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ZACHARY A. GOLDFARB

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Obama Cuts Medicare, Social Security for More Taxes

Posted: 4/5/2013 9:42:00 AM

President Obama will release a budget next week that proposes significant cuts to Medicare and Social Security and fewer tax hikes than in the past, a conciliatory approach that he hopes will conv…

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Obama Pushes Short-Term Delay of Sequester Cuts

Posted: 2/19/2013 11:21:00 AM

President Obama injected fresh urgency Tuesday morning into discussions over how to avoid deep, automatic cuts to domestic and defense spending that are set to take effect in 10 days. Speakin…

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Obama: ‘We’re Not a Deadbeat Nation’

Posted: 1/14/2013 2:27:00 PM

President Obama vowed Monday that he would not negotiate with Republicans over the federal debt ceiling, warning that Social Security checks would be delayed and the nation could enter a new reces…

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Government About to Hit $16.4 Trillion Debt Limit

Posted: 12/26/2012 7:50:00 PM

The U.S. government will hit the $16.4 trillion federal debt limit on Monday and turn to “extraordinary measures” to continue borrowing, the Treasury Department said Wednesday, beginning a countdo…

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Why Democrats Now Support Most of the Bush Tax Cuts

Posted: 12/26/2012 1:12:00 PM

Democrats seeking a deal to avert the year-end “fiscal cliff” are trying to etch into stone the signature economic achievement of Republican President George W. Bush by permanently extending tax c…

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TODAY’S BELTWAY BLAST

We've hit the debt ceiling again, and the U.S. is on life support. Are we headed for another blowout?