If I were a Republican, I would be scratching my head and saying I had just voted for a bill that would ultimately cost far more than the war.

The path of large and permanent deficits on which the government has embarked is unsound public policy and should be reversed as soon as the economy permits.

The administration’s forthcoming budget is expected to have approximately $200 billion in missing costs in the fifth year, … Once these missing costs are taken into account, the deficit is seen as being in the...

People who are poor enough to receive LIHEAP benefits, such as elderly widows living below the poverty line, are not in a position to absorb a big increase in home heating costs. If these households...

It’s hard to sort of have a new commitment for research on alternative fuels when the resources devoted to these projects shrink year after year.

The tax cut is bigger than anything, by a fairly long shot.

While some people are talking about $200 billion, a number like $100 [billion] to perhaps $150 billion might be a better guess as to what’s really needed.

There was a consensus for more spending for the military; it was just a question of how much. You could say the President got more [extra spending] in part because of the political climate after...

What they’ve done is thoughtful, analytically sound and numerically cautious … but they haven’t put in the huge caveat about the range of uncertainty, … It’s so large that we can’t know if the problem...