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Budget Battles

  • Why Jumping Off the Fiscal Cliff May Be Best Bet

    By Suzy Khimm, The Washington Post

    The very notion of a “fiscal cliff” suggests that the country is approaching a calamitous drop-off at the end of the year — and it would be tantamount to suicide to jump off. But a contingent of...

  • 20 Races that Can Change the Course of Congress

    By Eric Pianin and Merrill Goozner

    The Senate may be in play depending on which presidential candidate's coattails are strong enough to pull his party to victory. Even though the House is likely to remain a GOP majority, 10 races tell...

  • Hurricane Sandy Could Be Obama’s October Surprise

    By Eric Pianin

    As Hurricane Sandy works its way towards the nation’s Eastern Seaboard, the deadly storm may force President Obama to alter his campaign schedule to oversee the government’s response to the deadly...

  • One Million Jobs Already Lost Due to Fiscal Cliff

    By Lori Montgomery Wp, The Washington Post

    The “fiscal cliff” is still two months off, but the scheduled blast of tax hikes and spending cuts is already reverberating through the U.S. economy, hampering growth and, according to a new study,...

  • 3Q GDP Ticks Up, but Not Enough to Create Jobs

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    Economic growth picked up in the third quarter as a late burst in consumer spending offset the first cutbacks in investment in more than a year by cautious businesses. The stronger pace of expansion...