Senate Budget Committee

Crisis Averted: Long Division Ace Fixes U.S. Budget

Pablo Andreu | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Senate Budget Committee, Comedy News, Default, US Budget, Satire, Barack Obama, Debt Default, Comedy News

Aaron Ryder, a schoolboy from Raleigh, North Carolina, today solved America's debt crisis by applying long division best practices to the country's budget.

Read Post

Sen. Conrad Unifies Dems Against Ryan Budget. Yes, Kent Conrad!

Roger Hickey | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Deficit, House, Roger Hickey, Sen Kent Conrad, Jobs, Cong Paul Ryan, Campaign for America's Future, Senate Budget Committee, Senate, Gop Budget Cuts, Gop 2012, Gop 2012 Budget, Paul Ryan Budget, Politics News

I never thought I'd have the opportunity to thank Senator Kent Conrad, whose finest hour before retirement could be to help rally his party to fight Paul Ryan.

Read Post

The Social Security Lock Box Hoax and the National Debt

Robert Auerbach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, Al Gore, Alan Greenspan, Senate Budget Committee, National Debt, Business News

Anyone who has examined the U.S. Treasury and the central bank (the Federal Reserve) records knows the national debt clocks on the internet and in New York City generally display one misleading number.

Read Post

Budget Deficit To Hit $1.48 Trillion

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, Congressional Budget Office, US Treasury, Senate Budget Committee, Kent Condrad, Budget Deficit, Politics News

WASHINGTON (By Richard Cowan and Kim Dixon) - The U.S. budget deficit this year will jump nearly 40 percent over prior forecasts, mostly due to the m...

Read Whole Story

Retail Sales Rise For The Sixth Month In A Row

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Neiman Marcus, Gap, Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Moody's Analytics, IHS Global Insight, Ben Bernanke, Senate Budget Committee, Sears, Business News

Despite Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's expectations of only moderate economic growth this year, Americans are less worried about losing their...

Read Whole Story

Senate Test Vote Shows Broad Support For Breaking Up Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Budget Committee, The Financial Fix, Breaking Up Banks, Too Big to Fail, Business News

A test vote in the Senate Budget Committee on Thursday showed stronger support in the chamber for breaking up big banks than had previously been suspe...

Read Whole Story

Deficit Commission Gains Traction In White House

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, National Debt, Deficit Panel, Kent Conrad, Spending, Judd Gregg, Deficit Commission, Medicare, Democrats, Senate Budget Committee, Republicans, Politics News

A bi-partisan commission that would tame the federal deficit by limiting cost-cutting decisions to a select number of lawmakers is gaining traction in...

Read Whole Story

Senate GOPers: We'll Block Health Care Under Reconciliation

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judd Gregg, Robert Byrd, Senate Budget Committee, Healthcare Reform, Ted Kennedy, George W. Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

Sen. Judd Gregg has hundreds of procedural objections ready for a healthcare plan Democrats leaders want to speed through the Senate....

Read Whole Story

Grassley 'Getting Reamed Out' By GOP On Health Care

Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Judiciary Committee, Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley, Gop, Healthcare Reform, Senate Budget Committee, Republicans, Politics News

Most of the commentary on Chuck Grassley's truculence and back-pedaling has focused on his potential primary challenge and fear of the Iowa electorate...

Read Whole Story

At Least We All Now Know What the Health Care Reform Debate Is About

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Douglas Elmendorf, Harry Reid, Health Care Rationing, Congressional Budget Office, Nancy Pelosi, Managed Care, Senate Budget Committee, Obama Administration, Politics News

The following five developments made clear that America is not prepared for what it must do in regard to health care reform.

Read Post

Conrad: Public Plan Doesn't Have The Votes In Senate

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kent Conrad Healthcare, Public Health Insurance Plan, Kent Conrad, Senate Budget Committee, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, G-11, Politics News

Earlier today, Sen. Kent Conrad, the North Dakota Democrat who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, introduced a "potential compromise" on the public p...

Read Whole Story

Geithner Defends Spending Plan, Says Increases Are Short Term

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Senate Budget Committee, Spending, Tim Geithner, Obama Spending Plan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Confronting misgivings, even in his own party, President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the econ...

Read Whole Story