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		<title><![CDATA[CBO Weighs In On Premium Impact of Senate Reform Bill]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/10001450/cbo-weighs-in-on-premium-impact-of-senate-reform-bill/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The CBO projects that most people will not see their insurance premiums rise as a result of reform. Robert Laszewski is not so sure. by Ken Terry]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:27:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/article/health-care-reforms-public-option-everything-you-need-to-know/364824/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The government-run public insurance option will continue to be a  contentious topic as health care reform moves to the Senate. Here?s a  comprehensive look at how it?s likely to be structured, what it might  mean for your health care costs now and in the future, as well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social Security: The Red Ink Starts Next Year]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/retirement-planning/blog/financial-independence/social-security-the-red-ink-starts-next-year/537/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Just in case there was any doubt that Social Security won't be able to keep the promises it is making to anyone younger than, say, 55, the Congressional Budget Office now projects that Social Security will start operating at a deficit next year. Neither the CBO nor Social Security itself...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:41:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Advancing Glacier of U.S. Debt]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: If you're interested in the implications of growing debt, you might want to read a November 26 post on the market's assessment of the creditworthiness of developed-country governments.    Original post, Aug 28:    Along with yesterday's forecasts of slower near-term economic growth, the White...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:58:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Recession Nearing an End, but Economic Recovery Will Take Years]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hooray, the recession is over! Let's drink a toast, buy a humungous TV and open the throttle on our 401k plans.    If only it were that easy. Although signs do suggest the U.S. economy is stabilizing, it's likely to be in rehab for several years (and as...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:55:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Bureaucratic Cost of Cap-and-Trade Legislation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10001826/the-bureaucratic-cost-of-cap-and-trade-legislation/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cap-and-trade legisationÂ promises toÂ load the plates ofÂ numerous government agencies with a lot of work. There will be studies to conduct and reports to prepare; rebates for low-income families to handle; and emissions to auction and regulate. This means more employees and, in turn, higher administrative costs -- to the tune of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:11:35 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBO Brings Obama Back To Earth on Preventive Care]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/healthcare/1000985/cbo-brings-obama-back-to-earth-on-preventive-care/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Itâ€™s an article of faith in the Obama Administration that better preventive care will reduce health costs. But Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas W. Elmendorf brought everyone back to earth when he pointed out, in a recent letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee, that many preventive services cost...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cap and Trade: What It Will Cost You]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Depending on who's counting, the new bill in Congress will raise your energy costs between $175 and $3,100 per year. The good news: It's likely to be closer to the low end. Oddly, that's also the bad news.            ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Putting a Cost on Cap-and-Trade Legislation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Determining the cost of cap-and-trade legislation on U.S. households is one of those inextricable tasks that promises to produceÂ disputed and controversial results. So there was some reason to breathe a sigh ofÂ relief -- albeit a small one -- when the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office issued its report late Friday onÂ the...]]></description>
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		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDP/is_2008_July_28/ai_n27972284]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK, July 24 Kyodo  Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press:  HOUSING BILL HAMMERS TAXPAYERS (The Wall Street Journal, New  York)  Combine a housing meltdown with election-year politics and the  results were not going to be pretty. Add a crisis in confidence in ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spike in US budget deficit: Congressional report]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200801/ai_n21204425]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The US budget deficit is expected to rise to 1.5 percent of the economy in the current fiscal year, up from 1.2 percent in 2007, due to economic weakening, the US Congress's budget agency said Wednesday.  The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office forecast the budget deficit would...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Press Briefing by Dana Perino]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room  1:49 P.M. EST  MS. PERINO: First, a note for Connie Lawn, who is celebrating 40 years in the business. And she brought treats for everybody in our office, which you're welcome to partake in. (Applause.) Yea for Connie.  The...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[As baby boomers reach retirement age, concerns over the future path of federal spending on entitlement programs grow among orthodox economists. Researchers closely tied to the "generational accounting" literature (i.e., Kotlikoff 1992) have been particularly prominent here. These economists have developed a measure that they call the "fiscal imbalance"--which they...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress estimates US budget deficit to fall to 158 billion dlrs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200708/ai_n19481481]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The federal budget deficit is coming down faster than expected and will likely be reduced to 158 billion dollars for the current fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.  The nonpartisan research office said the deficit for fiscal 2007, which ends September 30, would be...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Congress Continues To Debate Internet Tax Freedom Extension]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In February, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Calif.) introduced the "Permanent  Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007," seeking to extend the moratorium on Internet  access taxes and duplicative taxes on e-commerce permanently. The moratorium  applies to a variety of Internet services, including digital subscriber line  DSL, cable...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PAUL KANGAS, NIGHTLY BUSINESS REPORT ANCHOR: Stocks continue their  climb higher amid a host of deals and stronger-than-expected earnings from  Wal-Mart.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average adds 19 points to close at its  fourth straight record high.  The NASDAQ Composite adds 16.   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CBO  MEETING]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200701/ai_n22703425]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Oman News: The Central Bank of Oman CBO will host tomorrow Monday and after tomorrow the fourth meeting of the consultancy group for monitory authority for training initiative for the Middle-East region and North Africa. The meeting will be held under the auspices of Hamoud bin Sanjour al-Zidjali,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OMAN: CBO - MEETING.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200701/ai_n25732177]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Oman News: The Central Bank of Oman CBO will host  tomorrow Monday and after tomorrow the fourth meeting of the  consultancy group for monitory authority for training initiative for the  Middle-East region and North Africa. The meeting will be held under the  auspices of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US budget deficit reduced to 250 billion: CBO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200610/ai_n16931163]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The US federal budget deficit fell to 250 billion dollars in the fiscal year concluded September 30, the Congressional Budget Office estimated. The preliminary deficit estimate by the nonpartisan budget office in Congress was well below the US administration's estimate of a 296 billion-dollar shortfall in July,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Passing revamp of immigration may be easy part]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmusa/is_200605/ai_n16376003]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Congress is having a difficult time reaching an agreement on how to overhaul the nation's immigration and border security systems. Finding the money, manpower and technology to make a fix work may be even more difficult.  An immigration enforcement bill the House of Representatives passed in December...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2006 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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