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Dem Lawmakers Cry Foul
on Obama Budget Cuts

President's targets for cuts have eager defenders in Congress

May 8, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - To make an omelet, you’ve got to break some eggs. But some of the eggs President Obama broke in the list of budget cuts unveiled yesterday were golden eggs for lawmakers, and even members of his own party wasted no time in protesting, the Washington Post reports. Dems who... More »

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earmarks • student loan reform • federal budget • President Obama • farm subsidies • Maurice Hinchey

ANALYSIS

 Line by Line: Some 
 Obama Budget Cuts 


May 7, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama said today proposed budget cuts are “not a criticism of” federal workers. Still, they take a toll, from defense to education. The Washington Post takes a look at what’s being trimmed:
  • Anthrax vaccine research: The administration says the goals of the program have been
... More »

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education • Pentagon • budget cuts • anthrax • Yucca Mountain • defense • federal budget • Obama administration • defense contractors • President Obama • F-22 fighter jet • cotton • federal programs • Even Start

 Obama to Cabinet:  
 Cut $100M From Budgets 

Move comes amid pressure to slice deficit

Apr 20, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facing pressure over spending, President Obama will unite his Cabinet today for the first time and ask members to find $100 million worth of potential budget cuts over the next 90 days, the Washington Post reports. Though it’s a tiny sum compared to a $3.5 trillion budget outline,... More »

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deficit • budget cuts • federal spending • federal budget • Obama administration • President Obama • Obama Cabinet

 Obama Seeks $83.4B for Wars 


Apr 9, 09 5:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will ask Congress for $83.4 billion in supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the AP reports. Obama had in the past opposed such requests outside of the federal budget, but the administration says it's necessary one final time to fund the military through the... More »

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Congress • Mexican border • foreign aid • border security • war funding • federal budget • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama • supplemental funding

(Newser) - With President Obama and Robert Gates hoping to reconfigure defense spending, cities and towns around the country are bracing for the economic fallout, ABC News reports. Some of the places most likely to be pinched if Gates’ budget stands:
  • Marietta, Ga.: Where Boeing and Lockheed Martin assemble
... More »

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budget • St. Louis • Seattle • military spending • federal budget • Long Beach CA

 Senate Follows 
 House to Back 
 $3.5T Budget 

Approval of $3.5T budget clears way for Obama's agenda

Apr 3, 09 1:22 AM CDT
(AP) - The Democratic-controlled Senate has passed a budget drafted to President Barack Obama's specifications, voting a few hours after the House approved a similar plan. The budget calls for spending of $3.5 trillion for the year beginning Oct. 1 and has a deficit projected at $1.2 trillion. The Senate... More »

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Congress • Senate • Senate Democrats • House of Representatives • federal budget • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama's ambitious national agenda cleared its first hurdle this evening. The House, as expected, passed a $3.5 trillion spending plan that follows the broad outlines of Obama's plan. The 233-196 vote fell along party lines, the Washington Post reports. The Senate is expected to follow suit, possibly late... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • federal budget • President Obama

OPINION

Obama Tactics Straight Out
of Arm-Twist Chicago: Rove

President's push for budget support not looking much like 'new politics'

Apr 2, 09 1:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's consolidation of power is looking more like old-fashioned Chicago politics than the "new politics" promised, Karl Rove writes in the Wall Street Journal. The president has mobilized outside groups and the remnants of the campaign machine to target lawmakers skeptical about his spending plans, initially going... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • MoveOn.org • federal budget • Obama administration • President Obama • Peter DeFazio

'Alternative Budget' Splits GOP Leaders

Boehner, aiming for damage control, reins
in Cantor, Ryan

Mar 27, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan argued against the alternative budget “blueprint” announced yesterday, but party leaders ordered them to back the plan as a way of refuting the Democratic charge that the GOP is the "party of no," Politico reports. Ryan, the top Republican on the budget... More »

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Mike Pence • John Boehner • federal budget • Eric Cantor • Republicans • Paul Ryan

Senate Panel
Clears $3.6T
Budget Plan

Spending blueprint leaves president's agenda mostly intact

Mar 27, 09 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's spending plans have passed a major hurdle in the Senate, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Senate Budget Committee passed a plan largely similar to Obama's  $3.6 trillion request in a 13-10 vote split along party lines. The House committee passed its version Wednesday, clearing the way... More »

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Congress • Senate • Senate Democrats • federal budget • Obama administration

(Newser) - The White House today ridiculed a budget proposal laid out by House Republicans, but the GOP gave as good as it got, the Hill reports. Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the GOP document included a “picture of a windmill” but no substantive numbers. “It took me several minutes to... More »

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Congress • John Boehner • federal budget • House Republicans • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

 Dems Slash 
 Obama's 
 Budget 

Congressional Dems scrap future plans to bail out financial sector

Mar 25, 09 2:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democratic leaders trying to trim the federal deficit have taken a hatchet to President Obama's budget plan, reports the Washington Post. Congressional Democrats are expected to formally announce plans today to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget over the next five years, and eliminate plans to steer... More »

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Senate Democrats • House Democrats • budget deficit • federal budget • Obama administration • taxation • Peter Orszag

Don't Use Budget Process for Big Reform: GOP to Obama

Procedure would allow Democrats to pass agenda with 51 votes

Mar 24, 09 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - To circumvent a likely 60-vote minimum in the Senate for big-ticket bills like health reform, President Obama is considering pursuing proposals through a budgetary tactic known as reconciliation, where just 51 votes are needed and no filibustering is allowed. But Republicans are having none of it, Politico reports. Senate Republican... More »

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Senate • Senate Democrats • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • filibuster • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • reconciliation • bipartisanship • federal budget • Robert Byrd • Obama administration • President Obama • Tom Carper

(Newser) - The federal budget deficit will surpass $1.8 trillion during the current fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office said today. The figure far outstrips the previous estimate of $1.2 trillion and spells trouble for President Obama's proposed budget, the Wall Street Journal reports, but the White House budget director... More »

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budget • Congressional Budget Office • Charles Grassley • federal budget • Obama administration • President Obama • Peter Orszag • White House budget director

ANALYSIS

Obama Takes Baby Steps on Earmark Reform

Some say he missed opportunity; others fault lack of specifics

Mar 12, 09 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama announced moves to curb pork-barrel spending yesterday, but not as decisively as some hoped, Politico reports. Obama said he was signing the “imperfect omnibus because it’s necessary for the ongoing functions of government,” but in future he wants fewer earmarks in federal spending measures, and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • earmarks • pork barrel spending • federal budget • Obama administration • President Obama

Moderate Dems
Balk Over
Obama Deficit

Right wing of the president's party will fight to shave budget

Mar 11, 09 11:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may be president, but it’s Congress that passes the budget, and moderate Democrats are the ones holding the keys to the federal treasury, reports Time. Obama’s 2010 budget calls for $3.6 trillion in federal spending. And though deficit-hawks appreciate the president’s honest numbers (in... More »

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Senate Democrats • Joe Lieberman • deficit • House Democrats • Ben Nelson • federal budget • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats

ANALYSIS

Top Dem Dogs Ready to Retool Obama's Budget

Prez lets lawmakers take the lead—and they have their own ideas

Mar 10, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - To clear Congress, President Obama’s budget is going to have to survive committee turf wars and parochial interests—and that’s just the Democrats. The New York Times reports that key committee chairmen in the House and Senate have ideas of their own on health care, energy, and taxes.... More »

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Congress • Henry Waxman • Ted Kennedy • Charles Rangel • Senate Finance Committee • House Ways and Means Committee • House Energy and Commerce Committee • Max Baucus • House Budget Committee • federal budget • Kent Conrad • President Obama

 Combative Obama Braces 
 for Fight on Budget

Prez backs $3.6 trillion budget in latest video

Feb 28, 09 7:57 AM CST
(Newser) - In his weekly radio address today, President Obama struck a more combative tone than usual in a push for his $3.6 trillion budget, reports Politico. “I know these steps won’t sit well with the special interests and lobbyists who are invested in the old way of doing... More »

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federal budget • Obama administration • President Obama • radio address

(Newser) - A $3.6 trillion budget is bound to have nooks and crannies. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at some of the lesser publicized aspects of President Obama's plan:
  • Interior Department gets $50 million to teach young people how to hunt and fish and generally love the environment.
... More »

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budget • spending bill • federal budget • President Obama

(Newser) - President Obama is more optimistic about the nation's economic prospects than most economists, Bloomberg reports. His budget plan forecasts a GDP contraction of 1.2% this year, followed by a 3.2% expansion in 2010. The median forecast of economists calls for a contraction of 2% this year and growth... More »

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economic growth • deficit • GDP • federal budget • economy • President Obama

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