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FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech
… that our government has been spending $1 trillion more than it takes in every year. That's why we need a balanced - budget amendment ." THE FACTS: That statement may reflect the math behind recent debt, but it doesn't get directly to the …
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FACT CHECK: Overreaching in State of Union speech
… that our government has been spending $1 trillion more than it takes in every year. That's why we need a balanced - budget amendment ." THE FACTS: That statement may reflect the math behind recent debt, but it doesn't get directly to the …
Audio & Video
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WSJ's Steve Moore on Whether Romney's a Fiscal ConservativeSteve Moore from the Wall Street Journal discusses Mitt Romney and whether he believes he's a strong fiscal conservative.
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Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) On the Primary and His New BookSenator Jim Demint elected as South Carolina's 55th senator in 2004, joined us to talk about his newest book Now or Never: Saving America from Economic Collapse. Howie also took calls on this weekends South Carolina Primary.
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Rick Perry's new ad attacks Obama, and muslims in the US military are dangerous?Is Rick Perry's new ad over the top? And are Muslims in the military dangerous?
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Should Obama be taking a vacation during this down economy?
At a time when many more cash-strapped Americans are stuck at home instead of vacationing at the beach,President Obama next week will lead an entourage of several dozens to exclusive Martha's Vineyard island at a cost of millions to taxpayers. While technically he is paying for his estimated $50,000 a week rental of the 28-acre beachfront Blue Heron Farm in woodsy Chilmark, the dozens of U.S. Secret Service agents, communications officials, top aides, drivers, and U.S. Coast Guard personnel with him will be covered by taxpayers as with every other presidential vacation. Should he be taking a vacation with the economy the way it is?
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A solution is Finally Passed on Debt Ceiling
Hemmed in by the looming threat of an historic government default, the Senate on Tuesday passed a $2 trillion-plus debt extension and sent it to the White House, where President Obama signed it — just in time to keep federal borrowing and spending on track. The bipartisan 74-26 vote followed Monday’s equally strong vote of support in the House, and ratifies the agreement Mr. Obama and the four top party leaders in Congress reached this weekend to cut about $1 trillion in future spending and set up a process to cut more than $1 trillion more, coupled with an up to $2.4 trillion increase in the federal debt-ceiling limit. Was it a good idea?
Pages & Blogs
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Rubio: Deadbeat Nation
… restraints, including fundamental tax reform, regulatory reform, meaningful cuts to discretionary spending, a balanced - budget amendment , and reforms to save Social Security and Medicare. If we had done this in mid-2011 when we last debated the debt ceiling …
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Reports: Agreement in Washington
… through 2013, which they had pushed during the entire debate. Republicans will get a guaranteed vote on a balanced - budget amendment to the Constitution, which had been a key conservative demand, especially among Tea Party Republicans. But …
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McCain Explains Tea Party Attack
… the public will turn en masse against Barack Obama.... Then Democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced - budget amendment and reform entitlements, and the tea party hobbits could return to Middle-earth having defeated Mordor …
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Boehner In Control, Reid Blinks for White House
… advance the cause of the Balanced Budget Amendment – without tax hikes on families ..... known as sequestration). Balanced Budget Amendment . The framework advances the cause of the Balanced Budget Amendment by requiring the House and …
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Dangerous Position
… in a perfect world. I’m in a state where I have an $11 billion deficit on a $29 billion budget with a balanced budget amendment . So, we had to do what we had to do. MATT LAUER: And political correctness be damned... I guess Matt …
