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May 20, 2011 US Budget Recap: Hill Looks for Help, Hope After 'Gang' Falters | iMarketNews
May 20, 2011 Federal Budget Savings? Here's $1 Trillion Worth | Orlando Sentinel
May 20, 2011 Unintended Pregnancies Cost Government $11 Billion a Year | Wall Street Journal
May 19, 2011 Pile of US Debt Would Stretch Beyond Stratosphere | Reuters
May 19, 2011 Biden-Led Debt-Cutting Group Is Said to Agree on $200 Billion in Savings | Bloomberg
May 19, 2011 Sen. Warner: Group Can Finish Plan to Cut Deficit | The Virginian-Pilot
May 18, 2011 Budget Talks by 'Gang' Falter | Wall Street Journal
May 18, 2011 Obama Dips Into US Retirees' Funds | PressTV
May 17, 2011 Tom Coburn Leaves Gang of Six | Washington Post
May 17, 2011 NSBA Hosts Call on Taxes, Deficit | National Small Business Association
May 16, 2011 US Hits Credit Limit, Setting Up 11-Week Fight | Associated Press
May 16, 2011 Economists: Biggest Threat to Job Creation is Out-of-Control Spending, Threat of Tax Hikes | Speaker.gov
May 16, 2011 Ezra Klein: Nineteen Budget Plans in Three Tables | Washington Post
May 16, 2011 Debt Ceiling Drama Starts Today | CNN Money
May 16, 2011 Chambliss 'gang' May Yet Play a Key Role | Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 16, 2011 Fixing Federal Debt Will Cost You | NorthJersey.com
May 14, 2011 Reform Social Security Now? Demographics of Electorate Say Yes. | Christian Science Monitor
May 13, 2011 Tax Debate Causes Rift Among Democrats | Washington Post
May 12, 2011 Deficits: Why Spending Cuts Alone Can't Work | CNN Money
May 11, 2011 Derek Thompson: The Wonky Reform That Could Save Us $300 Billion | The Atlantic
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