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• Medicare spending forecast reduced in new CBO analysis Wed Aug 22
  Reuters News
• Top 10 Reasons Not To Re-elect Obama (Part 1 of 3) Tue Aug 14
  Chuck Norris
  On Feb. 2, 2009, President Barack Obama explained his chance to fix the economy to host Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today": "I will be held accountable. I've got four years. ... If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition." ... more
• The Rich Pay Their Fair Share in Taxes — And Then Some Wed Aug 8
  Jeff Jacoby
  ARE AMERICANS EAGER for higher taxes on the affluent? Barack Obama and his allies clearly think so. The president who came to office vowing to "spread the wealth around" by raising taxes on individuals with incomes above $200,000 is doubling down, making a tax hike on the rich the centerpiece of his campaign for reelection. ... more
• CBO says court's healthcare ruling could save $84 billion Tue Jul 24
  Reuters News
• Pentagon spending plans will exceed projected budget: CBO Wed Jul 11
  Reuters News
• Paying For Obama's Wild Spending Binge Wed Jun 6
  Donald Lambro
  President Obama gave a speech in Iowa recently in which he told one of the biggest whoppers of his 2012 re-election campaign. Under increasing attack from Mitt Romney's campaign and Republican super-PACs for the unprecedented trillion dollar deficits and $16 trillion debt he has run up during his presidency, Obama claims he has the best fiscal record of any chief executive in the past six decades. ... more
• CBO "Energy Security" Report Exemplifies Washington's Failures Sat May 19
  Michael Whatley
  It’s no wonder most Americans don’t trust politicians and government agencies in Washington, D.C. Too often the city’s power brokers offer talking points that seem to fly in the face of logic. ... more
• Is Obama Cooking the Medicare Books? Sat Apr 28
  John C. Goodman
  A new Obama administration report claims that health reform (ObamaCare) will save taxpayers $200 billion in the Medicare program through 2016. To what do we owe this good fortune? ... more
• CBO: 20 Million Could Lose Coverage Under Obamacare Mon Mar 19
  New York, NY
  Republican Senators discuss the CBO's announcement that many could lose coverage under the new healthcare plan. ... more
• Grim Milestone: The Third Anniversary of Obama's Failed Stimulus Fri Feb 17
  Guy Benson
• Big Dollars for Transportation Mon Feb 6
  Dan Holler
  Congress will take center stage for the next couple of weeks as the spotlight recedes from the presidential primary process. The opening act is a tragedy about a party drifting away from its small government roots. ... more
• Obama's Failing CBO Report Card on Jobs, Debt and Weakening Economic Growth Thu Feb 2
  Donald Lambro
  The Congressional Budget Office gave us a forecast preview Wednesday of the frightening fiscal catastrophe that threatens to engulf the government in a sea of debt. ... more
• U.S. set for fourth year of $1 trillion-plus deficit: CBO Tue Jan 31
  Reuters News
• Federal budget deficit to dip to $1.1T, CBO says Tue Jan 31
  AP News
• White House Panic: Gruesome 2012 Economic Forecast Could Doom Obama Tue Jan 31
  Guy Benson
• U.S. set for fourth year of $1 trillion-plus deficit: CBO Tue Jan 31
  Reuters News
• Confirmed: Federal Workers Earn More Than Private Sector Counterparts Tue Jan 31
  Guy Benson
• U.S. set for fourth year of $1 trillion-plus deficit: CBO Tue Jan 31
  Reuters News
• New CBO Reports Show Stimulus Even Less Effective Than Previously Believed Wed Dec 14
  Kevin Glass
  Buried within the Congressional Budget Office's most recent report on the progress of President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was a surprising admission: the CBO now estimates the stimulus might have been only half as effective as previously thought. ... more
• Most of the unemployed no longer receive benefits Sat Nov 5
  AP News
• FACT CHECK: The myths of Obamacare in GOP campaign Fri Nov 4
  AP News
• FACT CHECK: The myths of Obamacare in GOP campaign Thu Nov 3
  AP News
• Analysis: Budget chicanery could tempt deficit panel Mon Oct 31
  Reuters News
• U.S. deficit-reduction talks intensify Fri Oct 21
  Reuters News
• U.S. deficit-reduction talks intensify Thu Oct 20
  Reuters News
• Obama's Kill Jobs Bill Tue Oct 18
  Bob Beauprez
  Bloomberg doubted Zandi and the President's projections, too. They surveyed 34 other economists. Not one was as optimistic as Zandi. In fact the average job creation estimate by the group was a paltry 288,000. Five said the legislation would produce zero new jobs. Since Obama's wants to spend $447 billion to get there, if the average estimate were to come true that works out to $1.6 million per job. ... more

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