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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Debt & Deficit,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
A balanced budget amendment was, is, and will remain a really, really bad idea.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
Dear Santa: I want a bicycle and some blocks. P.S. I also need an iPad, Xbox and a hoverboard. And an F-35.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Education,
Military & Security,
Taxes & Revenue
Ask your member of Congress to support the People’s Budget! We’ve just gotten our hands on the People’s Budget, released today, and so far we’re big fans. Here are just five reasons to support the People’s Budget. 1. Infrastructure, at last (and justice for Flint). The People’s Budget...
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Super Tuesday is here. Twelve states will vote in the 2016 presidential primary.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Education,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Halfway through the Nevada and South Carolina primaries, here’s the upshot on how federal funding makes its way to these states.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Education,
Health Care
The headline reads, “Obama eliminates ‘abstinence only’ education from federal budget.” But can he really do that?
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security,
Taxes & Revenue
Here are our top five takeaways from President Obama's 2017 budget request.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Education,
Military & Security,
Taxes & Revenue
President Obama’s last budget proposal for fiscal year 2017 is a mix of old and new, of longshot proposals and sure bets.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
With the first presidential primaries coming up in New Hampshire and Iowa, we took a look at how federal government contributes to those two states.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Taxes & Revenue
Today President Obama will give his final State of the Union address. A look back at seven years of president's budgets and our predictions about what you'll hear tonight.