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Posts Tagged fiscal hawks

Why Do Budget Hawks Keep Invoking Reagan?

By | 05.07.10 | 3:32 pm

This morning, Texas Rep. Kevin Brady, senior House Republican on the Joint Economic Committee, wondered aloud why Democrats faced with the recent recession didn’t adopt the same policies favored by Ronald Reagan during the economic downturn nearly 30 years ago.

“President Reagan pursued pro-growth policies, including large reductions in marginal More…

An Empty Claim to Fiscal Responsibility

By | 11.18.09 | 3:46 pm

The House is expected tomorrow to take up a $210 billion proposal to scrap the flawed formula that dictates Medicare doctor payments, thereby averting a 21-percent pay cut slated for next year.

If the proposal sounds familiar, it’s because the Senate considered a nearly identical bill More…