Budget Peacocks – Delaware Liberal

Chris Coons is On the Budget Conference Committee

By cassandra_m October 22, 20134 Comments

This is the committee formed as part of the deal to re-open the government and avoid the debt ceiling. It isn't much of a giveaway, as Conference Committees are the usual order of business in Congress after budgets have passed the House and Senate. This Conference Committee -- as would others -- is meant to negotiate a single budget from the two that have passed. Senator Chris Coons is on this committee as a result of his being on the Senate Budget Committee.

#Fail

By cassandra_m November 21, 20116 Comments

That seems to sum up (as of this writing, which is shortly before the Super Committee deadline) the rather expected results of the work of said Super Committee.

What Out of Control Spending Looks Like

By cassandra_m July 10, 2011

Since we're still going to be focused on this narrative that the government spends too much, it is worth a look to see what it is the government is spending on (thanks to TPM)

Good Advice from President Clinton to President Obama (mostly)

By cassandra_m July 5, 20116 Comments

Don't Blink.

Strutting Budget Peacocks

By Unstable Isotope July 13, 201062 Comments

John Kyl can't accept an addition of $33 billion to the deficit (a 3% increase) to help the unemployed. However, addition of $678 billion to the deficit is no problem since it's tax cuts for the rich.