Congress
Why John Boehner wants another debt ceiling showdown: 5 theories
Posted on May 17, 2012, at 7:00 AMThe House Speaker seems to be relishing the possibility of reliving the awful debt-ceiling drama of 2011 come December
Are the GOP's budget cuts anti-poor?
Posted on May 11, 2012, at 4:00 PMRepublicans in the House try to take an ax to programs for the poor, saying the cuts are necessary to shrink the deficit and protect national security
Boehner vs. Obama: Who's really responsible for the mess in D.C.?
Posted on April 30, 2012, at 9:55 AMPresident Obama and House Speaker John Boehner trade shots as their parties head into an election-year showdown over student loan rates
Bill Frist: 5 reasons deficit hawks should lay off global health initiatives
Posted on April 24, 2012, at 7:10 AMAmerica's national debt is ballooning at a worryingly rapid pace. But some programs ought to be spared the chopping block
Is it immoral for Congress to cut food stamps?
Posted on April 18, 2012, at 9:08 AMReligious leaders are taking Republicans to task for a House budget that would slash benefits to the poor
Dana Liebelson: How indefinite detention snuck into Obama's defense bill
Posted on March 22, 2012, at 6:30 PMIt's now legal to seize suspected terrorists and throw them in jail without charge or trial. Why was this controversial law debated in a secret committee?
8 reasons to love — or hate — Paul Ryan's budget
Posted on March 22, 2012, at 11:31 AMThe GOP budget guru unveils the fiscal document Republicans will carry into this year's election. A look at the good, the bad, and the partisan
Paul Ryan's new 'Medicare-killing' budget: Will it help the GOP?
Posted on March 20, 2012, at 3:20 PMJust as he did last year, the Wisconsin Republican again ignites a feud with a spending plan that calls for overhauling a popular, decades-old entitlement program
Is Congress finally working together to save the economy?
Posted on March 15, 2012, at 3:00 PMLawmakers are in the midst of passing two job-creation bills — and both of them, to everyone's surprise, have the support of Democrats and Republicans
Tish Durkin: Why Washington needs backroom deals
Posted on March 5, 2012, at 6:00 PMPundits blame our rancorous politics for the retirements of moderates like Olympia Snowe. We'd be wiser to point the finger at good-government reforms
Congress' contraceptives hearing: 'Where are the women?'
Posted on February 17, 2012, at 4:00 PMThe GOP-led House holds a hearing on Obama's controversial contraception compromise — and the five witnesses are all men
Did the GOP really cave on Obama's payroll tax holiday?
Posted on February 15, 2012, at 12:09 PMRepublicans puzzle much of D.C. by suddenly backing off a demand to slash spending in exchange for extending a tax holiday. Is there more here than meets the eye?
Obama's 'nervous breakdown' budget: 5 talking points
Posted on February 14, 2012, at 10:52 AMThe president's polarizing spending plan is dead on arrival in Congress, critics say. But it's still triggering plenty of debate
Paul Brandus: Obama's cynical, unpassable budget
Posted on February 14, 2012, at 8:37 AMThe president knows the tax hikes in his spending plan have no chance of passing the GOP House. But that could still give him a great campaign argument
Could the GOP impeach Obama for ending the Bush tax cuts?
Posted on January 30, 2012, at 1:45 PMThough liberals are scoffing, that's the threat from Grover Norquist, the anti-tax activist who has essentially been setting the GOP's tax policy
Paul Brandus: The payroll tax shell game
Posted on December 28, 2011, at 1:30 PMThe ballyhooed bill delays a de facto tax hike for millions of Americans — but also undermines Social Security and the economic recovery
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