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Administration lowers deficit projection
In its Mid-Session Review, OMB revises deficit estimate to $1.316 trillion, down 20 percent from February’s projection of $1.645 trillion.
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The Week in Comments: Cheney v. Powell, wartime waste and FEMA's value
The best in reader reaction to recent articles.
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Play of the Day -- Best buddies: Flashback to when Powell and Cheney were friends
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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Boehner fires back at Obama over scheduling of jobs speech
Obama requested a joint session of Congress on Sept. 7, the evening of a planned GOP presidential debate.
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Obama asks for joint session of Congress on Sept. 7 to push jobs plan
The president says he'll focus on "strengthening small businesses, helping Americans get back to work, and putting more money back in the paychecks of the middle class."
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Obama calls for extension of transportation funding
The president says gamesmanship threatens nearly a million jobs.
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Irene aid battle just the beginning of flood program woes
Already the fight over whether disaster relief should be offset by spending cuts has erupted into political spectacle.
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Play of the Day -- Obama's uncle caught drunk-driving; Be careful what you say around a man with no pulse
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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Obama gives House speaker cost estimates for seven regulations
Letter to Boehner rebuts Republican arguments that the White House has issued harmful rules.
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Contractor protest derails work on Army ground combat vehicle
One bid for the new 60-ton armored personnel carrier would use hybrid-electric drive technology.
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Fight brewing over replenishing FEMA’s emergency funds after Hurricane Irene
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s call for budgetary offsets is a challenge to Obama and regional interests.
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Play of the Day -- Dick Cheney's new memoir ... Read at your own risk
A daily roundup of late-night video.
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