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House Sends Opening Salvo in Budget Fight

This budget fight is Boehner's last hurrah.

Congress Must Raise Debt Ceiling to Pay Debts, Again

Congress is the strongest when it manages the purse strings well.

It's Time to Change the Name of the Democrat Party

The Democrat debate was a tribute to Marx.

America's $12 Trillion House of Cards

What is the price tag for the audacious Obamanomics experiment? How much has it all cost — the bailouts, the debt, the stimulus plans, the printing of cheap money, Obamacare and all the rest? The answer to that question is just shy of $12 trillion. That's the sum of the $8.3 trillion added to the national debt since Sept. 15, 2008 (the day Lehman Brothers filed bankruptcy) for all the government spending and the $3.5 trillion of easy money flushed into the economy by the Federal Reserve through the initial monetary expansion — QE1, QE2 and QE3.

Federal Reserve Keeps Nation at Zero

This is not just a short-term hesitation from the Fed.

Big Win: Court Says Public Sector Employees Have Right to Work, Too

Michigan Supreme Court deals a blow to the UAW on behalf of freedom.

Lessons From the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid

Obama 'Recovery' Slows Debt Reduction

Greece Faces Hard Economic Times of Its Own Making

Puerto Rico Wants a Pass on $72 Billion Debt

Greeks Scramble for Cash as Financial Crisis Comes to a Head

CBO Discovers ObamaCare Costs a Lot of Money

A new report on the economic impact of the law and its repeal.

Obama May Fundamentally Transform Economy

True U.S. Debt Tops $210 Trillion

Social Insecurity: The Looming Crisis

A new report shows the extent of the trouble for the nation's most popular entitlement.

Pensions Remain Illinois' Ball and Chain

The state Supreme Court shot down attempts to rein in public worker pensions.

Christie's Third Rail Gamble

The New Jersey governor unveiled a plan to tackle major entitlement reform.

The GOP's Better Budget Battle

Tom Price's plan isn't perfect but it's a good start.

Just a Friendly Reminder About Uncontrolled Debt

Federal Deficits Set to Rise, CBO Predicts