by Stan Collender | Dec 7, 2012 | Blog
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. I hate to say I told you so, but… I predicted as far back as May (here, here and especially here) that House Speaker John Boehner's reelection as speaker could be in trouble if it looked to the tea party wing of the...
by Stan Collender | Dec 4, 2012 | Blog
The offer made yesterday by House Republicans to the White House to avoid the fiscal cliff got all the headlines, but there were two reasons why it wasn't the most important fiscal cliff-related story of the day. First, it wasn't really a serious offer. In spite of...
by Stan Collender | Nov 29, 2012 | Blog
Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games. I first posted about the budget dilemma Hurricane Sandy presented to congressional Republicans in general and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on October 31. At that time I said there were three questions: First, how much...
by Stan Collender | Nov 28, 2012 | Blog
Other than the fact that we’re now two weeks closer to its tax increases and spending cuts going into effect, not much has really changed about the fiscal cliff since my last column was published two weeks ago. Yes, we’ve heard reports about staff discussions. Yes,...
by Stan Collender | Nov 27, 2012 | Blog
How hard is it to understand that, if there is a deal (and I continue to believe it's more unlikely than likely) to avert the fiscal cliff, it won't come much before the January 1 deadline? If you've been reading CG&G for the past two years, you already know why:...
