The Budget Deal May Not Last Until Christmas
OK...I'll admit that saying the agreement will be gone by this Christmas is likely (but not necessarily) an overstatement.But saying that the "Budget Control Act" -- the debt ceiling increase/deficit...
View ArticleAugust Budget Agreement Is Already Out Of Date
When we last left the federal budget debate in early August, the Budget Control Act — the agreement to raise the federal debt ceiling and reduce the deficit — had been enacted into law and Wall Street...
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Super Committee May Be The Real Turkey This Thanksgiving
Back in August I said that the super committee and the rest of the Budget Control Act might not make it to Christmas. As I explain in my column from today's Roll Call, that assessment might have been a...
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Super Committee Was Never About Deficit Reduction
Most CG&G readers are too young to remember that what we now know as the National Football League was actually created by the merger in 1966 of the NFL with the American Football League.The merger...
View ArticleWhite House Caves On Debt Ceiling Increase Request
Roll Call is reporting that the White House has decided to delay making the formal request to Congress that it previously announced it would make today for the third increase in the federal debt...
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GOP Going Back On Budget Deal Is Ridiculous, Infuriating
My column from today's Roll Callexplains why "ridiculous' and "infuriating" are two of the milder words you might want to use when you think about the latest House GOP plans to abandon the deal it...
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Congress Budget Fail: The Sequestration Transparency Act
Many Republicans and Democrats on Capital Hill last week celebrated the passage of the Sequester Transparency Act, the bill that allegedly corrects one of the more egregious mistakes with the spending...
View ArticleWhite House Says Sequester Report Will Be A Week Late
Does anyone really think the September 6 deadline included in the Sequester Transparency Act was selected by accident?September 6 was the date Congress decided that OMB should complete a report that...
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