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Jun 28, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process| Health Care| Taxes| Other Spending

Line Items: Extenders Debate Ends; Appropriations Season Begins

Extenders Put on Hold – Legislation to extend some tax breaks and expanded unemployment insurance has been put on the back b
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Jun 25, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

The Long and Winding Road: More Twists and Turns for the Extenders Bill

For weeks, Congress has been re-tooling and re-tooling the extenders bill (HR 4213), looking for 60 votes to pass.
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Jun 23, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process| Health Care| Social Security| Taxes| Other Spending

Steny Hoyer on Everything Fiscal

In remarks at the think tank Third Way, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
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Jun 18, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

“Extenders” Bill Lives Up to Its Name

Legislation to extend tax breaks that expired last year, as well as expanded social safety net provisions and relief for doctors from a steep cut i
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Jun 17, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes| Other Spending

Update: So How Much Does This Bill Cost Now?

The Senate released yet another version of the tax extenders and social safety net bill (The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 -
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Jun 15, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Health Care| Taxes

Senate Seeks to Terminate Extenders Debate

The Senate will seek an end to the extended debate over tax extenders legislation tomorrow with a cloture vote on HR 4213 even though it is not cle
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Jun 14, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process| Health Care| Taxes| Other Spending

‘Line’ Items: World Cup Edition

“Beautiful Game”and Not-So-Pretty Agenda – Add soccer to all the other distractions in Washington as lawmakers f
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Jun 10, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Taxes| Other Spending

Dueling Editorials

Start with a basic question: Do you think politicians are better at cutting taxes and increasing spending, or the reverse?
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Jun 8, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process| Health Care| Taxes

Oil in the Gulf Isn’t the Only Threat That Needs to Be Capped

Lawmakers have railed against the inability to stop the leaking of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, yet they are having no better success in staunching
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Jun 7, 2010 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Health Care| Taxes

‘Line’ Items: Pitching, Polls, and the New Charity of Choice

Making the Pitch – With much of Washington eagerly anticipating the debut of Stephen Strasburg on the mound tomorrow, the re
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