President Obama is introduced by Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Chicago on April 14. (REUTERS/Jason Reed)
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President Obama as seen through a teleprompter as he delivers a speech on U.S. fiscal and budgetary deficit policy at the George Washington University on April 13. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
–If you needed more evidence that squabbling over short-term discretionary spending is a joke, the CBO finds those vaunted $38 billion in cuts …
President Obama closes his eyes as first lady Michelle Obama speaks at the White House on April 12. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)
–President Obama will give his speech on long-term deficits at 1:35 pm today. In addition to revisiting some elements of Simpson-Bowles, Marc Ambinder reports Obama’s vision will be one of contrast with …
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray is arrested in front of the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Monday, April 11. (Bill Clark/Roll Call)
–President Obama will use the Simpson-Bowles commission report as a framework for the deficit reduction plan he’s set to unveil Wednesday afternoon. Starting from the center will only exacerbate liberal …
President Obama sprints up the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to visit with tourists on April 9, a day after Congress came to agreement on funding the federal government. (REUTERS/Mike Theiler)
–A 2011 budget deal may be done, or at least a compromise number reached and some riders ruled out, but lawmakers are still working out …
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner speak to reporters after meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on April 6. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
—No deal to avert a shutdown yet. President Obama called for a “sense of urgency from all parties involved” after his late Wednesday night meeting …
Reps. Cantor, Boehner and McKarthy at the U.S. Capitol on April 5. (Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
–As the shutdown deadline fast approaches, no 2011 budget deal yet. Speaker Boehner is telling Dems he wants $40 billion in cuts and warning his caucus that Democrats will come out ahead politically in a shutdown. Obama …
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–Paul Ryan rolls out his 2012 budget + entitlement reform + tax reform package today with a Journal op-ed, press conference and midday speech at the American Enterprise Institute. He’s billing it as a “path to prosperity,” and citing some mighty, um, optimistic numbers from the …
President Obama arrives to deliver remarks at a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Maryland on April 1. (REUTERS/Jim Young)
–Obama formally announces his reelection bid with a video and new website. A classic end-of-first-term line from the video: “I don’t agree with Obama on everything, but I respect him him and I trust him.” …
–Unemployment falls to 8.8% in March, a two-year low, as non-farm payrolls swell by 216,000. It’s a good sign of momentum, but obviously the bar for happy news is pretty low. A return to normal employment levels will take a very long time at this rate.
–Many conservatives are feeling good about 2011 budgets and would prefer to …