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Deficit Again Expected to Top $1 Trillion

By KRISTINA PETERSON And DAMIAN PALETTA WASHINGTON—The federal budget deficit likely will top $1 trillion for the fourth consecutive year in fiscal 2012 as the economy continues to grow at a sluggish pace, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted Tuesday. Congress’s official budget scorekeeper projected a sober outlook in its semi-annual report Tuesday, forecasting that [...]

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There’s No Avoiding ‘Repeal and Replace’

It’s essential for limited government. By: James Capretta   NRO Scores of House and Senate candidates are campaigning on a platform of reestablishing limited government. There could hardly be a more encouraging development for our republic. After decades of legislators’ piling countless new programs on top of old ones, and two years of the most intense [...]

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Obama Drug Czar Not Consulted on Budget Cuts to Drug-Interdiction Operations

Top anti-narcotic officials in the Obama administration – including drug czar Gil Kerlikowske – told a House subcommittee on Wednesday they were not consulted about the proposed cuts to U.S. Coast Guard personnel and resources in the Homeland Security Department’s proposed fiscal 2011 budget. Under the Obama administration’s budget plan, the U.S. Coast Guard will [...]

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