Budget Deficit
Paul Ryan's Doomed Budget Proposal Is Typical GOP Establishment Stuff
Less social welfare spending, more military spending! Cuts trillions from federal spending, but doesn't actually reduce federal spending.
White House Pushing Back over Obamacare CBO Report
Analysis says it will add to deficit an cost jobs
Deficits Will Start to Grow Again After 2015, According to CBO
Because of sluggish labor market
US Runs Budget Surplus in September, Federal Deficit Lowest Since 2008
Federal government took in 80 cents for each dollar spent over the year
Don't Look For Grown-Ups To Fix the Government Shutdown
President Obama and Speaker Boehner act like children
The Federal Government's Budget: Basic Facts You Need To Know
If we're to get even close to balancing the books, "mandatory" spending is in for deep cuts.
Talks on Deficit Reduction Faltering
White House talks with Senate Republicans not going anywhere
GOP Senators That Dined With Obama in March Complaining About Lack of Follow-Through
Deficit negotiations going nowhere
10 Takeaways from the Latest CBO Budget Projections
The congressional budget scorekeeper projects the next decade of revenues and spending.
Postal Service Lost $1.9 Billion in Second Quarter
Says it will lose more if Congress doesn't allow some cutbacks
House Conservatives to Introduce Own Budget Plan
Would eliminate deficit faster than Ryan's proposal
Obama to Meet Republican Lawmakers to Discuss the Budget
Trying to form a "common sense caucus"
Moody's and Standard and Poor's Urge U.S. to Tackle Budget Deficit
Fiscal cliff bill not enough
Why Progressives Support Welfare for the Rich
Democrats' counterintuitive resistance to means-testing Medicare and Social Security
Please read this if you think deficits don't matter and that spending doesn't drive deficits.
Or, Fun Facts About the Fiscal Cliff!
For GOP, Losing Might Be the Only Way To Win
Raising taxes is a terrible idea but will clear the deck of one of the most effective political distractions ever concocted.
Eliminating Tax Loopholes Won't Make Up for Defense Spending
Getting rid of things like mortgage and charitable deductions wouldn't make a dent
Tax Hike Won't Save US from Fiscal Cliff
Obama's proposed taxes on the rich won't even pay for his own planned spending increases
