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Federal Budget Complete Archives

Pell Grants Suffer a Serious Setback | December 23, 2011

Five Problems with Dynamic Scoring | November 23, 2011

Super Committee Democratic Plan Nearly Identical to the Bowles-Simpson Plan | November 22, 2011

Super Committee Cuts Could Lead to Worse Health for Gay and Transgender Americans | November 18, 2011

How Deficit Reduction Proposals Would Affect Communities of Color | October 27, 2011

Infographic: House Appropriations Bill Ignores the Other 99 Percent | October 13, 2011

House Majority Appropriations Bill Attacks the Other 99 Percent | October 12, 2011

House Republicans Eliminate Funding for Job Training (Again!) | October 12, 2011

House Budget Bill Guts Worker Protections | October 12, 2011

Improving Oversight and Review of Federal Agencies | October 5, 2011

Going Forward Is More Important than 'Going Big' | October 5, 2011

President Obama’s Plan for Dealing with the Deficit | September 19, 2011

Double Dip? | September 13, 2011

Recommendations for the Special Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction | September 6, 2011

A Do-Nothing Congress Would Balance the Budget (Almost) | August 29, 2011

Women and Communities of Color Could Suffer from the Super 12’s Lack of Diversity | August 17, 2011

Defense Cuts After the Debt Deal | August 11, 2011

Getting Defense Spending Under Control | August 11, 2011

The Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal | August 10, 2011

The American Dream Takes a Tough Hit | August 8, 2011

The Next Steps on the Debt Deal | August 3, 2011

Pell Grants Avoid Cuts—For Now | August 2, 2011

Whatever Else It Does, The Debt Limit Deal Reduces the Deficit | August 2, 2011

The Deal | August 1, 2011

Default Dangers amid Slowing Economy | July 29, 2011

Top Ten Facts You Need to Know About Why We Need to Raise the Federal Debt Ceiling | July 29, 2011

Debt Default Exceptionally Un-American | July 29, 2011

Video: Saving WIC | July 28, 2011

Conservatives Demand No Defense Cuts at All Costs | July 28, 2011

The Importance of Raising the Debt Ceiling | July 28, 2011

Misleading America About the Debt Limit | July 27, 2011

Addressing the Long-Term Budget Deficit | July 26, 2011

Failing to Raise the Debt Limit Would Harm the Poor and People of Color | July 26, 2011

2011 Fiscal Summit: Solutions for America's Future | July 26, 2011

Infographic: Obama Bends Over Backwards for Conservatives on Debt Ceiling | July 25, 2011

Interactive Map: No Debt Limit Increase Means Big Cuts to State Services | July 20, 2011

Gang of Six Plan Versus Insanity | July 20, 2011

Infographic: ‘60s Retro Budget Plan by Republicans Unfit for Today | July 18, 2011

Conservative Plan to Cap Federal Spending Is Disingenuous and Dangerous | July 18, 2011

Spending Cap Is Bad No Matter How You Slice It | July 18, 2011

A Return to Responsibility | July 14, 2011

The Ryan Medicaid Plan | July 8, 2011

Sensible Defense Cuts | July 6, 2011

A Historical Perspective on Defense Budgets | July 6, 2011

CBO’s Dire Debt Outlook Is Mainly Due to Lower Revenues | June 27, 2011

Conservative Budget Cuts Bad for State Economies | June 27, 2011

Good News on Deficit Reduction | June 23, 2011

Global Spending Caps Are a Very Unserious Idea | June 15, 2011

The Bush Tax Cuts Are the Disaster that Keeps on Giving | June 7, 2011

Frozen Federal Debt Could Do Serious Damage to the Recovery | June 3, 2011

Budgeting for Growth | June 2, 2011

CAP's Plan for Budgeting for Growth and Prosperity | May 25, 2011

Budget Bullets | May 25, 2011

Budgeting for Growth and Prosperity | May 25, 2011

U.S. Debt Limit 101 | April 28, 2011

GOP Medicare Proposal Doesn’t Work Like Members of Congress’ Health Care as Republicans Claim | April 27, 2011

The Not-So-Secret Conservative Plot to Raise Taxes on the Middle Class | April 27, 2011

Disinvesting in America | April 14, 2011

For Some, CR Cuts Could Mean the Difference Between Living in Peril or with Some Security | April 14, 2011

Defensible Budget Cuts | April 13, 2011

Deficit Fix Should Focus on Better, Not Smaller Government | April 13, 2011

Death by a Thousand (Small) Cuts | April 13, 2011

RyanHoovernomics | April 13, 2011

CR Compromise Protects Air Pollution Safeguards | April 13, 2011

Ryan’s Budget Attempts to End Medicare and Shift Costs to Seniors | April 12, 2011

What Will the Budget Compromise Do to the Economy? | April 12, 2011

Rep. Ryan’s Plan Fails to Address Defense Spending | April 11, 2011

GOP Budget Slashes Pell Grants | April 8, 2011

Seven Things Americans Will Lose If the Government Shuts Down | April 8, 2011

A Shutdown Risks Crippling Still-Recovering Housing Markets | April 8, 2011

Timeline: Just Say Yes! | April 8, 2011

Protecting Big Oil at the Expense of the Future | April 6, 2011

An Exclusive 'Path to Prosperity' | April 6, 2011

Ryan’s Unbelievable Path to Prosperity | April 6, 2011

Ryan’s Step Backward for Education | April 6, 2011

Paul Ryan’s Hidden Middle-Class Tax Hike | April 5, 2011

Here They Go Again | April 5, 2011

Paying the Piper | April 5, 2011

What to Look for in Rep. Ryan’s 2012 Budget | April 4, 2011

Riders on the Budget Storm | March 31, 2011

Assault on the Middle Class | March 30, 2011

Interactive Quiz: Think You Know Our Nation’s Budget Problems? | March 28, 2011

Wait a Minute! | March 28, 2011

Will the Budget Process End Where the House Leadership Started? | March 23, 2011

Cut Spending in the Tax Code | March 21, 2011

GAO Provides Valuable Addition to Waste-Cutting Efforts | March 15, 2011

Lifting the Crushing Burden of Debt | March 10, 2011

Not So Fast, Newt | March 7, 2011

Invest in America’s Clean Energy Future | March 3, 2011

Timing Is Everything | March 3, 2011

'Nonsecurity' Spending Cuts Could Be Hazardous to Your Health | March 3, 2011

Budget Cuts that Work | March 3, 2011

Reality Slowly Dawns on House Republicans | March 1, 2011

Investment Alternatives | February 25, 2011

“What Works” Budgeting | February 17, 2011

Taking Care of Different Priorities | February 16, 2011

Invest and Grow | February 16, 2011

Un Déficit de Liderazgo | February 15, 2011

A Scalpel Versus a Hatchet: Comparing Competing Budget Strategies | February 15, 2011

Alternate Styles | February 15, 2011

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