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  • Many of the Rich in Congress Get Richer

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Even a dismal economy didn’t prevent rich lawmakers on Capitol Hill from becoming richer. Congressional members’ personal wealth collectively increased by more than 5 percent between 2007 and 2010,...

  • The Ryan vs. Biden Debate: All Heat, No Light

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    ice President Joe Biden set a confrontational tone in the Thursday vice presidential debate, referring to Republican opponent Rep. Paul Ryan as a “friend” whose arguments were “malarkey” when his...

  • Five Key Players Who Can Throw Us Over the Fiscal Cliff

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    As the presidential election campaign heads into November, GOP and Democratic lawmakers are busy hammering their own pitons into the fiscal cliff — staking out routes that could either force...

  • Benghazi: White House Cover Up or Just Incompetence?

    By Edward Morrissey

    For the four decades since Watergate, one axiom has proven true time and again: It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. Scandals in Washington mostly start as either embarrassing yet minor...

  • Big Bird and Politics Through the Years

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Whoever thought Big Bird and Sesame Street would be ruffling feathers on Pennsylvania Avenue this election year? Of course, many political figures have made appearances on the show over the years...