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David Stockman (Associated Press)

Both parties’ tax plans would add to the deficit

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Carbon tax would hit the poor hardest, congressional budget office says

By Edward Felker and EnergyGuardian - Washington Guardian

Global warming talk heats up, revisits carbon tax

By SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

** FILE ** Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican. (Associated Press)

Fiscal cliff forecast: Bad now, worse later

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

WILLIAMS: Falling off the fiscal cliff

By Armstrong Williams - The Washington Times

Illustration Sinking Debt by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

THOMAS AND FERRARA: The U.S. expressway to Greece

By Peter J. Thomas and Peter Ferrara

** FILE ** Trays of printed Social Security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management Services facility in Philadelphia in 2005. (Associated Press)

Social Security deficit deepens

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

"The president and his Democrat allies in Congress have sworn up and down that failing to comply with the individual mandate did not result in a tax on individuals or families. Now the nonpartisan CBO makes clear that the tax will hit 6 million Americans — mainly middle-class individuals and families," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. (Associated Press)

CBO raises estimate of those hit by Obama health care tax

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

**FILE** A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington on Aug. 8, 2011. (Associated Press)

Budget deficit tops $1 trillion for fourth time

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Obama's economy by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

LAMBRO: Obama economy even worse than anticipated

By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

Deferring on budget no longer an option, CBO says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration: Obamacare by John Camejo for The Washington Times

EDITORIAL: Obamacare’s free lunch

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama speaks July 23, 2012, during at a campaign stop in Oakland, Calif. (Associated Press)

CBO: Lower costs, fewer covered after court ruling on Obama health law

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

CBO: The wealthy pay 70 percent of taxes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama signs the health care bill at the White House in Washington on March 23, 2010. (Associated Press)

Ruling could hike CBO’s health law cost estimate

By Paige Winfield Cunningham - The Washington Times

KNUDSEN: Hill must act to alter nation’s fiscal trajectory

By Patrick Louis Knudsen

**FILE** Having labeled it "Debt on Arrival," Republican Sens. Jeff Sessions (left) of Alabama, the Senate Budget Committee's ranking member, and John Barrasso of Wyoming react to President Obama's fiscal 2013 federal budget on Feb. 13, 2012, during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

CBO: Federal debt to double in 15 years

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks to reporters at the Capitol following a political strategy meeting in Washington on May 22, 2012. (Associated Press)

Congress staring over edge of ‘fiscal cliff’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat (Associated Press)

Sequesters, tax increases would cause double-dip recession

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times