http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Federal_BudgetFind stories, videos, and photos about Federal Budget from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:53 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Federal_Budget14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Federal Budget from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/26/news/economy/stimulus_highway_infrastructure/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/26/news/economy/stimulus_highway_infrastructure/index.htmThe government promised $27.5 billion in stimulus funds to help fix the nation's crumbling roads and bridges as part of a broader effort to save jobs. The effort is working...sort of.Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:36:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/25/news/economy/us_deficit_projection/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/25/news/economy/us_deficit_projection/index.htmNew estimates of the federal deficit leave many questions unanswered but underscore one cold fact of life in Washington right now: Boosting the economy without making an already bad deficit worse is really hard to do.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:28:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/24/news/economy/us_deficit_projection/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/08/24/news/economy/us_deficit_projection/index.htmIn just over a month, the federal government's fiscal year will draw to a close, leaving in its wake one of the biggest annual deficits in U.S. history -- and a forecast of more record debt to come.Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:43:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/31/news/economy/stimulus_GDP/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/31/news/economy/stimulus_GDP/index.htmThe nation's economy is starting to rebound, but the Obama administration's massive stimulus package had little to do with it.Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:49:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/16/news/economy/health_care_reform/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/16/news/economy/health_care_reform/index.htmThe health reform bills released so far would increase government spending on health care without sufficiently reining in health care costs.Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:13:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/economy/stimulus_funding_report/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/07/08/news/economy/stimulus_funding_report/index.htmFiscally-stressed states are using their stimulus dollars to satisfy immediate needs rather than undertake longer-term reforms, according to a government report released Wednesday.Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/10/paygo/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/10/paygo/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama urged Congress to adopt a "pay-as-you-go" approach to federal spending in order to restore fiscal discipline, but critics say the president's call lacks credibility.Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:12:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/10/news/economy/treasury_budget_may/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/06/10/news/economy/treasury_budget_may/index.htmThe federal budget deficit surged in May, bringing the total shortfall for this fiscal year to nearly $1 trillion, government figures showed Wednesday.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:46:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/21/news/economy/cbo_testimony_economy/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/21/news/economy/cbo_testimony_economy/index.htmThe economy will start growing in the second half of 2009, but it will be several years before the positive effects of a turnaround will be felt, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.Thu, 21 May 2009 16:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/07/budget.cuts.science/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/07/budget.cuts.science/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn the context of a $3.5 trillion budget, a $1 million proposed cut might not seem like much. But for one small foundation, the impact could be shattering.Mon, 11 May 2009 14:09:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/07/news/economy/obama_budget_details/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/07/news/economy/obama_budget_details/index.htmPresident Obama on Thursday offered a more detailed look at his 2010 budget proposal, which includes recommendations to cut funding for 121 federal programs and save $17 billion in 2010.Thu, 07 May 2009 20:05:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/06/news/economy/obama_budget_cuts/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/05/06/news/economy/obama_budget_cuts/index.htmThe White House on Thursday will detail a proposal to save $17 billion next year by eliminating or reducing 121 federal programs, according to a senior administration official.Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/29/house.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/29/house.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextCongress approved a $3.4 trillion budget for the coming year Wednesday, approving most of President Obama's key spending priorities including increasing in health care, education and alternative energy spending.Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/democrats.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/28/democrats.budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse and Senate Democrats reached agreement late Monday on a budget resolution for 2010, which includes key spending priorities for the young Obama administration.Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/21/technology/rural_broadband.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/21/technology/rural_broadband.fortune/index.htmRural America is about to get gold-plated broadband service, if the results of a recent survey of telecommunications companies are to be believed.Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/14/earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/14/earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTextListen closely and you'll hear squeals of disgust from a watchdog group tracking congressional pork in the nation's capital.Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/10/news/economy/treasury_budget/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/10/news/economy/treasury_budget/index.htmThe government said Friday the federal budget deficit for the first half of fiscal 2009 jumped to $956.8 billion, more than $500 billion above the gap for all of the prior fiscal year.Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/Obama.LBJ/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/07/Obama.LBJ/index.html#cnnSTCText"Who controls the past controls the future."Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:37:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/us.house.senate.budget.passes/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/03/us.house.senate.budget.passes/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Senate passed a $3.53 trillion version of the federal budget for fiscal year 2010 late Thursday night in a party-line vote, ending several weeks of acrimonious partisan debate.Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/27/news/economy/unemployment_benefits/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/27/news/economy/unemployment_benefits/index.htmIt's not that easy to turn down federal funds.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:33:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/27/budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/27/budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextA tightened version of President Obama's $3.6 trillion budget moved through a key Senate committee Thursday night.Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/26/budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Republicans on Thursday said they have come up with an alternative proposal to the president's budget, following criticism from Democrats that they have become the "party of no."Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/budget.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/budget.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama huddled with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill Wednesday as the White House fought to save major domestic priorities in its record $3.6 trillion budget from the congressional budget ax.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:09:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/budget_battle_Hill/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/budget_battle_Hill/index.htmThe fight on Capitol Hill over next year's federal budget begins in earnest on Wednesday, when the Senate and House Budget Committees will debate just how much they want to spend and tax in 2010.Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:21:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/budget.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/24/budget.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTextHours before President Obama was to hold a prime time news conference -- in part to boost his $3.6 trillion budget plan -- a key Democratic senator Tuesday unveiled a scaled-down budget proposal.Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:35:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/news/economy/cbo_obama_budget_deficit/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/20/news/economy/cbo_obama_budget_deficit/index.htmThe U.S. budget deficit in 2009 is projected to spike to between $1.67 trillion and $1.85 trillion, according to estimates released Friday by the Congressional Budget Office.Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:27:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/16/news/economy/treasury_international_capital/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/16/news/economy/treasury_international_capital/index.htmForeign purchases of U.S. debt increased in the first month of 2009, according to a Treasury report released Monday, easing some concerns that overseas investors have lost their appetite for U.S. debt.Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/obama.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/obama.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama on Wednesday called for a reform of the much-maligned federal earmarking process.Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/06/news/economy/Obama_budget.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/06/news/economy/Obama_budget.fortune/index.htmPresident Obama's "new era of responsibility" has already drawn criticism as a magician's math act: Add a trillion-dollar universal health care plan to a trillion-dollar (including interest) stimulus package to another quarter-trillion for bank bailouts to 7% average increases in domestic agency spending and -- voila! --the federal deficit drops by half in four years.Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/04/spending.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/04/spending.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTextTwo Senate Democrats urged President Obama Wednesday to veto a $410 billion spending bill and said they are going to vote against it, criticizing it for its cost and for including too many personal pet projects.Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/03/spending.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/03/spending.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declared Tuesday that Congress, not President Obama, will decide whether to put more limits on earmarks in upcoming spending bills.Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:32:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/23/news/economy/fiscal_summit/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/23/news/economy/fiscal_summit/index.htmPresident Barack Obama pledged Monday to cut the nation's $1.3 trillion deficit in half by the end of his first term.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:41:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/23/news/economy/orszag_budget_request/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/23/news/economy/orszag_budget_request/index.htmIf you're looking for Peter Orszag, you might check between a rock and a hard place.Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:06:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/16/begala.carolina/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/16/begala.carolina/index.html#cnnSTCTextGov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina took umbrage at my writing that his approach to the economic crisis is to do nothing. I'll deal with his "ideas" in a moment, but first let me make a modest proposal:Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:32:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/obama.faith.based/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/obama.faith.based/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Obama's newly revamped Office of Faith Based Initiatives is reigniting a contentious debate across the ideological spectrum over whether religious organizations that accept funds from the government should be allowed to discriminate when hiring.Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:52:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/news/economy/obama_deficit/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/01/06/news/economy/obama_deficit/index.htmPresident-elect Barack Obama is inheriting the worst economy in decades and says he'll need to "invest an extraordinary amount of money" to get it back on track.Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:04:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/25/news/economy/obama_orszag_budget/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/25/news/economy/obama_orszag_budget/index.htmPresident-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Peter Orszag to head the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the president's chief number-crunching department, and said he sees "tough choices" ahead in determining programs to keep or cut.Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:25:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1850269,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1850269,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsTwo weeks ago in midtown Manhattan, time stood still -- literally. After the country's debt surpassed $10 trillion, the marquee-sized debt clock in Times Square, which has kept a running tally of the U.S. national debt for nearly 20 years, ran out of digits. For a nation already struggling with a bleak economic reality, it was a less-than-reassuring display. Several news organizations quipped about such a literal "sign of the times," while the satiricial newspaper The Onion offered its own brand of gallows humor: "If everyone just donated one dollar, we would have enough money to buy a new clock."Luckily, citizens won't have to pitch in. New York real estate firm The Durst Organization, which owns and operates the clock, plans to install an updated model sometime next year that can display a quadrillion dollars. In the meantime, the company has hacked the current display to provide a temporary solution -- replacing the dollar sign at the front of the number number with an extra digit.Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/bush.supplemental/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/bush.supplemental/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush on Monday signed a bill that will pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the remainder of his presidency and into spring 2009.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:47:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1734983,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1734983,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe candidate told "forgotten" America that big government isn't the answer, but his message wasn't aimed only at them Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/15/obama.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/15/obama.earmarks/index.html#cnnSTCTextLast year Sen. Barack Obama, submitted a laundry list of federal funding requests, known as earmarks, to the Senate Appropriations Committee: 112 earmarks totaling more than $330 million in taxpayer funds. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/30/kth.museum/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/30/kth.museum/index.html#cnnSTCTextIn tiny Bishop, California, Rep. Buck McKeon, R-California, wants to build a museum honoring the mule.Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:25:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith his poll numbers in the tank, the President seems to be gearing up for a veto fight with Congress over a long forgotten issue -- controlling spendingTue, 26 Jun 2007 18:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/28/federal.debt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/28/federal.debt/index.htmlHe has recently made stops in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, giving speeches and holding town hall meetings. But he's not seeking the presidency.Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:47:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/28/news/economy/bernanke_testimony/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/02/28/news/economy/bernanke_testimony/index.htmThe following is Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony before the House Budget Committee on Wednesday:Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:30:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/17/stem.cells.veto.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/17/stem.cells.veto.tm/index.htmlGeorge W. Bush seldom suffered personally from doing what's unpopular politically. In fact, you could argue that he has made a career of it, holding fast to positions that many voters reject, as a sign of strength in these dangerous times. So his willingness to exercise his first-ever veto this week on a bill that would expand federal funding for human embryonic-stem-cell research, which 2 out of 3 voters favor, is not just a way to stroke his political base. "People like leadership much better than a finger in the wind," says White House press secretary Tony Snow. As Bush explained to him while in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the G-8 summit last week, "I took a position. I believe in it. So that's what I'm going to do."Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/27/pf/taxes/states_fedspending/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/04/27/pf/taxes/states_fedspending/index.htmNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Do you live in a "donor" state?Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:10:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/12/news/economy/budget_deficit/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/12/news/economy/budget_deficit/index.htmNEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Who's afraid of the big bad federal budget deficit? Not the bond or currency markets.Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/05/demos.radio/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/05/demos.radio/index.htmlThe senior Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee said Saturday that President Bush is "passing on a crippling and growing debt to our children and grandchildren."Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:46:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/02/news/economy/fed_greenspan_remarks/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/03/02/news/economy/fed_greenspan_remarks/index.htmFollowing is a copy of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's prepared remarks for testimony before the House Budget Committee Wednesday, as posted on the Fed's Web site.Wed, 02 Mar 2005 15:02:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/02/08/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/02/08/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htmThe dollar rallied to a two-month high against the yen as hopes for a Chinese revaluation of the yuan faded. The greenback also built on gains verses the euro in light of a U.S. budget proposal that is seen by some as a serious effort to tackle the deficit problem.Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:37:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/social.security.reform/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/06/social.security.reform/index.htmlThe White House conceded Monday it will likely have to borrow money to pay for the president's proposal to create private accounts for younger workers to revamp Social Security.Tue, 07 Dec 2004 04:23:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/29/perot/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/29/perot/index.htmlWASHINGTON (Creators Syndicate) -- Forget all the snide knocks at the eccentric Texas billionaire, Ross Perot proved conclusively in his 1992 independent run for the presidency that even a losing candidate, with a strong message, can profoundly change national policy.Mon, 29 Nov 2004 19:57:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/11/19/news/economy/fed_greenspan/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/11/19/news/economy/fed_greenspan/index.htmFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned the U.S. must deal with the causes of the weak dollar -- the U.S. trade deficit and the federal budget deficit -- or the country could run into economic problems down the line.Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:32:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/08/23/379387/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/08/23/379387/index.htmThere is an important question that, if asked of either presidential candidate during the upcoming debates, is guaranteed to elicit an evasive nonanswer. It goes something like this: "All the fisca...Mon, 23 Aug 2004 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/05/18/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/05/18/pf/expert/ask_expert/index.htmAre the budget deficits, the national debt and the financial problems of the Social Security system smoke and mirrors -- that is, something our "all talk and no action" politicians just like to squabble about? Or are they something we really need to worry about?Tue, 18 May 2004 14:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/war.spending/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/war.spending/index.htmlCalling it a "high priority," President Bush on Wednesday asked Congress for an additional $25 billion to cover military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Wed, 05 May 2004 18:57:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363667/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363667/index.htmEven partisan Republicans have expressed deep skepticism about President Bush's budget's fiscal responsibility--or lack thereof. Joshua Bolten, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, ...Mon, 08 Mar 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363666/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/03/08/363666/index.htmWhen Alan Greenspan testified before congress in mid-February, the Fed chairman delivered a Valentine's Day garland to the recent performance of the U.S. economy, lauding the "stunning increases in...Mon, 08 Mar 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/10/commentary/column_hays/hays/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/02/10/commentary/column_hays/hays/index.htmWho doesn't love low interest rates?Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:34:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/02/01/358872/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/02/01/358872/index.htmThe economy is surging, unemployment is shrinking, and the Dow has reconquered 10,000. So why then is Robert Rubin convinced the sky is falling? Sun, 01 Feb 2004 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2002/10/10/retirement/social_security/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2002/10/10/retirement/social_security/index.htmIf you want to rile Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, just suggest that the Social Security system is in dire straits.Fri, 11 Oct 2002 14:53:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/01/255846/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/03/01/255846/index.htmJust Moments after President Clinton presented his Social Security reform plan during his State of the Union address, Republican Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn of Washington went on camera to deliver ...Mon, 01 Mar 1999 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/01/01/220935/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1997/01/01/220935/index.htmTHIS MONTH: Wed, 01 Jan 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/12/09/219359/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/12/09/219359/index.htmWhen did big government begin? Conservatives of all ages tend to think federal spending went out of control around their tenth birthday. Commentators who have a little more historical perspective t...Mon, 09 Dec 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/04/01/211213/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1996/04/01/211213/index.htmAPRIL 1996 MAY MARK THE BEGINNING OF the end of the Social Security system as Americans have known it for 60 years. Sometime this spring, the Clinton Administration's 13-member Advisory Council on ...Mon, 01 Apr 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/05/01/202700/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1995/05/01/202700/index.htmIf we have learned anything from the 30 years of frustration since we declared war on poverty, it should be this: You can't fix the problem if you don't understand it. Strategies founded on oversim...Mon, 01 May 1995 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77655/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/03/22/77655/index.htmAmid all the confusion, here are at least six things you can count on from Bill Clinton's revolutionary -- and still evolutionary -- economic plan. Mon, 22 Mar 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/01/25/77403/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/01/25/77403/index.htmCHANCES ARE that the current decade has not been particularly kind to you. Even if you are not among the millions whose jobs vanished, you may be covering for a slew of fallen colleagues and workin...Mon, 25 Jan 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/76997/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/76997/index.htmYOU SAY you've heard enough about the federal budget deficit? You know it will come to roughly $314 billion in fiscal 1992? You know the national debt grew from nearly $1 trillion ten years ago to ...Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/01/01/87063/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1992/01/01/87063/index.htmLast April, a new job enabled Leland and Kathy Rhodes to flee the gathering gloom of tax hell in California for the pristine uplands of tax heaven in Wyoming. Today, as the $60,000-a-year chief fin...Wed, 01 Jan 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75559/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/07/75559/index.htmIS THERE an economic phenomenon more frustrating than the federal budget deficit? For a decade it has mocked us, defying all efforts to eliminate it -- from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act of 1985, w...Mon, 07 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72893/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72893/index.htmAMERICA ENTERS the 1990s bristling with opportunity. The spread of pluralistic, democratic capitalism -- a victory for American ideals and policy -- promises a world bound more tightly together, la...Mon, 18 Dec 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/13/71738/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/03/13/71738/index.htmInflation has come too close to a boil for comfort, and any hopes have faded for a quick agreement to trim the federal deficit. Each of these developments is a worry for the economy during the comi...Mon, 13 Mar 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/05/71335/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/12/05/71335/index.htmThe best way for the federal government to get its financial house in order? Increase the gasoline tax, substantially. Most proponents of this idea cite the need for more federal revenue and the vi...Mon, 05 Dec 1988 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70944/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/08/29/70944/index.htmENTER the strange world of Social Security, as exotically inside out as the domain of black holes and anti-matter that physicists describe. Within the borders of this unexpected land the U.S. runs ...Mon, 29 Aug 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70569/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/05/23/70569/index.htmLAST MONTH'S 100-point drop in the Dow, triggered by disappointing news about the U.S. trade deficit, was a glint on the sword that hangs over the world financial system. In another month or so, Am...Mon, 23 May 1988 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/10/12/84124/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1987/10/12/84124/index.htm''Our goal, which is a goal we think we can achieve during fiscal year 1972, is to operate with a balanced budget.'' -- President Richard Nixon, July 1970 1972 federal budget deficit: $23.4 billion...Mon, 12 Oct 1987 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68197/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68197/index.htmIN THE COMPASSION-PACKED Sixties and Seventies, welfare became a right, checks became grants, and social workers turned into ''human services technicians.'' But now the buzzword in the welfare bure...Mon, 27 Oct 1986 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/12/67523/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/05/12/67523/index.htmThe manner in which the federal government represents its financial condition is woefully misleading. For all the debate about the exact costs of items in the federal budget and the very precise de...Mon, 12 May 1986 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/08/19/66305/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/08/19/66305/index.htmThe American economy is shifting from a high-speed hustle to a sedate waltz, and the effects will be felt worldwide. Last year's roaring growth produced something for everyone. The recovery remaine...Mon, 19 Aug 1985 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/03/04/65655/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/03/04/65655/index.htmPOLITICIANS, pundits, and most economists have come to agree that the federal budget deficit is the paramount problem facing the U.S. By ''the deficit'' they no longer mean the difference between t...Mon, 04 Mar 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/01/07/65450/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/01/07/65450/index.htmThe war on federal spending--at least the rhetorical war--will heat up in the coming months as President Reagan renews his call for the line item veto, the power for the President to veto individua...Mon, 07 Jan 1985 05:01:00 EST