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January 4 - 2009 Legislative Summary: Budget Enforcement

January 4 - 2009 Legislative Summary: Debt Limit Increase

January 4 - 2009 Legislative Summary: Fiscal 2010 Budget Resolution

January 4 - Liberals Balk at Proposal for a Budget Commission

January 18 - Fiscal Hawks Urge Holistic Treatment

January 25 - Senate Moderates Push for Commission As Vote on Increasing Debt Limit Nears

February 8 - Behind the Numbers, Optimism for Recovery

February 8 - Central Elements of Obama's Tax Proposal

February 8 - Fiscal Budget 2011 Issues

February 8 - High Hopes, High Deficits

February 8 - Proposed Spending Freeze Barely Chips at Debt

February 8 - Record Increase in Debt Limit Clears

February 15 - In Defense Spending, Everything's Relative

February 22 - New Debt Panel Leaves Doubters

March 1 - Reid, Obama Name Seven To Debt Panel

March 15 - Earmark Bans Get a Frosty Reception

March 15 - GOP's Picks for Debt Commission Have Conservative Credentials

March 22 - Obama's Extra Social Security Payment Has Lost Favor in Congress

March 22 - Political Economy: Sense of Entitlement

March 22 - Senate Isn't Reconciled to Amendments

March 29 - Deficit Commission Membership Complete; Pelosi Names House Democrats as Last Three

April 12 - Peddling a New Budget Cycle

April 12 - Tough Budget Tops Spring Agenda

April 12 - Unbundling the Budget

April 19 - Fiscal Commission as Cornerstone

April 26 - Senate Panel Approves Draft Resolution; Long Appropriations Season Predicted

May 10 - Gates Fires Warning Shot at Navy's Warship Plans

May 24 - The Price of a Sluggish Purse

May 31 - Democrats Balk at Rescission Plan; Debt Panel Seeks Long-Term Target

May 31 - Political Economy: Parlor Games

June 7 - Debt and Jobs Vying For Congress' Favor

June 28 - Democrats Opting for One-Year Budget

June 28 - Political Economy: Austerity Measurements

July 5 - A Touchable 'Third Rail'

July 5 - One-Year Budget Measure Approved

July 12 - 'Must Pass' Strategy Lacks That Old Pull

July 12 - Political Economy: Forecasting Difficulties

July 12 - Riders Tag Along With Money Bills

July 19 - Obama Taps State Department's Lew For Second Stint as OMB Director

July 19 - Political Economy: Greenspeak

July 26 - Deficit-Cutting Proposals Tread Well-Worn Path

July 26 - Democratic Appropriators Press Ahead

August 2 - A Harsher Tone to OMB Encore

August 2 - A Private Stake in the Public Housing Market

August 9 - Can Coins Trump Greenback?

August 16 - Revenue-Raiser Measures Will Be Tough Sell This Fall

September 6 - Credit Unions Quiver at Jab

September 6 - The Untouchable Expenditure

September 6 - Tricks of the Tax Trade

September 13 - Fall 2010 Outlook: Budget Enforcement

September 13 - Fall 2010 Outlook: Debt Limit Increase

September 20 - Political Economy: War of the Nerds

September 27 - Political Economy: A Tall Order

September 27 - Senate Plans Vote on Lew Nomination Before Recess, Putting a Second OMB Term for Him Within Reach

October 11 - Murphy's Law and the Stimulus

October 18 - Political Economy: Waiting for Tinkerbell

October 18 - When Is One Year Not Enough?

November 1 - Political Economy: Whose Fault, Default?

November 8 - House Committees of the 112th: Budget

November 8 - Senate Committees of the 112th: Budget

November 15 - Editor's Notebook: Washington: A City, Not a Disease

November 15 - Lame-Duck Outlook: Many Issues, Little Resolution

November 15 - On the Move in Agencies: McBride

November 15 - Panel Leaders Out on an Early Limb

November 15 - Ryan Heads Into the Budget Breach

November 22 - An Earmark by Any Other Name

November 22 - Lew Confirmed to Head OMB After Landrieu Lifts Hold in Senate

November 22 - Political Economy: Walking the Plank

December 6 - Bipartisan Vote Count Not Enough To Send Deficit Panel's Plan to Hill

December 6 - Political Economy: Who's Leading Whom

December 6 - The Deficit Panel's Proposed Strategies

December 13 - Barking Up the Right Tree

December 13 - Orphan Earmarks Seek Owners

December 13 - The Tax Cuts: Counting on Magic Numbers

December 27 - 2010 Legislative Summary: Appropriations (Overview)

December 27 - 2010 Legislative Summary: Debt Limit Increase

December 27 - 2010 Legislative Summary: Fiscal 2011 Budget Resolution

December 27 - 2010 Legislative Summary: Pay-As-You-Go Rules

December 27 - Political Economy: Unfinished Business