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February 16, 2011 FACT CHECK: Economic Policy Institute Analysis of the CR: What’s One More Wildly Inaccurate Prediction?

The Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a union-funded organization, has estimated that the cuts contained in the CR would result in…

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February 15, 2011 FACT CHECK: Democrats Falsely Claim $1.7 Billion in Cuts to Social Security Administration’s Budget

Democrats today made outrageous claims that the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) offices “would shut down” due to a proposed administrative budget…

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February 09, 2011 Colombia: Continuing Progress that is Making all Colombians Safer

Colombia has made dramatic and sustained strides in restoring the rule of law and improving safety and quality of life…

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February 07, 2011 Trade Facts about President Obama’s Speech at the Chamber of Commerce Today

 “… [W]e finalized a trade agreement with South Korea that will support at least 70,000 American jobs – a deal…

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February 07, 2011 CSI Letter in Support of Extending Trade Progrms

Tomorrow, the House will consider legislation to extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program, as well as the Andean Trade…

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August 25, 2009 Obama Floats Another Middle Class Tax Hike Trial Balloon

Facing ever larger deficits as the result of massive federal spending and the failure of the President’s stimulus plan to…

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March 04, 2009 Orszag: Energy Tax Will Cost Families An Average of At Least $500 More Than ‘Make Work Pay’

Many families forced to pay more than $1,300 in higher energy costs      FACT:            Peter Orszag , former CBO Director…

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January 27, 2009 CBO, JOINT TAX CONFIRM: TAX CUTS BEAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING 2:1

CBO, JOINT TAX CONFIRM: TAX CUTS BEAT GOVERNMENT SPENDING 2:1 BACKGROUND:On January 26, 2009, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released…

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January 23, 2009 The Democrats’ Definition of Bipartisanship?

Outside of the White House today, Speak Pelosi claimed that Republican voices have been heard in the  discussion of the…

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November 03, 2008 Spreading the Wealth

The current debate has been marked by calls to “improve” the distribution of incomes in the U.S. by “spreading the…

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