dailybail.com - 10/26/2009
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There is a particular cacophonous distaste when Christina Romer's voice waddles through my speakers. The Chair of the White House CEA "cringes at the thought" of ending the stimulus early, and swears that the White House is "not cool with trillion-dollar deficits," though she offers ...
Stan To Obama On The Deficit: Do Nothing
capitalgainsandgames.com 6/22/2009 — Matt Miller is a very smart guy, a friend, and someone whose wisdom on the budget I almost always find worthwhile. But not this time.
In his most recent post from The Daily Beast , Matt suggests that the White House consider what he admits are ...
Optimism Abounds at the White House
economistsview.typepad.com 3/10/2009 — Tim Duy doesn't see the light at the end of the tunnel that the administration says may be there: Optimism Abounds at the White House, by Tim Duy : With the ink barely dry on the recent stimulus package, commentators are already calling for a fresh ...
Barack Obama, Basketballer-in-Chief
cbsnews.com 10/8/2009 — President Shooting Hoops With Members of Congress Thursday, Though No Women Invited; Has Played at Least Five Times Before as President
First Glimmer of the OMB Budget Report
economistmom.com 9/6/2009 — From the Washington Post’s Lori Montgomery , filed at 9:30 am:
The $787 billion economic stimulus package President Obama signed earlier this year is likely to cost “tens of billions of dollars” more than expected, helping to ...
White House forecasts higher budget deficit
reuters.com 5/11/2009 — Caren Bohan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Monday increased its forecast for the U.S. budget deficit for this year by $89 billion, reflecting the recession, a raft of new unemployment claims and corporate bailouts. A fresh ...
Attention All Deficit Hawks: Do You Know Where Your Veto Threats Are?
capitalgainsandgames.com 6/25/2009 — The White House yesterday did something that should truly warm the hearts of deficit hawks everywhere: it threated to veto the 2010 military authorization bill over two big spending issues -- the F22 and the alternate engine for the F35.
A little ...
Mid-Session Review
whitehouse.gov 8/25/2009 — The White House - President Barack Obama The White House emblem Flag of the United States of America The Briefing Room The Blog Your Weekly Address Slideshows Speeches Official Statements Press Briefings Press Releases Presidential Actions Nominations ...
Christina Romer's "More Than $300 Billion" Mistake
correspondents.theatlantic.com 8/27/2009 — Christina Romer, in her speech that I have been blogging critically about, said that the government had by the end of the second quarter of this year (June 30) "spent" more than $100 billion in stimulus money. The official stimulus web...
Visitor Records
whitehouse.gov 10/30/2009 — As part of President Obama's commitment to government transparency, we are providing records of White House visitors on an ongoing basis online. In December 2009, we will begin posting all White House visitor records for the period from September 15th ...