Elections

Budget Battles

  • Gay Marriage Added to Democrats’ Platform

    By Aaron Blake and FELICIA SONMEZ, The Washington Post

    National Democrats on Sunday approved the drafting of pro-gay marriage language into their platform at this year’s Democratic National Convention, according to a Democratic source. The news was first...

  • Will Romney’s Likely “Veep Bump” Close the Gap?

    By Eric Pianin

    If history is a guide, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is likely to get at least a small bump in the polls shortly after he announces his choice of a vice presidential running mate...

  • White House Projects 4th Trillion Dollar Deficit

    By Eric Pianin

    The Office of Management and Budget confirmed on Friday that the government will end the fiscal year in September with the fourth consecutive budget deficit well in excess of $1 trillion. President...

  • Romney Adds to His List of Gaffes in London

    By Eric Pianin

    His visit to London should have been a political walk in the park for Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, but instead his unsolicited criticism of the preparations for the...

  • Dismal GDP Adds Desperation to a Divided Congress

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    The economy grew at a dismal 1.5 percent in the second quarter, a cruel reminder that nearly everything tried so far—tax cuts, deficit spending, austerity at the state level, slashed interest rates—...