Senate Budget Committee

Deficit Commission Gains Traction In White House

Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics


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...

Senate GOPers: We'll Block Health Care Under Reconciliation

The Hill | Alexander Bolton | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


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

Grassley 'Getting Reamed Out' By GOP On Health Care

Washington Post | Ezra Klein | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics


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...

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

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics


Stanton Peele

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

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

The Washington Post | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics


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

Geithner Defends Spending Plan, Says Increases Are Short Term

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


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