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Top Senate Democrats Look to Reinforce Cash for Clunkers Before Recess
August 5 - Harry Reid and other top Senate officials are confident that a vote to extend the Car Allowance Rebate System (Cash for Clunkers program)...
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Taxing the Middle Class
August 4 - Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs reiterated the administration's pledge not to raise taxes on Americans earning less...
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House and Senate Work to Finish FY 2010 Appropriations Bills
July 31 - Yesterday, the House passed its final FY 2010 appropriations bill, but, in the process, disregarded requests from the Pentagon and Obama...
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Second Quarter U.S. GDP and the Stimulus Package
July 31 - U.S. real GDP declined by 1.0% (annual rate) in the second quarter, the fourth straight quarterly drop, according to today's report by the...
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CRFB Release Urges Health Care Cost Controls
July 30 - Yesterday, CRFB put out a release urging policymakers to focus on controlling costs associated with current health care reform efforts. The...
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House and Senate Move Closer to Health Care Reform
July 29 - Both the House and Senate announced today that influential legislators had helped negotiate compromises aimed at pushing health care reform...
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China Continues to Question U.S. Debt Security
June 28 - Martin Crutsinger reports today that, at least behind closed doors, China has been raising serious concerns about the state of the US...
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New CBO Reports on Health Care Reform
July 27 - This weekend, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two very significant reports, Additional Information Regarding the Effects of...
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Obama Interview with the Washington Post
July 24 - Read Fred Hiatt's excellent interview with President Obama on health care reform and the need to deal with the fiscal crisis. Important...
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The Statutory Pay-as-You-Go Act of 2009
July 24 - This week the House passed statutory PAYGO legislation requiring spending and tax cuts to be offset in a deficit-neutral fashion. While this...