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By David Espo |
November 21, 2011
Congress' supercommittee conceded ignominious defeat Monday in its quest to conquer a government debt that stands at a staggering $15 trillion, unable to overcome deep and enduring political divisions over taxes and spending.
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By Andrew Taylor |
November 9, 2011
Members of a special deficit-cutting panel are getting renewed encouragement from their colleagues even as they remain far apart on taxes and cuts to so-called entitlement programs like Medicare.
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By Andrew Taylor |
November 9, 2011
Members of a special deficit-cutting panel are getting renewed encouragement from their colleagues even as they remain far apart on taxes and cuts to so-called entitlement programs like Medicare.
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By Andrew Taylor |
November 8, 2011
With a Thanksgiving deadline fast approaching, the GOP members of a deficit-reduction supercommittee are pressing a plan to cut the deficit by about $1.5 trillion over the coming decade, showing flexibility on tax revenue increases for the first time while proposing to gradually raise the Medicare eligibility age to 67...
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By Danielle Kunkle |
October 13, 2011
Like the villain in a bad slasher flick, Congress will be back to take another stab at Medicare cuts.
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By Danielle Kunkle |
October 1, 2011
Like the villain in a bad slasher flick, Congress will be back to take another stab at Medicare cuts.
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By David Espo |
September 13, 2011
Digging in for a bruising struggle, Republicans on Congress' powerful deficit-fighting "supercommittee" targeted Social Security and government health care spending Tuesday while Democrats pressed for higher tax revenue as part of any deal to reduce red ink by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade.
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By Alan Fram |
September 8, 2011
Republicans and Democrats on the special supercommittee warned of a financial crisis threatening future generations as the congressional debt reduction panel kicked off its work Thursday with an imperative to slash the deficit and lift the sluggish economy.
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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar |
September 7, 2011
The powerful new congressional panel assigned to tame the deficit will have to squeeze Medicare and Medicaid for any chance of success. But health care industries that depend on those programs have invested millions over the years to woo its members.
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By Donna Cassata |
August 15, 2011
For the dozen lawmakers tasked with producing a deficit-cutting plan, the threatened "doomsday" defense cuts hit close to home.
