Filed under: budget
Thursday, April 28, 2011
How the GOP stopped worrying and learned to love ObamaCare
Source: The Washington Post
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Liberal policy shop: Ryan Medicare plan drives healthcare costs up $34T
Source: The Hill
Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) proposal to replace Medicare with private insurance subsidies would drive healthcare costs up by $34 trillion over the program's 75-year planning period, according to a new report from the liberal Center for Economic and Policy Research. Read the Article>
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Democrats Focus on Medicare
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Congressional Democrats, on the defensive for months on federal spending issues, see an opportunity to seize the political initiative by pushing to the forefront a House Republican plan to overhaul Medicare. Read the Article>
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Friday, April 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich rejects Paul Ryan's Medicare plan
Source: Politico
Newt Gingrich has embraced Rep. Paul Ryan. But his budget plan? Not all of it.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Budget Fallacies: Why the Ryan Plan Won’t Work
Source: The New York Review of Books
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Budget's effect on health law unclear
Source: The Hill
A new Congressional Research Service report says it is unclear how much the House GOP budget would affect the new healthcare law. Read the Article>
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Friday, April 8, 2011
Republican policy demands threaten budget talks
Source: LA Times
President Obama calls for an agreement by morning as negotiators struggle to address conservatives' nonspending issues. Preparations for a government shutdown after midnight Friday proceed. Read the Article>
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Hopefuls Have Delicate Task in Approaching Ryan Plan
Source: National Journal
With its big-dollar numbers and radical program changes, the budget proposal released Tuesday by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is daring policy-making of the highest order, but it is as a political document that Ryan’s budget might have its most far-reaching implications. Read the Article>
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Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Proposal Transforms Role Of Government
Source: Wall Street Journal
House Republicans laid out a blueprint for a dramatically smaller federal government Tuesday, diminishing Washington's role in health care and other areas in a budget they said would spend $6.2 trillion less over 10 years than what President Barack Obama has proposed. Read the Article>
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