Fiscal and Economic News from
Around the Nation

January 2016

Source: The Guardian
Jan 29, 2016
US GDP slows sharply in fourth quarter on weak consumer spending
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 27, 2016
Blizzard Whiteout Buries Issue of Red Ink
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Source: Washington Post
Jan 27, 2016
Jeb Bush's seriousness on America’s fiscal predicament
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Source: Des Moines Register
Jan 27, 2016
CEOs: National debt needs to be controlled
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Source: New Hampshire Public Radio
Jan 27, 2016
Where They Stand: Republicans Offer Broad Range of Tax Reform Proposals
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Source: Los Angeles Times
Jan 27, 2016
What to expect (and not to expect) from the Federal Reserve's policymaking meeting
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Source: The Hill
Jan 27, 2016
Rising red ink poses challenges for GOP
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Source: AP
Jan 26, 2016
Analysis: GOP needs budget cuts to fulfill political promise
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 26, 2016
Ryan’s 2016 Agenda Likely to Be Sidelined Until 2017
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Source: Marketplace
Jan 25, 2016
CBO predicts deficits about to get a lot worse
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Source: National Journal
Jan 24, 2016
Outlook: "Snowzilla" Sidelines House, Delays Senate
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 24, 2016
House of Representatives snowed out
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Jan 21, 2016
What CBO's Debt Projections Suggest About Congress and the Budget Process
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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jan 21, 2016
Nicklaus: Deficit is about to start rising again, but candidates ignore it
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Source: Washington Post
Jan 20, 2016
The presidential candidates have one thing in common — a disregard for our debt predicament
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Jan 20, 2016
Four Takeaways From CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook
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Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Jan 20, 2016
Raasch: Debt-and-deficit debate in Campaign '16: What debate?
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Source: Christian Science Monitor
Jan 19, 2016
Federal deficits are back, big time. Here's what D.C. can do.
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Source: NPR
Jan 19, 2016
Once Upon A Time, Congress Cut Deficits; Now CBO Says That's Over
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Source: POLITICO
Jan 19, 2016
Deficit jump expected amid big tax, spending plans
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Source: New York Times
Jan 19, 2016
For Now, Bernie Sanders's Health Plan Is More of a Tax Plan
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Source: Roll Call
Jan 15, 2016
GOP Wants Presidential Candidates to Buy-In to Budget Blueprint
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Source: The Hill
Jan 15, 2016
The once and future bipartisan coalition for tax reform
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Source: Washington Post
Jan 14, 2016
Hill Republicans try to figure out just what exactly they’ll be doing this year
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Jan 14, 2016
White House's Furman Flattens 'Innovation Box' Tax Hopes
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