Senate Budget Chairman Conrad goes further than Obama in plan to reduce deficits
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on April 21st, 2010 4:37 am by HL
Senate Budget Chairman Conrad goes further than Obama in plan to reduce deficits
A spending plan drafted by the Senate Budget Committee chairman would reduce deficits by slashing spending on programs unrelated to national security and forcing lawmakers to pay for popular tax policies, including provisions that protect middle-class families from the bite of the alternative…
Gates calls for overhaul of export licensing controls
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tuesday that the government’s Cold War-era system of licensing the export of weapons and other high-tech goods was actually harming national security by blocking arms sales to allies and giving an advantage to foreign manufacturers.
As focus turns to economy, health care appears to be on White House back burner
Three months ago, at a private meeting of nervous House Democratic lawmakers, President Obama promised to put the full weight of his office behind the marketing of the health-care bill once it became law.
