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March 02, 2010, 01:01 PM
Originally Posted: March 01, 2010
Even if President Obama's healthcare reform plan dies in Congress, Republican analysts and pollsters believe that the soaring federal deficit and congressional spending will be the dominating political issues this year, possibly sparking a new call for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.
Even if President Obama's healthcare reform plan dies in Congress, Republican analysts and pollsters believe that the soaring federal deficit and congressional spending will be the dominating political issues this year, possibly sparking a new call for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.
February 25, 2010, 06:48 PM
President's Plan Projects $1.75 Trillion Deficit
Originally Posted: Feb 26, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) President Obama sent to Congress today his $3.55 trillion budget plan for 2010.President Barack Obama charted a dramatic new course for the nation Thursday with a bold but contentious budget proposing higher taxes for the wealthy and the first steps toward guaranteed health care for all — accompanied by an astonishing $1.75 trillion federal deficit that would be nearly four times the highest in history.
Originally Posted: Feb 26, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) President Obama sent to Congress today his $3.55 trillion budget plan for 2010.President Barack Obama charted a dramatic new course for the nation Thursday with a bold but contentious budget proposing higher taxes for the wealthy and the first steps toward guaranteed health care for all — accompanied by an astonishing $1.75 trillion federal deficit that would be nearly four times the highest in history.
February 25, 2010, 06:45 PM
Posted by Alan Orfi
Originally Published: February 5, 2010
South Carolina Republican Senators Jim Demint and Lindsey Graham called on colleagues Thursday to support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and commit to a one-year ban on all earmarks.
Originally Published: February 5, 2010
South Carolina Republican Senators Jim Demint and Lindsey Graham called on colleagues Thursday to support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and commit to a one-year ban on all earmarks.
February 25, 2010, 06:43 PM
By Gov. Tim Pawlenty 01/11/10
As we begin a new year and Congress reconvenes, an unpleasant reality is increasingly hitting home with ordinary Americans: Leaders in both parties have irresponsibly run up debt. And, since President Obama took office, the debt crisis has grown exponentially worse. The only way to solve the problem in the long run is with a Constitutional amendment.
As we begin a new year and Congress reconvenes, an unpleasant reality is increasingly hitting home with ordinary Americans: Leaders in both parties have irresponsibly run up debt. And, since President Obama took office, the debt crisis has grown exponentially worse. The only way to solve the problem in the long run is with a Constitutional amendment.
February 25, 2010, 06:36 PM
Alister Bull and Jeff Mason
February 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to halve a record 2010 budget deficit by the end of his first term in office, but made tackling double-digit unemployment his immediate priority with a spending plan that risked public ire and a rough battle in Congress.
February 1, 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters)
U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to halve a record 2010 budget deficit by the end of his first term in office, but made tackling double-digit unemployment his immediate priority with a spending plan that risked public ire and a rough battle in Congress.
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