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Jun 23, 2011

Debt Ceiling Talks Hit an Impasse as Eric Cantor Walks Out

"We've reached the point where the dynamic needs to change"

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By Adam Clark Estes

May 13, 2011

America Is For Sale

Government agencies are auctioning off anything they can find to fill holes in budgets

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Apr 28, 2011

Budget Fight Gets Symbolic in the Senate

Partisan maneuvering focuses on voting on budgets no one expects to pass

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Apr 22, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Friday Columns

On the realness of today's royals and why Americans embraced Greg Mortenson's novel.

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Apr 19, 2011

70% of Tea Partiers Don't Want to Cut Medicare Either

Tea Partiers are you. They don't want to cut entitlements

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Apr 18, 2011

Cartoon

Nobody Wins the Budget Fight

Cartoonist Tom Toles on how the first round of deficit cutting left both sides

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Apr 15, 2011

Conservatives Almost Tricked into Passing Their Own Budget

A Democratic stunt creates chaos on the House floor

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Apr 14, 2011

House Passes Budget Deal by Large Margin

Though 59 Republicans voted against it

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Apr 14, 2011

How Did $38 Billion in Spending Cuts Turn into Only $352 Million?

Because the deal mainly cut money that might not have been spent in the first place

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Apr 14, 2011

Today's Best

Five Best Thursday Columns

On the mood in Libya, the truth behind the abortion fight, and the real Ayn Rand

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Apr 14, 2011

Why Conservatives Are Angry at Obama's Debt Speech

The reasons why they found it disingenuous and distasteful

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By Heather Horn

Apr 13, 2011

A List of What Lobbyists Snuck into the Budget Deal

We're keeping track of the lobbyist victories unrelated to spending in the budget fight

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Apr 13, 2011

Joe Biden May Have Nodded Off During Obama's Debt Speech

ABC News caught the vice president (and maybe a lady behind him) on tape

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Apr 13, 2011

Obama Calls for $4 Trillion in Deficit Reduction

And decries Republican attempts to change "the basic social compact in America"

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By Adam Martin

Apr 13, 2011

After All That, NPR's Budget Isn't Touched

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting was fully funded in the budget deal

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Apr 13, 2011

The Senate Is Closed Until Lindsey Graham Gets His $50,000

The Republican senator wants the money put back into the budget

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Apr 12, 2011

Budget Details: What Got Cut and What Got More Money

Hint: the defense department is doing A-okay

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Apr 12, 2011

Budget Details: What Got Cut and What Got More Money

Hint: the defense department is doing A-okay

Comments | 1,414 Views