ADAM GRAHAM-SILVERMAN is a senior producer at The Fiscal Times. His reporting and writing has appeared in Time, Slate, Salon and The New Republic, among other outlets. Before TFT, he was a reporter and editor at Congressional Quarterly, where he covered foreign policy, the budget and appropriations, and House and Senate leadership.
Posted: 10/3/2010 5:37:00 PM
The messages are hardening in the final month of the midterm campaign, with Republicans slamming Democrats’ big-thinking, big-spending ways, while Democrats are trying to paint Republican ideas as…
Posted: 9/26/2010 7:03:00 PM
Republicans continue to insist on tax cuts for high income earners, including the wealthiest Americans, and even more breaks for small business and others. But they haven't said how they’re going …
Posted: 9/23/2010 12:00:00 AM
Having been accused of being the “Party of No,” House Republicans on Thursday published their long-awaited manifesto of what they would do if they were back in power. The 21-page “Pledge to Americ…
Posted: 9/20/2010 6:00:00 AM
Remember the angry activists in the health care debate? The ones who railed against government intervention, then added: “And keep your hands off my Medicare!” That kind of thinking is working it…
Posted: 9/20/2010 12:00:00 AM
A few days after President Obama appointed Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren to a key oversight role in his administration, he countered accusations that he's an enemy of big business. While cit…
Message War as Campaigns Surge
October 3, 2010
Republicans and the Tax-Cut Money
September 26, 2010
GOP Pledge Would Reverse Obama Initiatives
September 23, 2010
Candidates’ Conservative Contradictions
September 20, 2010
Obama Fights Anti-Business Image
Silver Linings in Primary Clouds
September 15, 2010
Republicans Ebullient as Congress Returns
Anti-Deficit Advocates Face Wary Public
September 8, 2010
Don't Call it a Stimulus
September 7, 2010
Feds Spent Record $3.2 Trillion in 2009
August 31, 2010
Republicans Preview Fall Economic Attacks
August 30, 2010
Gates Faces Tough Budget Challenges
August 27, 2010
CBO Contradicts GOP Stimulus Claims
August 25, 2010
CBO: Keeping Tax Cuts Means More Debt
August 23, 2010
Remember The $787 Billion Stimulus?
August 19, 2010
Democrats Score Victory on State Aid
August 5, 2010
GOP Assault on Spending Questioned
August 3, 2010
Health Care: Do the Savings Add Up?
August 2, 2010
Battle over Yucca Nuclear Waste Site
July 30, 2010
Zients to Temporarily Head OMB
Deficit Commission Focuses on Taxes
July 29, 2010
Congressional Spending Standoff
July 27, 2010
Democrats Clear War Bill
Senate Breaks Unemployment Benefits Jam
July 20, 2010
Obey Locked in Bitter Fight with Obama
July 16, 2010
Kickbacks Spike Health Care Costs
July 7, 2010
Divide Over Jobs Aid
July 6, 2010
Growth v. Deficit Cuts
July 1, 2010
Earmark Season Begins
June 30, 2010
Foreign Aid Faces Spending Cuts
Robert Byrd: End of an Era
June 28, 2010
New Health Model Faces Tough Hurdles
June 25, 2010
Bipartisan Group Wants Defense Cuts
June 12, 2010
Lawmakers Split Over Fiscal Challenges
June 10, 2010
States’ Costs for Health Care Law
May 27, 2010
War Bill Splits Democrat
May 25, 2010
Congress Lukewarm to Obama Plan
Survey shows Agreement from Left, Right
April 28, 2010
Democrats Seek More From Commission
Liberals Warn About Job Growth
PGPF Sponsors Deficit Forum
April 26, 2010
Pentagon's $32,000 Refrigerator
April 21, 2010
Orszag Sees Action on Taxes
April 8, 2010
Mixed Metro Record on Housing, Jobs
April 6, 2010
No Consensus for Social Security Reform
March 30, 2010
Feds Offer Little Help to States
March 23, 2010
Geithner Says U.S. Credit Rating Safe
March 16, 2010