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  • Don’t Tell Obama and Ryan, But Their Budgets Are Similar

    Here’s a surprise: The budget proposed by President Barack Obama and the one by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan aren’t as far apart as you might think.

  • Ryan Plan May Lead to Single-Payer Health Care

    Let’s play a game: I’ll describe a health-care bill to you. Then you tell me if I’m describing President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act or the budget released this week by Representative Paul Ryan.

  • Rivlin Proposes 6.5% National Sales Tax as Part of Deficit-Reduction Plan

    Alice Rivlin , a member of President Barack Obama ’s deficit-reduction commission, is trying to stir a debate over imposing a national sales tax to reduce the deficit as part of a plan that includes steep Medicare cuts and a one-year payroll-tax holiday to spark economic growth.

  • Rivlin Says Investors Believe Washington Will Settle Debt Debate

    Alice Rivlin, a former Federal Reserve vice chairman, said investor confidence in the U.S. economy will help stave off the damaging effects of a potential downgrade by credit rating companies.

  • Supercommittee Failure Poses Risk to U.S. Economy Even as Rating Affirmed

    The implosion of the congressional supercommittee is likely to delay any major deficit-reduction agreement until after the next presidential election and may pose an immediate threat to the struggling U.S. economy.

  • U.S. on ‘Right Road’ With Employment: Summers

    Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the latest jobs report shows the economy is “on the right road” while Glenn Hubbard, an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said he’s skeptical about the meaning of the January numbers.

  • Rigby on Addictive Video Games; Rivlin on Budget: Audio

    Scott Rigby, president of Immersyve Inc., talks with Kathleen Hays about the Electronic Entertainment Expo and his new book, "Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound." Alice Rivlin, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and founding director of the Congressional Budget Office, talks with Kathleen Hays about the U.S. budget and the debt ceiling.

  • Summers, Hubbard Clash on Economic Outlook Following Jobs Report

    Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said the January jobs report shows the economy is “on the right road” while Glenn Hubbard, an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said he’s skeptical about the meaning of the latest numbers.

  • Skepticism Greets Obama Debt-Accord Plan for Bigger Deficit Cuts

    The U.S. debt-ceiling deal poised for final congressional approval today creates a special panel that could easily deadlock and contains an enforcement mechanism for future belt tightening that exempts big drivers of long-term deficits, causing skepticism among some budget experts about the plan’s effectiveness.

  • Former CBO Directors Say Spending-Cut Trigger May Fire Blanks

    Congress may undermine the deal that raised the U.S. debt ceiling by failing to agree on a plan to curb the deficit and then softening the impact of automatic spending cuts that would kick in to achieve the budget targets.

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