StevenWeisman

Bush to "Sharply Reduce Domestic Spending"? Where?

2/5/2008 1:57 PM ET
A Times' reporter's claim of sharply reduced domestic spending is contradicted on the same page of his own paper: "...this year's budget limits the growth of all federal programs, other than the ...

Failed Budget Talks All Cheney's Fault

2/8/2007 1:33 PM ET
Steven Weisman goes to his favorite deficit "Cassandra," Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad. Plus more "deep cuts" that are actually slowdowns in spending growth.

"Deep Cuts" in Bush's $2.9 Trillion Budget?

2/7/2007 1:06 PM ET
The Times has made an annual tradition of finding mostly nonexistent "deep cuts" in Bush's "austere" multi-trillion dollar budget proposals.

Democrat Edwards, Still Not a Liberal

2/6/2007 3:12 PM ET
Understatement of the week, from reporter Steven Weisman: "Still, not everyone in the [Democratic] party is a deficit hawk."
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