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Budget Battles

  • Why March Madness Matters to Obamacare

    By David Morgan, Reuters

    With the clock running down on Obamacare enrollment, the administration sought to persuade young people to sign up for health coverage on Tuesday by telling them how much it hurts not be insured -...

  • 7 Russians Slapped with U.S. Sanctions

    By GRIFF WITTE and KAREN DE YOUNG and WILLIAM BRANIGIN, The Washington Post

    The United States and the European Union on Monday slapped sanctions on Russian and Ukrainian officials deemed responsible for Crimea’s effort to join Russia, following through on a pledge by the...

  • <p>Residents are transported in a lifeboat to avoid floodwater in Cockermouth, northern England November 20, 2009. Parts of Britain are set to be battered by the worst storm of the year so far, forecasters warned earlier this month, with heavy rain and

    Stemming the Tide of Federal Flood Insurance Costs

    By Timothy R. Homan, The Fiscal Times

    What Happened: Congress has passed legislation to sharply scale back the higher insurance premiums for hundreds of thousands of homeowners who have federal flood insurance policies. The bill would...

  • Ted Cruz Is Blowing Smoke About the ACA and Part-Time Jobs

    By Rob Garver

    Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been all over the news in the past week, often railing against the Affordable Care Act, “every word” of which he is still vowing to repeal. One of Cruz’s oft-repeated lines of...

  • House Bill Would Quicken Lawsuits Against President

    By Timothy R. Homan, The Fiscal Times

    What Happened: The Republican-controlled House of Representatives yesterday passed a bill that would ease the way for Congress to sue a president who doesn’t fully enforce a law or who implements...