Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

February 2016

Source: NPR
Feb 29, 2016
Presidential Candidates Propose Changes To U.S. Tax System
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Source: Brookings
Feb 29, 2016
Bringing the budget process into the 21st century
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Feb 29, 2016
With Little Fanfare, the 2016 Campaign Is Producing a Serious Tax Debate
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Source: Washington Post
Feb 29, 2016
House Republicans struggle to end budget standoff
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Source: The Hill
Feb 28, 2016
GOP wary of budget blowup
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Source: Weekly Standard
Feb 26, 2016
Inappropriate Appropriations
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Source: The Hill
Feb 25, 2016
House conservative leaders want to break spending deal
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Source: Morning Consult
Feb 24, 2016
House Republicans Want Tax Draft by End of March
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Source: New York Times
Feb 24, 2016
Poorest Areas Have Missed Out on Boons of Recovery, Study Finds
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Source: The Hill
Feb 24, 2016
House Dems urge GOP to hold a hearing on Obama's budget plan
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Source: Forbes
Feb 24, 2016
New Report Shows The U.S. Is Heading For A Fiscal Danger Zone
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Source: Morning Consult
Feb 23, 2016
Tax Hearing Could Expose Party Disagreements on International Rates
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Source: The Hill
Feb 23, 2016
House GOP chairman rules out key part of budget plan
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Source: Marketplace
Feb 23, 2016
Mind the gap... the rift about consumer confidence
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Source: Brookings
Feb 22, 2016
Once more unto the breach: The deteriorating fiscal outlook
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Source: USA Today
Feb 22, 2016
Obama sends optimistic economic report to Congress
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Source: POLITICO
Feb 22, 2016
Heritage complicates House GOP's plans to break budget impasse
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Source: FiveThirtyEight
Feb 19, 2016
No One Can Agree How Much The Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans Will Cost
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Source: New York Times
Feb 19, 2016
Consensus on Need to Revise Tax Code, but Partisan Split on Specifics
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Source: Reuters/CNBC
Feb 19, 2016
Core inflation posts largest gain in 4-1/2 years
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Source: The Hill
Feb 18, 2016
Prospects fade for GOP budget
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Source: AP/ABC News
Feb 16, 2016
Foreign Holdings of US Treasury Debt Rose to Record
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Source: Christian Science Monitor
Feb 16, 2016
Americans divided on military power, new poll shows
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Source: MarketWatch
Feb 16, 2016
How Trump and Clinton plan to fix Social Security
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Source: NBC News
Feb 15, 2016
Americans Split on View of U.S. Military Power in World, Gallup Poll Finds
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