Stephen Reader appears in the following:
U.S. Debt Outlook: Downgrade to Negative
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Explainer: What is a Debt Ceiling? Can It Break?
Monday, April 18, 2011
We're not getting any room to breathe between budget battles.
After narrowly avoiding a government shutdown, which would have been precipitated by a stalemate over spending for the current fiscal year, new standoffs surrounding the nation's long-term debt are already on the horizon.
Why No Financial Crisis Arrests?
Friday, April 15, 2011
Rick Santorum: Provocateur of the Right
Thursday, April 14, 2011
In a primary bid, Santorum probably has as much working against him as for him amongst Republicans—it depends on how far to the right you like your presidential candidates.
The Fiscal Impact of Obama's Budget Speech
Thursday, April 14, 2011
What's a 'Debt Trigger' Anyway?
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Top Three Ways to Cut Taxes and Still Save Revenue
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
In his 2012 budget proposal, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) lays out a plan to lower the top individual and corporate tax rates from 35 percent to 25 percent. This much cutting should mean big revenue losses for the federal government, which already gave up a chunk of its income when officials extended the Bush tax cuts for all income brackets last December. However, Ryan asserts that he can make his cuts revenue neutral by nixing tax expenditures—loopholes, breaks and preferences in the the tax code—simultaneously.
There's just one problem: Ryan has yet to say what those expenditures are.
Dems Take on Ryan Budget? Unshared Sacrifice
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Ten Ways the Government Shutdown Will Mess Up Your Life
Friday, April 08, 2011
It feels a little like watching the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve—only, everyone's dreading midnight. The government shutdown is mere hours away. Those hardest hit will be federal employees, who won't see their paychecks for a while. For the rest of us, here are ten things that will experience turbulence if and when the government shuts down.
Nobody Wants a Government Shutdown...or Do They?
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
At 8:45 pm Wednesday night, President Obama will sit down with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to try and hammer out a last-minute budget compromise before the government shuts down on Friday.
A shutdown would mean furloughing thousands of government employees, delaying Social Security payments to seniors, and closing national parks, among other things. Freezing federal business is also more expensive than business as usual. With all these negative consequences looming beyond this Friday's budget deadline, nobody wants a government shutdown...or do they?
Budget Showdowns, Government Shutdowns, and Paul Ryan's Proposal
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Tax Questions From Same Sex Couples, Answered
Monday, April 04, 2011
Rep. Jim Himes: Budget Debate 'Profoundly Dishonest'
Monday, April 04, 2011
American Inequality, Part 2
Friday, April 01, 2011
In Albany, Budget Battle is the Cuomo Show
Monday, March 28, 2011
The New Black Migration: Home is Where the Job Is
Friday, March 25, 2011
Census Numbers: Calling Jackson Heights
Friday, March 25, 2011
On One-Year Anniversary, has Health Care Overhaul Helped?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Arab League, History Complicate U.S. Action in Libya
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Libya: The Politics of Intervention
Friday, March 18, 2011
Following the imposition of a no-fly zone on Libya by the UN Security Council, President Barack Obama gave a speech Friday outlining what the United States will and will not do to counter Moammar Gadhafi's brutal regime, and the factors influencing his administration's decision.
