Blog - /blog/2011/09/22/deficit-reduction-or-class-warfare/
Sept. 22, 2011 - ...deficit spending, which features the “Buffet Rule” to ensure that households earning over $1 million do not pay a lower tax rate than middle-class Americans. Critics of Obama's plan called this class ...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/21/American_Jobs_Act_Scoop/
Sept. 21, 2011 - President Obama presented the American Jobs Act of 2011 on September 8th and sent it to Congress on September 12th. Want to know what it's all about? Here’s the rundown. How does it help… the unemploy...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/12/debt-ceiling-mach2-the-super-committee/
Sept. 12, 2011 - Do you remember (as unpleasant as it may be) the debt-ceiling fiasco that happened a little more than a month ago? Well in case you need a refresher, the end result called for an immediate $917 ...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/end-year-military-spending-wrap-up/
Aug. 26, 2011 - ...deficit reduction over a decade. Beginning with the military, NPP will create a clearer picture of the budgetary decisions that await the Committee.
Blog - /blog/2011/08/25/lessons-from-london/
Aug. 25, 2011 - England certainly seems like a long ways away my friends, both in terms of miles (or kilometers) and humor. And perhaps that’s a good thing considering the onerous prison sentences doled out as a resu...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/24/white-house-schedules-budget-call/
Aug. 24, 2011 - The White House Office of Public Engagement has scheduled a series of ten state calls (see list and specific invitation below). Note there are two calls today (Wednesday) for folks in California and C...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/16/How-Safe-Are-You/
Aug. 16, 2011 - NOTE: This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com.The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild ...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/10/mainers-vote-their-priorities/
Aug. 10, 2011 - In the midst of Congressional debates about debt, budget cuts, and tax increases, a “penny poll” was held in every Maine county asking participants, “How would you like your federal tax dollars spent?...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/03/the-new-debt-deal/
Aug. 3, 2011 - Well friends it's August 3, and despite their best efforts Congress and the President did finally pass a deal to raise the debt-ceiling. It's call the Budget Control Act of 2011. Happy days, right? No...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/01/congress-to-pass-debt-deal/
Aug. 1, 2011 - Well, people, it's August 1, just hours away from the deadline for raising the debt-ceiling and avoiding a disastrous U.S. credit default. As this story has unfolded, we've had some laughs, shared som...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/25/debt-ceiling-recap-july-24-30/
July 25, 2011 - We left off last week with a Boehner-Obama breakup that would've made the writers of Dawson's Creek green with envy. On Friday, it was rumored the two were close to striking a deal on the debt-ceiling...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/19/debt-ceiling-recap-july-17-23/
July 19, 2011 - We left off last week with the White House talks crumbling, the GOP rallying around the sure-to-fail Cut, Cap & Balance Act, and Sen. Mitch McConnell's “last ditch” plan gaining traction, at least...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/18/debt-ceiling-recap-week-july-10/
July 18, 2011 - A LOT of people have been asking me for details of what's been going on with the debt-ceiling. And rightly so, there's a flood of information out there. But here's the important stuff:On Thursday, Jul...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/07/everythings-amazing-and-nobodys-happy-where-we-are-right-now-debt-deal/
July 7, 2011 - Everybody wants to reduce the deficit, right? Elected officials across the political spectrum, business and labor groups, even 81% of everyday Americans (according to a poll by the Pew Research ...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/30/dead-budget-society-or-why-appropriations-process-doesnt-matter-right-now/
June 30, 2011 - Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done; Our ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting! Well...not quite. Although...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/afghan-war-costs-compared-state-budget-shortfalls/
June 27, 2011 - 41 states and the District of Columbia are projecting budget shortfalls for FY2012 totaling $102.9 billion. This amount could be wiped out entirely by the amount spent on the war in Afghanistan this y...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/15/dr-strangebiden-or-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-debt-ceiling/
June 15, 2011 - Several folks wrote to me this past week with questions about all the debt ceiling talk going on in Washington right now. But first, let me ask all of you something: Can you feel it? That electric tin...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/10/congress-taking-food-poor-women-and-children-save-few-bucks/
June 10, 2011 - Ask Kyle – Putting the “Bud” back in Federal BudgetWell...maybe. The actual answer is complicated. Although that might be an a reasonable conclusion to draw if you recently read that Congress was plan...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/06/bush-tax-cuts-10-years-later-still-expensive-and-ineffective/
June 6, 2011 - That's the conclusion of a new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), in a report released last week: "Tenth Anniversary of the Bush-Era Tax Cuts: A decade later, the Bush tax cuts remain ex...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/26/senate-action-road-2012-federal-budget/
May 26, 2011 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } On May 25, 2011 the full U.S. Senate began work on its version of the FY2012 budget resolution with the consideration of four separate budget proposals. These pr...
