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March 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s EPA Cuts “Literally Will Make People Sick”
Forget climate change. The agency won't even be able to adequately protect public health, officials say.
March 16, 2017
Graham Vyse
Mike Pence Is a Coward and a Hypocrite If He Doesn’t Save Public Broadcasting
Trump wants to cut all of its funding. Will the vice president, a supposed "champion" of public broadcasting, do anything about it?
March 16, 2017
Emily Atkin
Trump’s budget is a middle finger to science.
March 16, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump’s budget is nostalgic and deeply destructive—and it will backfire.
October 7, 2016
David Dayen
Who Detoxified Paul Ryan’s Budget?
Feckless Democrats and fawning journalists.
September 30, 2016
David Dayen
Democrats Won the Latest Budget Battle. But Republicans Have Won the War.
February 19, 2016
Roy T. Meyers
Obama May Be a Lame Duck, but his Final Budget Isn’t
Republicans agree with Obama on more issues than they realize, and this budget is proof.
December 17, 2015
Sasha Belenky
NASA is set to get a lot more money so it can search for alien life.
December 17, 2015
David Dayen
How the “Bipartisan” Budget Deal Starves the Beast
It's another boon to Republicans’ long-term project to shrink the government to a bathroom-drowning size.
November 2, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Paul Ryan's a Good Guy. So What?
Personal virtue isn’t enough to guarantee humane government policy
August 13, 2015
Suzy Khimm
Planned Parenthood Is Just The Beginning
The fight over family planning will be at the heart of Congress's coming budget battle
March 19, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
Dear Politicians, Stop Calling People "Taxpayers"
March 17, 2015
Brian Beutler
Is John Boehner Finally Ready to Save His Party?
March 17, 2015
Claire Groden
Republicans Want to Gut Our Most Effective Welfare Program
And they're using "states' rights" as an excuse
March 17, 2015
Danny Vinik
Congress Shouldn't Bother Trying to Balance the Budget
March 17, 2015
Rebecca Leber
House Republicans Use "Energy Independence" as an Excuse to Slash Climate Funds
March 16, 2015
Brian Beutler
Republicans Can Kiss Medicare Privatization Goodbye
February 12, 2015
Danny Vinik
Another Day, Another House Bill That Proves Republicans Don't Care About the Deficit
February 4, 2015
Rebecca Leber
What Happens If Congress Doesn't Deliver on Obama's Climate Promises?
February 2, 2015
Danny Vinik
Obama's Budget Proposes a Major Overhaul of Unemployment Insurance

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