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  • 5 “Don’t Blame Me” Plans on the Fiscal Cliff Table

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    The two parties are trying to find a way of avoid falling off a fiscal cliff of nearly $600 billion worth of automatic tax increases and spending cuts that would reduce the deficit but send the...

  • Warren Buffett Bitch Slaps the Billionaire Boys Club

    By Jacqueline Leo

    An interesting thing happened on the way to fiscal sanity. Someone actually calculated the difference between Clinton’s 1993 tax increases on the so-called “rich” in today’s dollars. As you recall,...

  • SEC Chief Mary Schapiro to Step Down

    By Reuters

    The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, announced on Monday that she would step down from the agency on December 14. SEC Commissioner Elisse Walter will be designated...

  • Guess Which Senator May Be Key on Cliff Talks?

    By Rosalind Helderman, The Washington Post

    Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) may be the most powerful senator a whole lot of people have never heard of outside of the two Washingtons where she lives and works. As chair of her party’s Senate...

  • G.I. Blues: Petraeus, Budget Cuts, Troop Withdrawal

    By Greg Jaffe, The Washington Post

    These are tough times for the Army. The service is facing big budget cuts and hard questions about its future role in a Pentagon defense strategy that emphasizes air and naval power over ground...