White House

Budget Battles

  • Automatic Spending Cuts a Possible Bargaining Chip

    By Eric Pianin

    President Obama and a slew of fiscal experts and lawmakers are touting new ideas for automatic cuts in spending and tax breaks if necessary to bring down the $1.5 trillion budget deficit

  • Is Obama Anti-business? Consider the Forest Labs Case

    By Liz Peek

    Reasonable people sometimes challenge the notion that President Obama is anti-business. Look at Wall Street, they say, making millions again. Nary a head has rolled! It is true that President Obama...

  • The Doormat for Congress—Washington, D.C.

    By Louis Peck, The Fiscal Times

    D.C. officials, long taken for granted by the federal government, are still simmering over President Obama’s decision to bargain away their right to fund abortion services for the poor.

  • Biden Deficit Task Force off to Rocky Start

    By PAUL KANE, The Washington Post

    A congressional task force launched by President Obama last week to help cut the federal deficit is off to a rocky start, with some members complaining that the agenda is destined to provide...

  • Obama's Deficit Plan Falls Short

    By Lori Montgomery Wp, The Washington Post

    President Obama’s deficit-reduction plan “falls short” of targets set by House Republicans and Obama’s own fiscal commission and would be unlikely to stabilize borrowing, according to a new...