Budget (February 2012)

Election doesn’t mean wasted fiscal year
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and Alice Rivlin - 02/14/12 07:20 PM ET

The president’s budget proposal presents Congress with an opportunity to redeem itself after an embarrassingly dysfunctional first session that ended in the lowest public approval ratings for Congress in recorded history.

President Obama’s ‘balanced’ budget
David M. Walker - 02/14/12 07:19 PM ET

President Obama submitted his fiscal 2013 budget proposal to Congress a week late this year.

President obviously doesn’t grasp the seriousness of fiscal situation
Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) - 02/14/12 07:17 PM ET

The only honest conclusion one can draw from President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget is that this administration refuses to recognize the seriousness of America’s fiscal crisis and is recklessly unwilling to address the challenges we face.

Budget simply needs to create jobs
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) - 02/14/12 07:15 PM ET

Job creation and tax fairness are at the top of voters’ to-do lists for Congress.

Budget falls way short on fixing debt
Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) - 02/14/12 07:11 PM ET

Perhaps it was too much to hope that President Obama would choose an election year to offer the first serious budget of his presidency.

President’s fiscal plan a statement of our priorities
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) - 02/14/12 07:09 PM ET

The president’s annual budget can be distilled as a statement of our country’s priorities. 

 
 

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