marketnewslive.blogspot.com - 1/8/2009
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01/08/09 Obama's pledge to restore fiscal discipline in Washington will have to wait until the economy is back on track.
mcclatchydc.com - 1/8/2009
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mcclatchydc.com —
WASHINGTON — The forecast Wednesday of a jaw-dropping
$1.2 trillion one-year federal budget deficit will make it...
harder for President-elect Barack Obama to win broad support for a massive stimulus package that would add even more to the red ink.
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Just as Obama begins, huge deficit could hamper plans
usatoday.com - 1/6/2009
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usatoday.com —
Two weeks before he takes office, Obama said
his budget aides told him that he will inherit...
huge deficits following the government's multibillion-dollar financial bailouts. He vowed to block pet projects sought by members of Congress, known as ...
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Obama predicts $1 trillion deficit 'for years to come'
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