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$98 Billion Wasted
Government agencies misspent over $98 billion last year, $26 billion more than was wasted the previous year, the Associated Press reports. The White...
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Freezing Discretionary Spending...
UPDATE: Stan Collender thinks we might be making ice mountains out of snow hills. According to a number of news reports, President Obama has begun...
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President Signs $121 Billion Farm Bill
Yesterday, President Obama signed the Agriculture Appropriations bill into law. The $121 billion measure includes $58 billion for food stamps -- a 7%...
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Meeting Today of President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Today PERAB, otherwise known as the Tax Reform Subcommittee of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, is holding a meeting focusing on tax...
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What About Cutting Spending?
In their oped in the Washington Post today, Henry Aaron and Isabel Sawhill argue that raising taxes will be necessary to close the fiscal gap and help...
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Unwanted Defense Spending Draws Presidential Veto Threat
President Obama reiterated his intention to veto any Defense Appropriations Bill that contains superfluous spending provisions today at a Veterans of...