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Obama 2011 Budget Plan Sneak Preview

This op-ed piece from John Podesta and Michael Ettinger in yesterday's Financial Times provides a good idea of what to expect this year from the Obama administration as far as the budget is concerned....

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Matthew Yglesias Thinks "Primary Balance" Is Absolutely Acceptable

The pizza-loving Matthew Yglesias thinks my post yesterday characterizing the phrase "primary balance" as a communications ploy is too strong and that it has real meaning I shouldn't simply...

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Playing Texas Hold 'em With The 2011 Budget

Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker (R-TN) once said that the first budget proposed by President Reagan was a "riverboat gamble."  My "Fiscal Fitness" column from today's Roll Call explains why this...

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Will 2011 Budget Be Released Before The State Of The Union?

By now, the choreography used by a White House when it releases the president's  budget is almost standard.It starts with the State of the Union Address the week before the release during which the...

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Obama's Spending Freeze Is A Budgetary Fig Leaf.

 This evening, the White House leaked President Obama's proposed three year freeze on non-defense discretionary spending not including certain Homeland Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International...

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2011 Budget: And So It Begins

The administration's announcement last evening that it was planning some type of freeze on nondefense domestic spending as part of its fiscal 2011 budget set off exactly the type of firestorm you would...

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What "Compromise" Will Ryan Demand For A Short-Term CR Extension ?

Melanie Starkey of Roll Callreported this morning that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said on Fox News Sunday that he would be willing to consider a short-term extension of the...

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Boehner Ups The Ante

Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) ended his weekly news conference with: QUESTION: If the House and Senate can't reach agreement on -- on the CR by March 4th, would you be willing to...

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"Top Republican Aide" is Wrong on Budget Debate

Over at TPM, Brian Buetler has this gem of a story about how House Republicans are "Preparing to Reject Final White House Budget Offer." The post is worth reading in its entirety if for no other reason...

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Boehner Goes All In For The Tea Party

My posts from yesterday morning (here and here) that asked which way House John Boehner (R-OH) was going to go on the CR may have been answered yesterday afternoon.According to this story by Greg...

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