Why John Boehner wants another debt ceiling showdown: 5 theories
Posted on May 17, 2012, at 7:00 AMThe House Speaker seems to be relishing the possibility of reliving the awful debt-ceiling drama of 2011 come December
Bill Frist: 5 reasons deficit hawks should lay off global health initiatives
Posted on April 24, 2012, at 7:10 AMAmerica's national debt is ballooning at a worryingly rapid pace. But some programs ought to be spared the chopping block
Is it immoral for Congress to cut food stamps?
Posted on April 18, 2012, at 9:08 AMReligious leaders are taking Republicans to task for a House budget that would slash benefits to the poor
8 reasons to love — or hate — Paul Ryan's budget
Posted on March 22, 2012, at 11:31 AMThe GOP budget guru unveils the fiscal document Republicans will carry into this year's election. A look at the good, the bad, and the partisan
Paul Ryan's 'austerity' budget: What would it cut?
Posted on March 21, 2012, at 10:57 AMThe Republican House Budget Committee chairman proposes broad reductions in social spending... but he's not looking for savings everywhere
Paul Ryan's new 'Medicare-killing' budget: Will it help the GOP?
Posted on March 20, 2012, at 3:20 PMJust as he did last year, the Wisconsin Republican again ignites a feud with a spending plan that calls for overhauling a popular, decades-old entitlement program
Did the GOP really cave on Obama's payroll tax holiday?
Posted on February 15, 2012, at 12:09 PMRepublicans puzzle much of D.C. by suddenly backing off a demand to slash spending in exchange for extending a tax holiday. Is there more here than meets the eye?
Obama's 'nervous breakdown' budget: 5 talking points
Posted on February 14, 2012, at 10:52 AMThe president's polarizing spending plan is dead on arrival in Congress, critics say. But it's still triggering plenty of debate
Paul Brandus: Obama's cynical, unpassable budget
Posted on February 14, 2012, at 8:37 AMThe president knows the tax hikes in his spending plan have no chance of passing the GOP House. But that could still give him a great campaign argument
Could the GOP impeach Obama for ending the Bush tax cuts?
Posted on January 30, 2012, at 1:45 PMThough liberals are scoffing, that's the threat from Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist who has essentially been setting the GOP's tax policy
Paul Brandus: The payroll tax shell game
Posted on December 28, 2011, at 1:30 PMThe ballyhooed bill delays a de facto tax hike for millions of Americans — but also undermines Social Security and the economic recovery
The payroll tax cut deal: 3 reasons the GOP caved
Posted on December 23, 2011, at 12:19 PMCongress finally agreed on a temporary extension of the tax holiday, just days before it was set to expire
3 reasons why Congress should reject the payroll tax break
Posted on December 20, 2011, at 3:22 PMA partisan showdown is endangering an effort to extend a tax holiday for the middle class. But not everyone thinks that's a bad thing
Will the House GOP kill the payroll tax break?
Posted on December 19, 2011, at 1:21 PMJohn Boehner and Co. vow not to back the Senate's two-month extension of the popular tax cut — and it may be too late to negotiate a new deal
The deal averting a government shutdown: Who achieved what?
Posted on December 16, 2011, at 4:38 PMCongress reached an 11th-hour deal to keep federal agencies running. But the horse-trading isn't over
4 ways to avoid a government shutdown
Posted on December 15, 2011, at 12:41 PMWith Congress deadlocked over how to extend a payroll tax break, federal agencies are bracing for the possibility that they'll have to close their doors
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