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VIDEO: Udall rails on the debt–and the absolute need to increase...

Senator Mark Udall has become something of a broken record on the subject of the national debt and deficit, and what it will take to solve the problems: bipartisan cooperation, broad spending cuts and targeted tax increases.

Budget hawks bafflingly idealize big spender Reagan

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...

A libertarian complaint at national conservative conference

As the Conservative Political Action Conference chugs on in Washington, Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian Party, issued this statement reminding the world...

Putting earmarks into perspective

John Cole at Balloon Juice.com makes a very important point that every voter should heed. Break out the calculators, kids.