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October 16, 2009 ‘Pandering’ Now On Social Security to Cost U.S. Later, Budget Hawks Say | CQ Budget Tracker
October 16, 2009 Lawmakers Back $250 Checks | The Washington Post
October 15, 2009 Seniors on Social Security likely to get a bonus check | The Christian Science Monitor
October 15, 2009 Obama Backs $250 Payment to Seniors Lacking COLA Hike | Bloomberg
October 15, 2009 Critics Call Proposed Payments To US Seniors Political Pandering | The Wall Street Journal
October 15, 2009 The Politics Don't Add Up | Slate
October 15, 2009 Deficit Dilemma: How to Dig Out? | The Wall Street Journal
October 14, 2009 Republicans are preparing to reprise amendments... | CQ Budget Tracker
October 13, 2009 Pawlenty wants more troops in Afghanistan; knocks Obama on spending | Minnesota Public Radio
October 13, 2009 Health care reform may not cut costs | Tri County Record
October 09, 2009 Preventing Medicare and Social Security from going broke | Los Angeles Times
October 08, 2009 FACTBOX-Comparison of Senate, House health reform costs | Reuters
October 08, 2009 Morton Kondracke: Will reform cut health care costs? Don't bet on it | Galesburg Register-Mail
October 08, 2009 When should we start caring about debt? | Los Angeles Times
October 07, 2009 Do we need another stimulus? | Los Angeles Times
October 07, 2009 Morton Kondracke: Cost containment eludes health reformers | The Billings Gazette
October 06, 2009 Did Obama’s stimulus plan work? | The Christian Science Monitor
October 06, 2009 Obama weighs job creation options | Financial Times
October 06, 2009 Cokie Roberts says government accounts for 40 percent of GDP | St. Petersburgs Times
October 03, 2009 Political Economy: False Dichotomy | CQ Politics
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