Transcript: White House official on the $3 million cap on tax deferrals for retirement savings proposed in the FY2014 budget

Monday, April 15, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of remarks by a White House official on the $3 million cap on tax exemptions for retirement savings proposed in the FY2014…

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Transcript: Senior White House officials on chained-CPI & Social Security savings proposed in the FY2014 budget

Monday, April 15, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of remarks by senior White House officials on chained-CPI and Social Security savings proposed in the FY2014 budget. The press briefing was…

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Transcript: Remarks by OMB Acting Director Jeffrey Zients on the Obama FY2014 budget

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Edited by Jenny Jiang Partial transcript of remarks by Jeffrey Zients, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), on President Barack Obama’s FY2014 budget. The…

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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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Social Security backlog will grow if sequestration forces furlough

Tuesday, February 26, 2013
WTF Social Security Administration sequestration 2.26.13

The Social Security Administration warned that backlog for retirement and disability claims will grow exponentially if sequestration forces the agency to lay off and furlough employees.

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Transcript: Simpson-Bowles on entitlement reform

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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Transcript: Simpson-Bowles on the “point of no return” to address nation’s debt

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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Transcript: Simpson-Bowles announce new blueprint to reduce deficit by $2.4 trillion

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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Sequester cuts to HUD could leave 200,000 low-income seniors, families, disabled & veterans homeless

Friday, February 15, 2013
WTF Shaun Donovan 2.14.13

If the across-the-board sequester cuts to non-defense discretionary programs take effect on March 1, the Department of Housing and Urban Development will have to significantly scale back low-income…

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Transcript: HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s testimony on impacts of sequestration before the Senate Appropriations Committee

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Transcript of testimony by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on the impacts of sequestration on the housing recovery, homelessness, and Hurricane Sandy recovery. The Senate Appropriations…

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