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Republicans Unveil $1 Trillion Spending Bill; Update: Possible Deal?
December 15, 2011 The political wrangling continues in Washington as Republicans and Democrats try to get their priorities enacted even as several key deadlines fast approach.
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One Thing's For Sure, Superfailure Guarantees 'Long Election-Year Debate'
November 22, 2011 The failure to agree on a way to trim budget deficits will give both major parties plenty of ammunition for next year's campaigns.
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Stocks Close Sharply Down
November 21, 2011 The likely collapse of the so-called supercommittee's efforts to put together a deficit-reduction deal and continued concern about the debt crisis in Europe are pushing stocks down on Wall Street.
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GOP Rep. Ryan On Obama's Plan: 'Why Would We Want To Do This Again?'
September 22, 2011 The House Budget Committee chairman airs his doubts about President Obama's jobs plan.
It's All Politics
Washington Post Graphic Shows Lawmaker Votes That Led To Deficits
July 26, 2011 It would have been interesting to see who the 25 percent of lawmakers were who didn't vote for any of the policies the Post focused on. Even Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas Republican presidential candidate didn't make the cut; he voted for the Bush tax cuts.
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Progress Still 'Elusive' On Deficit-Reduction Deal
July 21, 2011 With the clock ticking, negotiations continue. But reviews are mixed on the "Gang of Six" plan that many have been hoping would break the deadlock.
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Obama To Hold News Conference Friday
July 14, 2011 The president is scheduled to take questions at 11 a.m. ET. The main topic: The ongoing deficit-reduction talks. It will be the president's second back-and-forth with reporters this week.
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White House Sees Deficit/Debt Deal Deadline As July 22
July 1, 2011 While Aug. 2 is said to be the day after which the government won't be able to pay its bills anymore, officials say they need a couple weeks to turn a deal into legislation.
It's All Politics
Report: Boehner's Economic View Diverges From Data, History
May 11, 2011 Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, gave us one of American politics's killer lines: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts." It's in that spirit that Bloomberg News reports that some of Speaker Boehner's big economic policy speech falls into "his own facts" category.
It's All Politics
Obama Gets Much Advice For Big Deficit Speech
April 13, 2011 President Obama is getting conflicting advice on deficit-reduction, with conservatives telling him to focus on cutting entitlements while liberals advise him to raise taxes on upper income taxpayers. Indications are Obama will do both.
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Budget Cutters Got Creative To Reach Goal
April 12, 2011 Now that details are out, it looks like there was considerable creative accounting used by congressional budget negotiators to get to their $38 billion total of cuts. For instance, they included $12 billion of cuts already in earlier spending pacts.
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Obama Waited For GOP To Reveal Deficit-Reduction Hand
April 11, 2011 President Obama has been criticized for not leading with a major proposal to cut federal spending, letting Republicans go first. But now he is able to present his own proposal as a response to the most controversial aspects of the GOP plan, the cuts to entitlements and no tax increases for the rich.
