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Obama Makes New Budget Sales Pitch; GOP Strikes Back

February 14, 2011 • Monday was another engagement in what's likely to be a long twilight struggle between President Obama and Republicans over the best way to get the nation's fiscal house in order while providing the best climate for future economic growth.

The Two-Way

It's Budget Day: Obama To Present $3.7 Trillion Plan For 2012

February 14, 2011 • The administration also projects that the deficit for the current year will surge to an all-time high of $1.65 trillion.

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House Tea Partiers Force Deeper Spending Cuts Of $100 Billion

February 11, 2011 • Tea Party House freshmen have exerted their power, forcing their leaders to keep a campaign pledge. House leaders appeared ready to compromise on a campaign pledge to cut $100 billion in spending with $74 billion in cuts.

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Obama To Propose 5-Year Discretionary Spending Freeze

January 25, 2011 • The 5-year freeze proposal expands on Obama's earlier call for a 3-year freeze on discretionary spending. The problem is, freezing discretionary spending doesn't solve the overall fiscal problem which is driven more by entitlement spending.

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House GOP Proposes $2.5 Trillion In Spending Cuts Over 10 Years

January 20, 2011 • To get their savings House Republicans targeted many programs they've had in the sights for decades. Besides cutting money to implement the health care law, the proposed cuts would include the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Amtrak.

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