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Budget Battles

  • GOP Candidates Do Vegas Tonight

    By Dan Balz, The Washington Post

    The GOP contenders for the presidential nomination will meet in Las Vegas for their fifth exchange since Labor Day and their eighth of the year.

  • Cain Formerly Opposed Part of 9-9-9 Plan

    By ZEKE MILLER, Business Insider

    Newly-minted GOP front-runner Herman Cain is best known for his 9-9-9 tax plan, but it turns out he opposed a key component of it — a national sales tax — less than a year ago.

  • Why Romney Is Inevitable

    By Philip Rucker and PERRY BACON JR., The Washington Post

    Buoyed by a series of strong debate performances, Mitt Romney is suddenly attracting new support from major donors and elected officials, some of whom had resisted his previous entreaties, as people...

  • 5 Things to Look for in the GOP Debate

    By NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, The Washington Post

    For 90 minutes in New Hampshire tonight, eight Republican presidential hopefuls will sit around a wooden table and take shots at each other and President Obama. The theme of The Washington Post/...

  • The Policy Obama and Cain Agree on: Benign Neglect

    By Eric Pianin and Merrill Goozner

    African-Americans are beset by a staggering 16 percent unemployment rate that is double that of white Americans, and many black politicians and activists have been clamoring for help. But neither...