Medicare Spending Has Slowed Significantly Under Obama
For the past 18 months, Medicare spending has slowed down considerably – especially compared to the private sector.
For the past 18 months, Medicare spending has slowed down considerably – especially compared to the private sector.
Denying the Tea Party’s role in the downgrade of U.S. debt is to deny reality.
Michele Bachmann is claiming that the debt downgrade proves she was right about not raising the debt ceiling.
If we cannot adequately diagnose our problems it will be even harder to fix them.
A political science-y response to the question of whether the system is broken.
The defense spending lobby is already engaging in fear-mongering over very modest defense cuts.
The immediate reaction among the political class to the debt downgrade was the play the same old stupid games.
Like the rest of us, financial analysts across the globe are trying to figure out what the U.S. debt downgrade means.
The main issue driving the downgrade appears to be lack of faith in the political parties to act responsibly and compromise over entitlements and revenues.
The agenda of the Tea Party movement doesn’t necessarily coincide with what voters say they want from Washington.
The job approval numbers for Congress are at historic lows, but will that matter in 2012?
The “super committee” created by the debt ceiling deal is already the subject of criticism, most of it unwarranted.
Has a precedent been set for future requests by the President to increase the debt ceiling?
The reviews are in on the debt negotiations, and the public isn’t happy.
The cuts to Pentagon spending in the new debt deal are further revealing a split in the GOP over foreign policy and military spending.
The problem with the ever popular complaint about kickin’ the can down the road.
You thought you’d seen the worst of Congress in July? Oh, you silly American you.
Once again, the debt ceiling deal is raising questions about the President’s leadership.
We have a deal in Washington. Now, the leadership just has to make sure it can pass Congress.
Congress failing to raise the debt ceiling would involve abrogating an enormous amount of power to the Executive.
The Senate killed the Boehner Plan but the debt ceiling crisis is still unresolved and the way out is murky.
It’s another Friday of drama in the debt ceiling crisis.
By insisting on perfection in the debt ceiling debate, the Tea Party has made itself irrelevant to the process.
The constitutional purists in the Tea Party apparently do not understand either bicameralism nor separation of powers.
John Boehner’s debt ceiling plan is being amended. And not in a good way.
Charles Krauthammer claims we are in the midst of a great debate. I am not so sure.