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Federal budget
Budget deal aims to raise more for pension guarantees
Dec 11, 2013
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation backs up about 44 million people’s retirements … and it’s got problems.
Senate Democrats go nuclear, maybe blow up any chance for budget deal, too
Nov 22, 2013
Senate Democrats made a major change to Senate rules yesterday, and may have also destroyed any chance for a budget compromise.
Lessons Congress can learn from middle school
Oct 4, 2013
As the fight over the nation's budget continues, we pose the question: Is Congress smarter than a seventh grader?
Once again, Congress threatens a federal budget crisis
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Krissy Clark
Sep 20, 2013
We’re about to hear a lot about the debt ceiling and the threat of a government shutdown.
President Obama, Congress and the middle class
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Gigi Douban
Jul 23, 2013
President Obama says he is going to refocus his efforts on the economy. How much can he really do?
Obama to kick off White House economic offensive
Jul 22, 2013
Starting Wednesday, President Obama will make a series of speeches on the economy. He's trying to set the stage for this fall.
Could the country’s largest public power utility really become private?
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Blake Farmer
May 22, 2013
President Obama floated the idea of selling the Tennessee Valley Authority in his budget, released last month. He started receiving pushback almost immediately.
For public good, not for profit.
U.S. pays down debt for first time in six years
Apr 30, 2013
The Treasury Department is expected to start paying down U.S. government debt this quarter for the first time in six years.
What we mean by 'entitlement'? Well, that depends...
Apr 22, 2013
'Entitlement' has almost contradictory meanings in casual conversation - and also, depending on your views, in political discourse about the social safety net
Obama budgets money to tug asteroids into orbit
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Molly Wood
Apr 11, 2013
Where does tech fit into President Obama's new budget proposal? One answer is the $17.7 billion set aside for the U.S. space program.