put this issue front and center and then he is taking real action.

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Senate Confirms 6 Obama Cabinet Picks, Clinton Not Included

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Eric Shinseki Veterans Affairs Secretary, Janet Napolitano, Steven Chu, Napolitano, Peter Orszag, Ken Salazar, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Eric Shinseki, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, 100 Days, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Tuesday, but put off for a day the vote on his choic...

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Senate Dem Accuses Obama Economic Team Member Of Speaking "Mumbo Jumbo"

The Hill | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House Office of Management and Budget, Omb, Peter Orszag, Bill Nelson, Politics News

A Democratic senator on Tuesday accused President-elect Obama's incoming director of the Office of Management and Budget of talking "mumbo jumbo" inst...

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Obama's Nominees Get Grilled On Capitol Hill Tuesday (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Slideshow, Steven Chu, Obama's Cabinet, Peter Orszag, Obama Nominee Hearing, Arne Dunca, Hillary Clinton Hearing, Shuan Dovan, Politics News

Although all eyes are on Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearing for Secretary of State, Obama has a number of appointees in the hot seat today. If yo...

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Is Obama a Budget Hawk?

Harry Moroz | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politico, New York Times, Peter Orszag, Budget, Transition, Spending, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The president-elect seems to be focused on more than increases and decreases in spending, a framing conservatives and Blue Dogs use to describe just about all government programs.

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Obama Says No Extra Help For Chicago Friends (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Andy Shaw, Video, Obama Economic Stimulus Plan, Andy Shaw, Obama Press Conference, President Obama, Financial Crisis, Peter Orszag, Barack Obama Economy, Barack Obama Chicago, Chicago News

President-elect Barack Obama indicated Tuesday that his friends in Chicago and Springfield shouldn't expect special treatment for their debt-ridden g...

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Peter Orszag Says Goodbye

blogs.wsj.com | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Peter Orszag, Obama's Cabinet, Financial Crisis, Politics News

The U.S. is gaining an OMB director, but losing an economics blogger. On the Congressional Budget Office's Director's Blog, Peter Orszag announced ...

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Today's Obama Press Conference (VIDEO)

MSNBC | Posted 03.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Barack Obama, Obama Press Conference, President Obama, Peter Orszag, Obama Economy, Obama's Economic Team, Obama News Conference, Obama Press Conference Today, Obama's Press Conference Today, Obama Speech March 24, Politics News

President Barack Obama said Tuesday night his attempts to lead the nation out of economic turmoil are beginning to yield results, and toned down his c...

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Where is the Economic Team of Rivals?

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Citigroup, Robert Rubin, Clinton, Economy, Deregulation, Regulation, Free Trade, Peter Orszag, Timothy Geithner, Bob Rubin, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Obama Cabinet, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News

It appears there is at least one area of his fledgling administration that is not open to discussion or debate -- the economy.

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