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US Budget Deal: An Imperfect Step in The Right Direction

Budgets are about choices. The budget agreement announced by Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) makes plenty of choices — many of them good, others less so — but the sum total of their choices results in a package that moves the country in a positive direction. The Murray-Ryan deal would, for the …

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GOP Leaders Hold Debt Ceiling Hostage

  This article was published by the Center for American Progress Action On Wednesday (September 18), House leaders confirmed that they will not vote to increase the nation’s debt ceiling without an amendment to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act by one year, a measure that faces certain defeat in the Senate and a veto threat from President Obama. The bill will …

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