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CNNMoney: Obama budget fails to tackle entitlementsupdated: Tue Feb 14 2012 05:20:00

Independent deficit hawks -- as opposed to the political ones seeking votes -- gave mixed reviews to President Obama's 2013 budget proposal.

CNNMoney: 'Go big' advocates to debt committee: Don't wimp outupdated: Tue Nov 01 2011 18:15:00

The congressional debt committee, three weeks from its deadline and reportedly deadlocked, got a polite earful on Tuesday from four of the most passionate proponents of a big, balanced and bipartisan deficit-reduction plan.

CNNMoney: New deficit plan would cut $6 trillionupdated: Wed Nov 17 2010 16:50:00

The country got a little shock therapy last week when the co-chairmen of President Obama's debt commission offered their recommendations for curbing U.S. debt. One of their goals: reduce deficits by $4 trillion over the next decade.

CNNMoney: Long-term debt: The real problemupdated: Thu Aug 19 2010 07:51:00

Starting next month, lawmakers will argue until they are hoarse over what to do about various spending bills and the Dec. 31 expiration of the Bush tax cuts.

Time.com: Sen. Pete Domenici on Mental Healthupdated: Fri Oct 10 2008 19:00:00

The Senator from New Mexico talks about his career-long campaign for mental health parity, and the landmark legislation he's passed as part of the $700 billion Congressional bailout package

Special prosecutor to investigate firings of U.S. attorneysupdated: Mon Sep 29 2008 19:34:00

A special prosecutor will conduct an independent investigation into the conduct of Justice Department officials involved in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, Attorney General Michael Mukasey announced Monday.

Time.com: Prosecutor Named to Probe Attorney Firingsupdated: Mon Sep 29 2008 12:00:00

Attorney General Michael Mukasey appointed a prosecutor Monday to pursue possible criminal charges against Republicans who were involved in the controversial firings of U.S. attorneys

Time.com: Republicans Block Heating Aid Billupdated: Sat Jul 26 2008 14:25:00

Republicans on Saturday blocked the Senate from considering a bill next week that would nearly double federal aid to help the poor pay heating bills

Ethics committee scolds Sen. Domeniciupdated: Thu Apr 24 2008 21:23:00

The Senate Ethics Committee issued a letter of admonition Thursday to New Mexico Republican Sen. Pete Domenici for his role in contacting the U.S. attorney in his state about a pending federal grand jury investigation into public corruption.

CNNMoney: Senate committee tackles oil pricesupdated: Thu Apr 03 2008 15:58:00

As gas prices hit another record high Thursday, senators in Washington suggested Congress may need to intervene and change how investors buy and sell oil.

CNNMoney: Energy bill hits Senate snagupdated: Fri Dec 07 2007 16:14:00

An energy bill that would require automakers to raise their average fuel economy standards, increase ethanol use, and raise taxes on the oil industry hit a procedural roadblock in the Senate Friday, but senators vowed to work during the weekend to find a way to advance the bill.

Bill raising auto fuel standards hits snag in Senate updated: Fri Dec 07 2007 12:02:00

An energy bill that would require automakers to raise average fuel economy standards hit a roadblock Friday in the Senate, but senators vowed to work over the weekend to find a way to advance the legislation.

New Mexico's Wilson to pursue Domenici's seat, sources sayupdated: Thu Oct 11 2007 11:37:00

Republican Rep. Heather Wilson will announce later today that she's running for the seat of retiring New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, two senior GOP congressional sources tell CNN.

Domenici announces his retirement from Senateupdated: Thu Oct 04 2007 21:11:00

Republicans' tough task of taking back control of the Senate next year now looks even tougher.

Domenici will not seek re-election because of brain diseaseupdated: Thu Oct 04 2007 20:55:00

Republican Sen. Pete Domenici will not seek re-election next year because he has progressive, incurable brain condition that might prevent him from completing another six-year term, he announced Thursday.

Experts: Senator's form of dementia usually forces people off jobsupdated: Thu Oct 04 2007 20:53:00

Four prominent neurologists say they cannot see how Sen. Pete Domenici can continue his work as a U.S. senator given his diagnosis with frontotemporal lobar degeneration, a type of dementia.

'Surge' essential to security in Iraq, general saysupdated: Fri Jul 06 2007 03:30:00

Maintaining security in Diyala province north of Baghdad will be impossible if U.S. troops are withdrawn from Iraq, according to a U.S. senior ground commander there.

Dems cry interference as prosecutors question dismissalsupdated: Tue Mar 06 2007 08:33:00

A recently canned former U.S. attorney, who has promised to name two lawmakers he says pressured him to build cases against Democrats, is scheduled to testify Tuesday before congressional committees.

CNNMoney: Senator wants price gouging protectionupdated: Tue Sep 06 2005 14:28:00

Asking fellow senators to put finger-pointing over Hurricane Katrina's devastation aside, the head of the Senate Energy Committee called Tuesday for a gasoline and oil act to protect citizens from price gouging.

Fortune: Move Over, Silicon Valley; D.C. Is Where It's Atupdated: Mon Apr 16 2001 00:01:00

Silicon Valley, which has propelled innovation and economic growth for the past six years, is wounded. With layoffs, rolling blackouts, and rumors of Arnold Schwarzenegger gunning to run the entire...

Fortune: PHONY WARS IN WASHINGTON THE REAL CRISIS WE FACE ISN'T A NUMBERS CRISIS; IT'S A PEOPLE CRISIS. WE'LL SOON updated: Mon Apr 14 1997 00:01:00

Now that the Clinton Administration's phony budget numbers are in, and the Republicans' phony budget numbers are being prepared, the verdict is also in. Both parties are reaching the same phony con...

Fortune: THE FLAT TAX TAKES A FEW LUMPS FROM THE BEANCOUNTERSupdated: Mon Oct 02 1995 00:01:00

A simple flat tax is still the rage at the top of corporate America. In a new FORTUNE poll, 66% of some 200 CEOs picked a 17% flat tax over such radical reform alternatives as a national sales tax,...

Fortune: DON'T CUT TAXES-FLATTEN THEM NEWT & CO. CAN'T SEEM TO FINANCE THE CUTS IN THEIR CONTRACT. THE SOLUTION: A updated: Mon Apr 17 1995 00:01:00

As Newt Gingrich and his cohorts in the House race to implement their Contract with America, their ambitious promise to cut taxes and spending while balancing the budget by the year 2002 seems to b...

Fortune: POLITICS & POLICY REAL TAX REFORM GATHERS STEAMupdated: Mon Mar 06 1995 00:01:00

Everyone knows about proposed middle-class tax cuts--but that's small change compared with other reforms brewing on Capitol Hill. The way you pay taxes may soon be radically altered, with the basis...

Fortune: A NEW TAX BREAK FOR SAVINGS?updated: Mon Oct 04 1993 00:01:00

Economists and tax gurus have long dreamed of a simple, broad-based tax on consumption to encourage saving, investment, competitiveness, and, yes, jobs. But the leading candidate, a value-added tax...

Fortune: Deficit talk-talkupdated: Mon Mar 28 1988 00:01:00

First, Treasury Secretary James A. Baker told Congress that tax increases were not necessary to shrink the U.S. budget deficit. The next day Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan said they ...

Fortune: MORE BAD NEWS FROM THE BUSINESS TAX FRONT The Republican Senate is unlikely to undo much of the damage done to corporations in tupdated: Mon Mar 31 1986 00:01:00

BUSINESS LEADERS once entertained hopes that the Republican Senate would reverse some of the distinctly antibusiness aspects of tax reform. Those hopes have faded fast. Says John M. Albertine, outg...

Fortune: LOBBYISTS CASH IN ON TAKEOVERS The names and fees are big as raiders and their targets seek to get government in or out of the mupdated: Mon Jun 10 1985 00:01:00

WASHINGTON has become the permanent front in corporate America's takeover wars. As Unocal and Mesa Petroleum Chairman T. Boone Pickens Jr., CBS and TV entrepreneur Ted Turner, and other opposing fo...

Fortune: COVER STORY HAVE TAKEOVERS GONE TOO FAR? Even giant corporations feel vulnerable to raiders these days, and a lot of managementsupdated: Mon May 27 1985 00:01:00

HOSTILE TAKEOVERS, always a subject of high contention, have become one of the hottest issues in Washington, on Wall Street, and in boardrooms across the U.S. Corporate chieftains, lawyers, investm...

Fortune: REAGAN'S DRIFT INTO ECONOMIC AD-HOCKERY The smooth policymaking machine of Reagan's first term has ground to a halt. Who'll get updated: Mon May 27 1985 00:01:00

THE MAKING AND SELLING of economic policy during the first six months of Ronald Reagan's first term seemed as smooth as a Chopin waltz. The first six months of his second term have sounded more lik...

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