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... we have to do in the next -- what the next president is going to have to do and vice president is deal primarily with the fiscal cliff right away, which is all these things we are winding down. That will take a very complex set of tradeoffs with the other ...
... president? — davidfrum (@davidfrum) October 5, 2012 8:04am (Weyers Cave VA) instagr.am/p/QZn-szoDmW/ — Holly Bailey (@hollybdc) October 5, 2012 What is the "fiscal cliff"? Find out in my latest "Edsplainer" wapo.st/SNGY9r — Ed O'Keefe (@edatpost) October 5, 2012 MoveOn's latest plane banner, to fly ...
... newbies--will have a secret retreat next week hosted by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., to start cobbling together a plan to avoid the looming fiscal cliff." Talking Points Memo's Kyle Leighton outlines a new Senate scoreboard feature to help you keep track of the down-ballot races. The ...
... OK, so do the tax code, do energy policy and do the political system. Or go say, hey, this guy won't talk about the fiscal cliff. I'm going to cut a deal. I will cut a deal to -- so we don't go off the fiscal cliff, so ...
... campaigns, the rallies and the overall messaging have been crafted to win over these women. They appeal to their concerns about the future -- especially mounting fiscal debt -- and argue they each are better suited to build up middle-class families. Reporter-producer Katelyn Polantz and producer Anne Davenport tracked down ...
The Commerce Department's economic report this week was cautiously positive, with 1.5 percent growth of annual GDP. But with unemployment rates stagnant and consumer spending down, anxiety remains. Judy Woodruff talks to David Wessel of the Wall Street Journal and Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics on the U.S economic forecast .
A new jobs report released Friday showed the worst single month for job growth in a year, pushing the U.S. unemployment rate up to 8.2 percent. Margaret Warner explores what's behind the weaker jobs picture with Daniel Gross of Yahoo! Finance and Diane Swonk of Mesirow Financial.
Mitt Romney, shown here campaigning in New Hampshire, is still popular in Florida. Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images. This week saw Texas Gov. Rick Perry leapfrog Mitt Romney in the national polls, but the former governor of Massachusetts is still holding on strong in the key battleground state of Florida. A...
Wall Street finished its worst day since the financial crisis began in 2008 Thursday as the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 500 points. Judy Woodruff discusses investors' concerns about a possible double-dip recession with Hugh Johnson of Hugh Johnson Advisors and Gillian Tett of The Financial Times.
Bipartisan budget deficit talks led by Vice President Joe Biden reached an impasse Thursday over Republican objections to raising taxes. Judy Woodruff reports on the debate within the Republican Party over how to curb the deficit.
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