‘Line’ Items: Oscars Edition
Temporary Tax Extensions Avoid “The Hurt Locker” – The Senate passed H.R.
House of Representatives
Health Reform by Reconciliation: Maligned, Misunderstood, but Misused Is Up for Debate
Unable to pass health care reform using “regular order,” Congressional Democrats now are turning to much-misunderstood proces
Constitutional Route Becoming Popular
Given the present economic and political climate, many are eying Constitutional changes to help improve the budget situation.
‘Line’ Items: A Lonely Road, Paying for Jobs
Highway to Nowhere – Sen.
“Painful, Unglamorous, and Indispensible Work of Fiscal Discipline”
Those were some of the words uttered by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today at the Brookings Institution as the latest political leader
Feb 26, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release
Bunning is Right on Unemployment: “We Should Pay For It”
Last night, Senator Jim Bunning blocked an effort to pas
President's Health Care Summit
The President's effort to forge a bipartisan solution to health care reform at today's summit has just started and is televised on C-Span (click
‘Line’ Items: Tax Reform, the Fed, and Congress Back to Work
Commission Commencement – President Obama signed Thursday the
Feb 15, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics| Budgets & Projections| Budget Process| Health Care| Taxes
‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Commission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans...
Blue Dogs Seek to Take a Bite Out of Spending
The Blue Dog Democrats, fresh off of attaining long-sought statutory PAYGO rules, are now setting their sights on capping discretionary spending.