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Budget Battles

  • Gary Johnson: A GOP Candidate Out but Not Down

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Gary Johnson, a GOP candidate for president and a former two-term governor of New Mexico, was nowhere to be found at Tuesday night’s GOP presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New...

  • Romney Says It’s Time to Stand Up to China

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    The eight Republican presidential candidates spent much of the evening sketching out hard-edged agendas that could plunge the U.S. into a trade war with China and reverse the monetary policies that...

  • Obama Sued by Environmental Groups

    By DINA CAPPIELLO, TOM KRISHER

    Environmental groups sued the Obama administration Tuesday for scrapping a stricter limit for smog-forming pollution, saying the decision violated the law and put politics ahead of protecting public...

  • Mitt Romney: 15 Ways to Rate the Candidate

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney currently the GOP frontrunner, opposes cuts in the Pentagon budget. There are 20 other surprising and provocative facts about the candidate that many...

  • Government Official Defends Solyndra in Emails

    By CAROL D. LEONNIG and JOE STEPHENS, The Washington Post

    The day after a senior Energy Department adviser was told to avoid discussing Solyndra’s application for a $535 million federal loan, he defended the solar company’s reputation in an exchange with a...