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• House votes to permit $1.9 trillion more debt

  February 4, 2010 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — The House has approved a measure allowing the U.S. government to borrow $1.9 trillion to pay its bills. 4

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  Plan spends more, for now

  February 2, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a federal budget for the coming fiscal year that projects a near-record $1.27 trillion deficit, saying he would create a bipartisan … 1

• Smart Bombs: Slogans don’t kill. People do

  January 27, 2010 in Opinion on Page A15 Try as I might, I can’t compress the point I’m about to make into a soundbite. Nonetheless, here it goes. The nation cannot seriously address the budget deficit without a … 1

• Senate scotches deficit panel

  January 27, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposal to establish a potentially powerful commission to reduce the federal budget deficit, despite President Barack Obama’s endorsement and swelling voter anger … 2

• Federal spending bill tests debt limit

  December 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – The Senate cleared for President Barack Obama’s signature on Sunday a $447 billion omnibus spending bill that contains thousands of earmarks and double-digit increases for several Cabinet agencies, … 4

• Federal deficit $1 trillion, climbing

  July 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever and could grow to nearly $2 trillion by this fall, intensifying fears about higher interest rates, … 1

• Several factors combined to cause a historic deficit

  July 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Here are some questions and answers about what happened to the federal budget, and how we got to a $1 trillion deficit. Q. Just how did we go from a … 2

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  Obama proposes $3.6 trillion budget

  February 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama charted a dramatic new course for the nation Thursday with a bold but contentious budget plan proposing higher taxes for the wealthy and the first …

• Obama’s budget foresees $1.75 trillion deficit

  February 26, 2009 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a …

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  Obama calls for slashing deficit in half

  February 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 WASHINGTON – Urging strict future restraint even as current spending soars, President Barack Obama pledged on Monday to dramatically slash the skyrocketing annual budget deficit as he started to dole …

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  Performance officer named as nation faces record deficit

  January 8, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – Pointing with concern to “red ink as far as the eye can see,” President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named …