Transcript: Remarks by National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling on Obama’s FY2014 budget

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Transcript of remarks by Gene Sperling, Director of the White House National Economic Council, on President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget. The press briefing was…

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Transcript: House GOP’s response to President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Excerpts from press briefing remarks by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on the FY2014 budget proposed by President Barack Obama on…

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Transcript: Remarks by President Barack Obama on his proposed fiscal year 2014 budget

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Partial transcript of President Barack Obama’s remarks on his proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 at a Rose Garden press briefing on April 10, 2013:

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Transcript: Q&A responses by Professor Linda Blimes on the cost of the Iraq War

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Excerpts of Q&A responses by Linda J. Blimes, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and co-author of The Trillion Dollar War, on the cost of the Iraq War at the…

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Transcript: Remarks by Harvard Professor Linda Blimes on the cost of the Iraq War on March 21, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Transcript of remarks by Linda J. Blimes, Harvard Kennedy School Professor and co-author of The Trillion Dollar War, on the cost of the Iraq War at the Carnegie…

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Simpson-Bowles call for an additional $2.4 trillion in deficit reduction

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. SOURCE: Twitter.com/ErskineBowles

Former Senator Alan Simpson (R-Wy.) and former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles are pressing Congress and the Obama administration to reduce the deficit by another…

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Congress & President failed to avert sequestration, $85 billion in cuts set to take effect in FY 2013

Monday, March 4, 2013

The federal government will have to slash $85 billion between now and the end of September after Congress and the White House failed to reach an agreement to…

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Transcript: House Speaker John Boehner’s remarks after the White House sequester meeting on March 1, 2013

Friday, March 1, 2013

Transcript of press briefing remarks by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) after the White House sequester meeting on March 1, 2013:

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FAA sequester cuts mean fewer flights, longer delays in upcoming summer travel season

Thursday, February 28, 2013
SOURCE: FAA.gov via Facebook

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood warned Congress that sequestration would force the Federal Aviation Administration to furlough air traffic controllers and safety technicians, resulting in fewer flights and…

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Transcript: Simpson-Bowles on the cost of “kicking the can down the road” on deficit reduction

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Transcript of excerpts from the Politico Playbook Breakfast with Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, on sequestration and deficit…

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