Tag Archives: budget deficit

House Passes Debt Ceiling Bill

And the vote was not very close. Passage came after weeks of brinksmanship and backroom dealing that left few satisfied in the more liberal or conservative wings of the House, but drew just enough from each party to put a compromise over the top in time, assuming the Senate goes along, to avert what might have become a calamitous default …

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Trickle Down Tales

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Vitter & Graham Denounce Debt Deal

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Obama: We Have A Deal On The Table

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Obama: We Still Have Ways Out Of This

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Debt Chart

See the full chart here.

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White House: Time Is Running Out

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Who Caused The Deficit?

Not that anyone here doubted it.

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New From Crazy Eyes

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More Word Salad From Sarah Palin

Whatever the president is planning to do about the debt ceiling, it’s totally unconstitutional.

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Obama On Debt Ceiling Battle

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Boehner & Cantor: Bad Jobs Report Validates GOP Plan On Debt Ceiling

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Tony Perkins Takes Credit For The End Of Kevin Jennings’ Department

“It took 18 months of protest, but FRC can finally celebrate a major victory at the Office of Safe and Drug-free Schools. The agency, which (until two weeks ago), was headed by radical homosexual activist Kevin Jennings, has been eliminated. Starting this summer, its duties will be absorbed by another program–knocking the Office’s LGBT indoctrination campaign down several rungs on …

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Rep. Paul Ryan’s Medicare Plan

Whoa.

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The Bush Legacy

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Paul Ryan Heckled At Town Hall

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Attack Ads Launch Over GOP/Medicare

Talking Points Memo on the clip below: In a significant escalation of the progressive campaign to make Republicans pay a political price for voting to end Medicare, the progressive advocacy group Americans United for Change will run broadcast TV ads in the districts of Reps. Steve King (R-IA), Sean Duffy (R-WI), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), and Paul Ryan (R-WI). “What are …

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Chaos In House As Dems Almost Trick GOP Into Approving Severe Tea Party Budget

House Democrats almost pulled a fast one on the GOP today. Talking Points Memo reports: The vote was on the Republican Study Committee’s alternative budget — a radical plan that annihilates the social contract in America by putting the GOP budget on steroids. Deeper tax cuts for the wealthy, more severe entitlement rollbacks. Normally something like that would fail by …

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Rep. Joe Crowley: Speechless

Watch Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) take an unusual method to denounce the GOP’s spending plan.

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Obama Announces Spending Plan

Politico live-blogged the entire speech.

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