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Larger debt debate looms on the Hill

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

The $33 billion that lawmakers want to cut from the budget to avoid a shutdown is small compared to what could be much bigger cuts to come.

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Budget battle waged over sliver of spending

By Mimi Hall, Fredreka Schouten and Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

When Congress takes up President Obama's fiscal 2012 budget proposal, the debate will center on his spending plans and how to pay for them.

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States must cut health care programs

By Julie Appleby Kaiser Health News

Health care programs for the poor, seniors and disabled are at risk as states make tough budget choices.

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States' finances are rotten, so what's a muni bond investor to do?

By John Waggoner, USA TODAY

Not too long ago, many muni investors could count on third-party municipal bond insurance to back their bonds. But no more.

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AP Fact Check: Estimate of health care job losses sketchy

Republicans pushing to repeal President Obama's health care overhaul warn that 650,000 jobs will be lost if the law is allowed to stand.

DealBook: The Fallacy Behind Tax Holidays

7h 14m agoThe New York Times

executives will conclude that more tax holidays are likely in the future,” Chuck Marr and Brian Highsmith of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities recently wrote. “That will make corporations more inclined to shift income into tax havens and less likely

Jobs Focus for Regulations

9h 16m agoWall Street Journal

often draws applause.Jared Bernstein, the former top economic adviser to Vice President Joe Biden now at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, said Mr. Obama's decision on ozone had little to do with creating jobs. "The president is correctly committed

Long-Term Unemployment: States Search For Strategies To Counter Joblessness

20h 51m agoHuffington Post

Congress let the fund die in 2010, snuffing some 240,000 subsidized jobs, according to the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. According to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, the new version of the initiative, known as Subsidized

5 Ways Obama Can Boost Jobs

20h 15m agoThe Daily Beast

states close budget gaps. Forty-two states and D.C. have budget deficits totaling $103 billion, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Obama could instantly revive schools, hospitals and public universities. The argument from Washington