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FACT CHECK: Did FAA Have to Furlough Controllers?
exceptions, like Medicare — be cut equally. "It was intentionally designed to provide no discretion whatsoever," said Stan Collender , a former House and Senate budget committee staffer, and author of "The Guide to the Federal Budget." At the time
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FACT CHECK: Did FAA Have to Furlough Controllers?
exceptions, like Medicare — be cut equally. "It was intentionally designed to provide no discretion whatsoever," said Stan Collender , a former House and Senate budget committee staffer, and author of "The Guide to the Federal Budget." At the time
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Budget Battle: 3 Plans on the Table, What Now?
just keep appropriating money to keep the government chugging along. That's probably what will happen again, predicts Stan Collender , a former staffer on both the House and Senate budget committees. As for those lofty aspirations for a "grand bargain
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Poll: Thumbs down on the debt-ceiling deal
University in Cleveland who studies budget policy. The sour reaction underscores why negotiations were so difficult, says Stan Collender , a former staffer on the House and Senate budget committees who is a partner at Qorvis Communications. "There was almost
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A wide gap separates Wall Street, Washington on debt fightan agreement isn't reached by the deadline are less than 1%. "We're guardedly optimistic," he says. However, Stan Collender , an expert on federal fiscal policy, puts the odds at 50%. "Wall Street has completely priced in the likelihood of
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Debt Ceiling: The Tax QuestionANALYSIS: WHY RAISING THE DEBT CEILING MIGHT NOT BE ENOUGH "It's easier to say what the changes won't be," thinks Stan Collender , an expert on the federal budget process and a partner at Qorvis Communications in Washington, D.C.. "There won't
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$14,300,000,000,000: Debt Limit Showdown Loomingdebt limit will highlight divisions within the GOP, said Stan Collender , a former staffer for the House and Senate Budget committees and founder of the blog Capital Gains and Games . "The real tension won't be between Republicans and Democrats
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'Historic' deficit a political thorn
Regardless, "the responsibility for dealing with it will fall unambiguously in Barack Obama's lap," said budget expert Stan Collender of Qorvis Communications. He said he expects the numbers to fuel "the biggest fight over the budget and fiscal policy
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White House projects bigger deficits, bigger debt
taxes on individuals making more than $200,000. Still, 10-year budget projections can be "wildly inaccurate," said Stan Collender , a partner at Qorvis Communications and a former congressional budget official. Collender notes that there will be five
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Obama vows 'hands-off' approach in GM stake
private enterprise staying private." It isn't just a question of how long the government maintains ownership, said Stan Collender , a partner in the Washington-based business consulting firm Qorvis Communications. It's whether GM — and other companies
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Obama advisers get bipartisan high marks
time. But he said "the financial markets hate uncertainty ... a bit more detail would have been well-received." Stan Collender , managing director for Qorvis Communications, a public affairs firm in Washington, D.C., agreed that "at least
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"Bailout" -- Or Something Else?
pitching was Apocalypse Now. And that moment -- thankfully -- has not arrived. Public relations professionals, including Stan Collender of Qorvis Communications on TalkingPointsMemo.com, say this has been a bungled effort from a PR point of view: "From
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Bailout Plan: A Failure to Communicate
pitching was Apocalypse Now. And that moment --thankfully-- has not arrived. Public relations professionals, including Stan Collender of Qorvis Communications on TalkingPointsMemo.com, say this has been a bungled effort from a PR point of view: "From
