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‘Line’ Items: War Supplemental Finally Passes; Small Biz Bill Not So Lucky
Read moreHouse Gone, Senate Eyeing the Exit – The House started its six-week recess Friday and the Senate will adjourn at the end of this week. Debate and a...
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Appropriations Update: Lawmakers Moving 2011 Spending Bills
Read moreSignaling their desire to be more austere, House and Senate appropriators continued pushing their Fiscal 2011 spending bills through the system this...
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The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Read moreAdd another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course...
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‘Line’ Items: Heat Wave Edition
Read moreIf You Can’t Stand the Heat… – Washington has been experiencing a heat wave, but it can’t all be blamed on the friction between the two parties...
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REDUCE Legislation Aims to Cut Deficit by $70 Billion
Read moreToday, four Democratic congressmen—Reps. Gary Peters, John Adler, Jim Himes, and Peter Welch—introduced four-pronged legislation, called the REDUCE...
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‘Line’ Items: International Sports Edition
Read moreOpens and Tours – Americans did not fare well in sporting events across the pond this weekend; leaving us Yanks to rely on past memories of success at...
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Budget Reform Bill Introduced
Read moreCongressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) today introduced important legislation to create a more transparent budget regime towards putting the country on a...
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Keep Your Eye On the Deficit, Say 58 Democrats
Read moreA few days after Senate Republicans jumped on board the Sessions-McCaskill bandwagon, 58 House Democrats called for greater restraint of spending and...
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‘Line’ Items: Running of the Bulls Edition
Read moreRunning for the Exits – The “Running of the Bulls” has begun in Pamplona, Spain. Combine that with the celebrations over the country’s World Cup...
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Singing for Their Supplemental
Read moreLate last night the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill ostensibly to fund military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, lawmakers...
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The House's Budget Enforcement Resolution
Read moreAs expected, the House came out today with its " budget enforcement resolution." What's the difference between a budget enforcement resolution and a...
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Business as Usual--Backdoor Spending Included in Supplemental
Read moreHere they go again. As they have for years, lawmakers are attempting to tuck billions of dollars for unrelated programs into the war supplemental...