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Budget Battles

  • The One Simple Measure That Would Save Social Security

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Social Security already appears to be running aground, just two decades before the program — which accounts for about 20 percent of federal spending — is projected to crash into insolvency.

  • Conservative Super PACs Outraised Liberals 3-to-1

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    Conservative groups and the Republican candidates they support continue to be the big winners from a surge in independent campaign contributions unleashed by the 2010 Citizens United decision, a new...

  • GOP Govs Fight with Hospitals over Medicaid Opt-In

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    Hospitals in states with Republican governors that are opting out of Medicaid expansion are pressuring their state leaders to reconsider, citing a rise in costs and a devastating effect on the states...

  • Wall Street Week Ahead: All Eyes on Fed (Again)

    By Rodrigo Campos, Reuters

    The S&P 500 tortoise continues to beat the skeptics. In the absence of data or policy catalysts and with the S&P 500 near four-year highs, market participants are hoping technical indicators...

  • Fiscal Cliff: Defense Cuts Threaten a Brain Drain

    By David Lawder, Reuters

    The uncertainty over automatic cuts in U.S. defense spending to be triggered in January because of congressional inaction has spread to the engineers and project managers in South Florida's aerospace...