Posted: 5/19/2013 12:02:00 AM
President Obama’s budget request would raise taxes by nearly $1 trillion compared with current law and cut spending by nearly $200 billion, congressional budget analysts said Friday. All told…
Posted: 3/23/2013 9:22:00 AM
The Democrat-controlled Senate approved its first budget blueprint in four years early Saturday, a political milestone that capped months of GOP criticism and set the stage for direct negotiations…
Posted: 2/17/2013 12:10:00 AM
As deadlines go, the March 1 sequester lacks punch. Nobody’s taxes will go up; the U.S. Treasury won’t run out of cash. Government offices won’t immediately turn out the lights and lock the doors.…
Posted: 2/12/2013 12:07:00 AM
When President Obama delivers his State of the Union address Tuesday evening, here’s one thing you won’t hear: an ambitious new plan to rein in the national debt. In recent weeks, the White H…
Posted: 12/30/2012 12:02:00 AM
Senate negotiators labored late into Saturday over a last-ditch plan to avert the “fiscal cliff,” struggling to resolve key differences over how many wealthy households should face higher income t…
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Senate Democrats Pass $3.6 Trillion Budget
March 23, 2013
Obama Golfs, Congress Leaves Town As Budget Cuts Loom
February 17, 2013
Obama Alarms Deficit Hawks on 'Debt Stabilization'
February 12, 2013
Rates, Estate Tax Are Sticking Points in Possible Deal
December 30, 2012
One Million Jobs Already Lost Due to Fiscal Cliff
October 26, 2012
How Obama Failed to Clinch the Debt Deal
March 19, 2012
$3Trillion Debt Deal Urged by Senate Democrats
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New ‘Gang of Six’ Deficit Plan Could Break the Deadlock
July 19, 2011
Obama Ups the Ante with Social Security, Medicare Cuts
July 7, 2011
