President Barack Obama is putting the finishing touches on an ambitious first budget that seeks to cut the federal deficit in half during the next four years, primarily by raising taxes on business and the wealthy and by slashing spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, administration officials said. ...more

February 22, 2009

Throughout 2008, Larry Summers, the Harvard economist, built the case for a big but surgical stimulus package. Summers warned that a "poorly provided fiscal stimulus can have worse side effects than the disease that is to be cured." So his proposal had three clear guidelines. ...more

February 1, 2009

Last week was a tough one for the leadership teams in the House of Representatives, and when Adam Putnam visited The Tampa Tribune's editorial board during a break Tuesday, he made it clear it's also a tricky time to be an incumbent. ...more

October 5, 2008

John Edwards bought himself a Senate seat with the proceeds of a $25 million lawsuit and has been running for president ever since. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Democratic leadership in Congress totally missed the message from 2006 on domestic spending. They now erroneously believe that they were voted in because of their domestic agenda and that they will woo voters by passing massive spending bills and expanding already expensive programs. Their approval ratings say otherwise. ...more

October 26, 2007