…2011 kick in. According to the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office, the combination of a steep increase in the tax bite and a steep reduction in spending across the board could…

…to purportedly-independent campaign-expenditure groups, and of the amounts contributed—the enactment of which congressional Republicans keep blocking—is, it turns out, unnecessary. As the Times’ Liptak notes, the proposition that “[y]ou are…

…Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, also charged that the study’s conclusions are ‘dramatically out-of-line with estimates by other analysts’ like the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the non-partisan standard…

…Institute reports that the Congressional Budget Office now has cumulatively reduced its estimate of 2017 gross domestic product by 6.6% since the beginning of the recession in December 2007. As…

…expense of its rivals. Cheney’s World Through his speeches, Congressional testimony, and actions in office, it is possible to reconstruct the geopolitical blueprint that Cheney followed in his career as…

…the formerly smoky back rooms needing conclusion in the openness of Congressional halls, the Democrats and the Republicans can openly agree upon one thing to fix and take swift action…

…that we’re being too accommodative. That is a concern that we have to put some weight on.” It’s time for progressives and congressional Democrats to start exerting some of that…

…from that end game, Ryan looks at three “fiscal cliff” scenarios as projected (PDF) by the Congressional Budget Office (using a graphic from Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo): Just…

…should have stood his ground, although some congressional Dems voted for the appropriations bill, for fear of political repercussions. When Obama signed it, he said he thought that part of…

…— supported restoring the private right of action. To do so will require Congressional action. SEC Staff Found No Evidence that Private Actions Cause Economic Harm There is no economic…