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House GOP Budget Sets Stage For Showdown With The President

8:18pm March 17, 2015

by Scott Horsley

House Republicans unveiled a draft budget Tuesday, aimed at balancing spending with revenues over the next decade without raising taxes.

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President Obama, shown speaking at the University Of Kansas on Jan. 22, defends his budget as an exercise in "middle-class economics." But forecasters at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center say the 60 percent of Americans at the middle of the income ladder

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Obama's Budget Proposal Lifts 2013 Caps, Adds Billions In Spending

12:14pm February 02, 2015

by Scott Horsley

The president's $3.99 trillion proposal, released Monday, calls for more spending on domestic programs, infrastructure and defense — and includes tax hikes the new Congress is unlikely to approve.

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