Showing posts with label sequester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sequester. Show all posts
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Big news about a small deal

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Hooray! The budget deal was done with a few days to spare. This isn't really a surprise. The hard work came in convincing the GOP to s...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

Continuing resolutions and continuing stonewalls

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I like to write about significant issues, not the outrage du jour (currently whether or not the White House threatened Bob Woodward and all...
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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Countdown to sequester

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Despite the [hollow] protests on each political side, the sequester is very likely to occur. That's because the sequester isn't goin...
Monday, February 18, 2013

The only fan of the sequester

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It's hard to be for the sequester if you're an elected official. After all, the sequester will send pink slips to somewhere around 6...
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Friday, February 15, 2013

Short: Why I'm writing more about the GOP

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I struggle to write about the Democratic side of the political equation lately. Their positions and proposals are so stale that I just roll ...
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Monday, February 11, 2013

No-budget Obama

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I hope you noticed this: Obama doesn't want the sequester to go ahead as is, but he isn't offering a replacement plan. That's t...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Negotiations at the edge of the fiscal cliff

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This will be an unsourced piece, and unfortunately, that means I'll be doing that reviled job called punditry. But I've actually bee...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

No specifics again! Obama's turn

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You might think that this will be another screed about Romney's vagueness . Well, not this time for a refreshing change. The culprit fo...
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Saturday, September 15, 2012

Short: The sequester quantified

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I'm not a complete nerd, but I long ago decided not to be scared of numbers, so I looked at the 394-page sequester report . The report ...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Hail to the sequester

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I'm a fan of the sequester for a simple reason: it cuts spending. Spending has to be cut. We are running a huge deficit that isn't g...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

Fighting the Sequester/Defending it

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The GOP has regretted the defense cuts they agreed to last August almost as soon as the ink was dry. Now  few Democrats are getting into ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Boxed into a corner

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That's what the GOP, and particular Romney, have done to themselves. Here is a list of campaign issues they can't talk about: The ...
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