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Budget Battles

  • Obama’s Real Presidential Swing State – Greece

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    As the presidential campaigns kick into high gear, fears about the perpetually floundering Greek economy and the European sovereign debt crisis are once again surfacing, with major implications for...

  • Romney's Goal: Energy Independence by 2020

    By Steve Holland, Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will lay out policies on Thursday aimed at achieving North American energy independence by 2020 by pursuing a sharp increase in production of oil and...

  • Why Serious Talk of Balancing the Budget Went Bust

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    There was a time not too long ago when a balanced budget was the Holy Grail of the GOP, and Democratic President Bill Clinton put the government on track for four straight years of surpluses. But in...

  • 4 Ways the GOP Convention Can Win it for Romney

    By Edward Morrissey

    Next week’s Republican convention marks the real start of the presidential campaigns. That’s when voters typically start paying attention to the election and assessing the candidates and the issues...

  • Cyber War: Why the Government Can’t Keep Us Safe

    By Liz Peek

    President Obama is incensed that Congress failed to pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 and is once again considering enacting some of the bill’s measures through executive order. While the president...