What's Now Happening On Federal Budget is Worse Than The Fiscal Cliff
When I was much younger, I helped start a monthly breakfast meeting for a handful of inside-the-beltway budget wonks.The group has gotten considerably larger over the past three decades and its makeup...
View ArticleJohn Kasich Get's His Wish 20 Years Later
It was 1994 and Rep. John Kasich (R-OH), the soon-to-be-named chairman of the House Budget Committee for the just-elected GOP majority, was telling anyone and everyone who would invite him to speak...
View ArticleA Few Quick Hits
Some quick budget topics that deserve a mention but not a whole post:1. About the delayed Obama fiscal 2014 budgetI've already posted once about this. On the one hand, the fact that the president's...
View ArticleGet Ready For GOP Crocodile Tears Over Obama 2014 Budget Delay
Get ready for one of the most unusual federal budget spectacles of all time.First, the Obama fiscal 2014 budget, which this year was supposed to be submitted by February 4th, is now expected to be...
View ArticleGOP Has Already Declared Obama FY14 Budget DOA
This week's most frequently repeated description of the Obama fiscal 2014 budget, which is scheduled to be released this Wednesday, April 10, will be something close to "...which was sent to Congress...
View ArticleObama FY14 Budget Is DBA, Not DOA
The Obama fiscal 2014 budget will be released today.Because of the White House-generated leaks about the Obama budget, it has already been denounced by Republicans for proposing revenue increases and...
View ArticleObama 2014 Budget Shows Adminstration is Trying To Divide GOP -- And It's...
I decided not to comment immediately on the Obama 2014 released last week because I thought the usual instant micro analysis of what the president proposed was likely to be largely besides the...
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