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politics.theatlantic.com - 2/20/2009
Obama Prepares His Budget
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It will be a vitally important political document, the crucible for Obama's ideas about economic sacrifice, responsibility and post-partisanship.  Next week's fiscal responsibility summit tees up Obama's first address to Congress, which tees the budget outline (to be released two days ...
blogs.tnr.com - 2/22/2009
Sneak Peek: What Obama Budget Will Say on Health
— blogs.tnr.com — President Obama has said health care is the next major item on his domestic agenda and that... it remains a “year one” priority. But just how big are his policy ambitions? And how, precisely, does he intend to pursue them? Answers to those questions ... (more) Sneak Peek: What Obama Budget Will Say on Health

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WHAT OBAMA'S BUDGET DOES -- AND DOESN'T -- SAY.
prospect.org - 2/22/2009
WHAT OBAMA'S BUDGET DOES -- AND DOESN'T -- SAY.
— prospect.org — The key agenda item in the budget is health care. That's what will dominate the week's message... and Obama's primetime speech. So what will the budget say? Or, as importantly, what won't it say? Health care will be financed. The two big revenue ... (more) WHAT OBAMA'S BUDGET DOES -- AND DOESN'T -- SAY.

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online.wsj.com - 2/26/2009
Medicaid: Family-Planning Provision Makes Its Way Into Budget Plan
— online.wsj.com — LAURA MECKLER During debate over the economic stimulus package, Republicans protested a provision that would have made... it easier for states to expand coverage of contraceptives through their Medicaid programs. The GOP portrayed the measure as ... (more) Medicaid: Family-Planning Provision Makes Its Way Into ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  A Moment Of Truth

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A Moment Of Truth
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Marc asks: Big question: will [Obama's budget] be an honest budget? If so, it'll be painful to read -- the administration would get real about war costs, for example, and the budget plan would contain deep cuts in favored Democratic programs. Will it contain specific proposals to address the growth of entitlements? Marc says it will most likely be announced in about a week. I suspect it will be more reality-based than Bush's. But that is not exactly hard. ...

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