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CBO: Budget deficit $601 billion in first half of fiscal year

| Betsi Fores
Treasury

‘It’s bad but not as bad as last year’

CBO: Most energy tax subsidies go toward green energy

| Michael Bastasch
Barack Obama

Energy industry tax breaks have become a hot-button issue

GAO report says Obamacare not paid for, despite presidential promise

| Brendan Thomas
Health Care Law

Sessions says report reveals ‘dramatic falsehoods’ of Obamacare boosters

CBO: Unemployment to remain above 7.5 percent until 2014

| Neil Munro
Barack Obama

Non-partisan office predicts slow economic growth all year

Stunning new numbers forecast debt explosion by 2023 - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
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‘If current laws remain in place, debt will equal 77 percent of GDP’

CBO: Deficit tops $1 trillion for fourth year - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Budget Deficit

Obama had promised to cut deficit in half by the end of term

The US government's obsolete and dysfunctional spectrum management - TheDC

| Scott Cleland
Dish Network Blockbuster

There is no accountable federal manager of radio spectrum.

Congressional Budget Office warns of Social Security insolvency by 2033 - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
US Social Security COLA

Program continues to spend more than it takes in as Baby Boomers retire

CBO: Even with subsidy electric cars are still uncompetitive - TheDCNF

| Michael Bastasch
Obama volt

Subsidies must increase 50-60 percent to make eco-friendly cars competitive, report finds

CBO: Number of people required to pay Obamacare penalty increases - TheDCNF

| Michael Bastasch
roberts obama

Six million people will be fined by the government for not having health insurance, the CBO estimates

Studies support Romney's concern about government dependence - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Romney 2012

Over 70 percent of government spending goes to what Heritage describes as ‘dependence programs’

CBO: $1.17 trillion deficit for first eleven months in 2012 - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Debt

‘Our problem is we spend too much money,’ Paul Ryan says

CBO: Recession likely if no 'fiscal cliff' agreement - AP

| Paul Conner (admin)
Democrats State of the Union

‘I think the stakes of fiscal policy are very high right now’

CBO transparency push isn't political

| Rep. Tim Murphy

The CBO Transparency Act would require the Congressional Budget Office to release information and data used in bill scoring.

Former CBO director defends agency against transparency push - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Holtz-Eakin

CBO wouldn’t be able to do its job without some measure of secrecy, says one-time boss of congressional scoring outfit

Congressman demands more CBO transparency - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Supreme Court Health Care States

Legislative analysis based on CBO reports lacks scrutiny and peer review, says Pennsylvania’s Tim Murphy

CBO: Top earners pay 68 percent of tax burden - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Warren Buffett Taxes

Top 20 percent of earners paid 67.9 percent, the middle quintile paid 9.4 percent, the lowest paid .03 percent

CBO: US posts $900 billion dollar deficit in first nine months of fiscal year 2012 - TheDCNF

| Betsi Fores
Barack Obama

Deficit was actually lower than 2011 because revenues increased slightly

The individual mandate isn't the only problem with Obamacare - TheDC Opinion

| Deneen Borelli
deneen borelli

The law will raise insurance premiums, burden state budgets and damage the quality of our health care system.

CBO report: Costs of Obama's health care program balloon by $1.7 trillion - TheDC

| Adam Jablonowski
Health Overhaul States

Nonpartisan research agency says ’4 million fewer Americans’ will be covered by employer-based health care