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President-elect Barack Obama Names Budget Director, Warns of Program Cuts
Nation & World
- November 25, 2008
Obama named his budget director and vowed to overhaul wasteful spending.
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As the Economy Sinks, So Do Odds of a Tax Cut
By Rick Newman -
FlowChart
- October 9, 2008
What McCain and Obama won't say: There's no money left for cutting taxes.
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The Deficit and the Growth Imperative
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- September 9, 2008
Worried about the budget deficit? Cut spending and boost the economy.
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Cutting Costs One MRI at a Time
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- September 23, 2007
Still fairly new at his job, Peter Orszag, director of the Congressional Budget Office, is in a race to cut healthcare costs. And he's doing it by example.
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Budget Office Cautious on Economy
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- September 18, 2007
The economy looks to be firing on all cylinders, but the Congressional Budget Office says the threats are still elevated due to the mortgage and housing crisis.
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Social Security
Michael Barone
- January 22, 2007
The problems with Social Security are not going away. That was the message Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered in his testimony this week to the Senate Budget Committee.
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