Tag: Budgets and Deficits

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White House report says $763 billion stimulus was free

Joel Gehrke · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

FILE This Feb. 17, 2009 file photo shows President Barack Obama picking up the first pen to sign the economic stimulus bill during a ceremony in the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. The White House says a costly spending bill President Barack Obama signed into law five years ago Monday was good for the economy and helped the U.S. avoid another Great Depression. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

White House: Stimulus bill was good for economy

Darlene Superville · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama's economists celebrated the fifth anniversary of the 2009 stimulus, even as a new Gallup survey finds that Americans see unemployment as the biggest problem facing the country.ÃÂ (Thinkstock Image)

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White House touts stimulus as Americans see ‘unemployment’ as nation’s new top challenge

Joel Gehrke · February 17, 2014 5:00 am

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Face it, liberals: Obamacare will increase the federal deficit

David Hogberg · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Maine Gov. Paul LePage gestures as he delivers his State of the State address to the Democratic-controlled Legislature on Feb. 4 at the Statehouse in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Joel Page)

Maine governor: Medicaid ‘cannibalizing’ department funds

Associated Press · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Mitch McConnell’s surprise debt limit vote may help, not hurt, re-election bid

Mitch McConnell’s surprise debt limit vote may help, not hurt, re-election bid

Susan Ferrechio · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks at the Heritage Action for America 2014 Conservative Policy Summit in Washington on Feb. 10. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Ted Cruz takes heat for telling the truth about debt limit

Star Parker · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz judged his Republican colleagues harshly after he forced the Senate to meet the 60-vote threshold to pass a clean debt ceiling measure. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Ted Cruz: Establishment Republican heads ‘exploded’ after debt ceiling ruse exposed

Charlie Spiering · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

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Getting a grip on the realities of the federal budget

Scott Rasmussen · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Republican House members gather at the start of the regular legislative session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 5, 2013. (AP/Dave Martin)

Alabama House seeks revisions to US Constitution

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez vetoed a judicial pension overhaul last year because she said it relied too much on increased taxpayer spending. (AP image)

New Mexico House approves judicial pension overhaul

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

A protester, who refuesed to be identified, displays a placard calling for pension reform during a rally at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

State, unions to give Rhode Island pension settlement update

Associated Press · February 14, 2014 5:00 am