<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - deficits</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/deficits</link><description>Newsvine - deficits</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:41:19 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 05:50:04 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Gov't finances are improving over the short term</title>
<description><![CDATA[The annual federal budget deficit is sinking out of $1 trillion-plus nosebleed territory where it has hovered for the past four years. Government borrowing has dropped to roughly 25 cents for every dollar it spends, down from over 40 cents-per-dollar spent a few years ago. Tax receipts are rising and spending is moderating.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Raum]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Raum]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17278133-govt-finances-are-improving-over-the-short-term</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17278133-govt-finances-are-improving-over-the-short-term</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>falling</category><category>deficits</category><category>briefly</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:08:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a3a9211-0494-4777-b980-5c5bc0bebd87.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6a3a9211-0494-4777-b980-5c5bc0bebd87.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, March 5, 2013, file photo, specialist Christian Sanfillippo, right, smiles as he works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow's new all-time high and better economic data from the United States propelled world stock markets higher Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5163b958-23a1-40e1-883a-4fb5af24fae5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5163b958-23a1-40e1-883a-4fb5af24fae5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio , left, pauses to talk on Capitol Hill in Washington. Enveloped by political gridlock, President Barack Obama is reaching out to rank-and-file Republicans, hosting GOP senators for dinner at the White House Wednesday night and then visiting Capitol Hill next week for separate meetings with Senate and House Republicans.  (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc48da3a-19c9-45f7-9526-765654587c5e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dc48da3a-19c9-45f7-9526-765654587c5e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - The co-chairmen of the president's deficit reduction commission, Erskine Bowles, right, and Alan Simpson talk to reporters outside the White House in Washington, in this April 14, 2011 file photo after their meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. The $2.3 trillion less that Washington will be borrowing over the next decade takes the government much of the way toward the $4 trillion, 10-year goal set by Obama and the co-chairmen of his deficit commission, former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson and former Democratic White House staff chief Erskine Bowles. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Congress warned of recession from budget stalemate</title>
<description><![CDATA[A stalemate between Democrats and Republicans that ends up boosting taxes and slashing federal spending in January would likely thrust the nation into a 2013 recession and cost 2 million jobs by the end of that year, Congress' top nonpartisan budget analyst warned Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13414140-congress-warned-of-recession-from-budget-stalemate</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/22/13414140-congress-warned-of-recession-from-budget-stalemate</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>deficits</category><category>budget-deficits</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:04:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Broke Baltimore considers ads on fire trucks</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/01/12512382-broke-baltimore-considers-ads-on-fire-trucks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/01/12512382-broke-baltimore-considers-ads-on-fire-trucks</guid><category>space</category><category>gutierrez</category><category>gabe</category><category>deficits</category><category>plugging</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>nbc's</category><category>nbcs-gabe-gutierrez</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2012 23:45:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Outgrowing autism? Why some kids 'bloom'</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10975937-outgrowing-autism-why-some-kids-bloom</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/02/10975937-outgrowing-autism-why-some-kids-bloom</guid><category>children</category><category>age</category><category>danny</category><category>autism</category><category>melville</category><category>deficits</category><category>crippling</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>severely</category><pubDate>Mon, 2 Apr 2012 06:26:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120330-danny-hmed-2p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120330-danny-hmed-2p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;About 10 percent of children who are severely affected by autism at age 3, such as Danny Melville, seem to have “bloomed” by age 8, leaving behind many of the condition’s crippling deficits, a new study shows. &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CBO: Deficit estimate for 2012 hiked to $1.2 trillion</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10673246-cbo-deficit-estimate-for-2012-hiked-to-12-trillion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10673246-cbo-deficit-estimate-for-2012-hiked-to-12-trillion</guid><category>for</category><category>election</category><category>deficit</category><category>estimate</category><category>deficits</category><category>trillion</category><category>economists</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:40:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama budget pitch: 'Can't just cut our way into growth'</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10389326-obama-budget-pitch-cant-just-cut-our-way-into-growth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10389326-obama-budget-pitch-cant-just-cut-our-way-into-growth</guid><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>white-house</category><category>budget</category><category>struggling</category><category>soaring</category><category>deficits</category><category>short-term</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Highlights of Obama's deficit reduction package</title>
<description><![CDATA[Key elements of the $3 trillion deficit reduction package that President Barack Obama unveiled Monday. The proposals cover a 10-year period:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7845058-highlights-of-obamas-deficit-reduction-package</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7845058-highlights-of-obamas-deficit-reduction-package</guid><category>us</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>highlights</category><category>us-news</category><category>deficits</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:27:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama plan would fix $14B health law glitch</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama's new deficit plan would fix a $14 billion glitch in his health care law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7841298-obama-plan-would-fix-14b-health-law-glitch</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/19/7841298-obama-plan-would-fix-14b-health-law-glitch</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>medicaid</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>glitch</category><category>deficits</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:26:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Tax the rich, Obama says; class warfare, says GOP</title>
<description><![CDATA[Drawing clear battle lines for next year's elections, a combative President Barack Obama on Monday demanded that the richest Americans pay higher taxes to help cut soaring U.S. deficits by more than $3 trillion. He promised to veto any effort by congressional Republicans to cut Medicare benefits for the elderly without raising taxes as well.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Kuhnhenn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Kuhnhenn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/17/7822632-tax-the-rich-obama-says-class-warfare-says-gop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/17/7822632-tax-the-rich-obama-says-class-warfare-says-gop</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:35:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d299080e-71af-4f2c-be11-e686572134fb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d299080e-71af-4f2c-be11-e686572134fb.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks on his American Jobs Act legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. 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(AP Photo/Gerry Broome)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/072ca184-e813-46d2-b19b-6b54d801b023.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/072ca184-e813-46d2-b19b-6b54d801b023.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks on his American Jobs Act legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/38eb7ca2-87fc-4d03-9343-4eaca486253c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/38eb7ca2-87fc-4d03-9343-4eaca486253c.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks on his American Jobs Act legislation, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2011, at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/729ad56b-f6d6-448a-be7f-b130558651ea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/729ad56b-f6d6-448a-be7f-b130558651ea.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures while speking before signing the America Invents Act,  Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fa39d4b9-4251-4a25-96f3-27a1527c727f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="403" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fa39d4b9-4251-4a25-96f3-27a1527c727f.jpg" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.   (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9859586c-7486-4a7a-9567-b9924fa2d58b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9859586c-7486-4a7a-9567-b9924fa2d58b.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8280e6cb-181e-4503-9e49-0ab37bebb4f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="304" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8280e6cb-181e-4503-9e49-0ab37bebb4f1.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.    (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/30d38d1b-c791-477e-a0dd-016231c73f79.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="493" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/30d38d1b-c791-477e-a0dd-016231c73f79.jpg" width="120" height="148" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4b96a015-022f-4e06-9417-e8b2a67850fa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4b96a015-022f-4e06-9417-e8b2a67850fa.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama gestures while speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/41d702fd-a7a8-4958-8f88-fadc5066db0f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/41d702fd-a7a8-4958-8f88-fadc5066db0f.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama walks away from the podium after making a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/09ca19a2-dbda-4036-ab3d-532dec6330a4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="206" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/09ca19a2-dbda-4036-ab3d-532dec6330a4.jpg" width="120" height="298" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows a breakdown of the budget proposal.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9be76426-c748-4577-b32d-48f16d5bd6f2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9be76426-c748-4577-b32d-48f16d5bd6f2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office after making a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 19, 2011.  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<description><![CDATA[House Speaker John Boehner urged Congress' deficit "supercommittee" on Thursday to lay the groundwork for a broad overhaul of the U.S. tax code, rejecting Democrats' talk of tax increases but leaving open the possibility the government's take could rise as a result.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Espo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Espo]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/15/7782674-boehner-debt-panel-can-start-on-major-tax-changes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/15/7782674-boehner-debt-panel-can-start-on-major-tax-changes</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>deficits</category><category>slashing</category><category>house-speaker-john-boehner</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:38:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/71888ee6-d4e1-485c-89e8-2f07855763c7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="309" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/71888ee6-d4e1-485c-89e8-2f07855763c7.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks about the economy during an address at the Economic Club of Washington, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. Boehner said the congressional committee charged with recommending large deficit cuts should lay the groundwork for tax changes that would enhance economic growth.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d702c3f8-2cbe-41fd-b199-e2d28eb59077.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d702c3f8-2cbe-41fd-b199-e2d28eb59077.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks about the economy during an address at the Economic Club of Washington, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. Boehner said the congressional committee charged with recommending large deficit cuts should lay the groundwork for tax changes that would enhance economic growth.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5d273912-47aa-410d-9514-d90df0cc39ef.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5d273912-47aa-410d-9514-d90df0cc39ef.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The presidential limousine is parked in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington as President Barack Obama attends a private fundraising event, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Many questions linger over debt and deficit accord</title>
<description><![CDATA[After weeks of political brinkmanship in Washington, President Obama Tuesday signed into law the debt ceiling and deficit reduction deal he brokered with Congressional leaders.  
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7229281-many-questions-linger-over-debt-and-deficit-accord</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7229281-many-questions-linger-over-debt-and-deficit-accord</guid><category>tax</category><category>cuts</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>committee</category><category>debt</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><category>trillion</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:14:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Analysis: Debt deal takes minor swipe at red ink</title>
<description><![CDATA[The debt limit compromise may have resolved this year's most clamorous political battle between President Barack Obama and Congress, but it takes only a modest swipe at the heart of the matter: the government's relentlessly huge budget deficits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7226364-analysis-debt-deal-takes-minor-swipe-at-red-ink</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/02/7226364-analysis-debt-deal-takes-minor-swipe-at-red-ink</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>analysis</category><category>debt</category><category>showdown</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><category>enduring</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Aug 2011 07:27:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4695e652-c266-4b28-a7d3-76d24a37a19f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4695e652-c266-4b28-a7d3-76d24a37a19f.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The White House is seen at night in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. The House of Representatives passed a bill on Monday evening to cut spending and raise the debt ceiling until 2013, just one day before the deadline for the government to begin defaulting on its loans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c8addcca-cad8-48c4-ad04-7215af5f54a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c8addcca-cad8-48c4-ad04-7215af5f54a7.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Capitol is seen just after the House voted to pass debt legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Reid, Boehner proposals inadequate to keep the debt from growing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Percentages sometimes shed more light on events than absolute numbers do.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7164602-reid-boehner-proposals-inadequate-to-keep-the-debt-from-growing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/25/7164602-reid-boehner-proposals-inadequate-to-keep-the-debt-from-growing</guid><category>congress</category><category>economy</category><category>cuts</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>debt</category><category>spending</category><category>gdp</category><category>deficits</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:36:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Automatic budget cuts have spotty record</title>
<description><![CDATA[Congress and President Barack Obama are proposing ways to automatically trigger budget savings if they can't rein in deficits the old-fashioned way, by enacting laws to cut spending or raise taxes. Similar efforts in the past have a spotty record.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/07/6602371-automatic-budget-cuts-have-spotty-record</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/07/6602371-automatic-budget-cuts-have-spotty-record</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><category>taming</category><category>budget-deficits</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 May 2011 13:07:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c17d5d08-dc8b-4a5f-84e8-2f766b177547.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="281" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c17d5d08-dc8b-4a5f-84e8-2f766b177547.jpg" width="120" height="219" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows budget deficit vs. deficit reduction targets&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/408feb47-2a6a-4add-92b8-3779a588b546.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="344" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/408feb47-2a6a-4add-92b8-3779a588b546.jpg" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama salutes as he steps off of Marine One onto the South Lawn to the White House, Friday, May 6, 2011 in Washington, as he returns from Kentucky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ryan says GOP ready to take on health programs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Republicans in charge of the House are facing two unappealing options on the budget.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/10/6238987-ryan-says-gop-ready-to-take-on-health-programs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/10/6238987-ryan-says-gop-ready-to-take-on-health-programs</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>us-news</category><category>deficits</category><category>curbing</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:45:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b3fc59af-f946-46b8-b245-8c9e2e40ac10.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="386" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b3fc59af-f946-46b8-b245-8c9e2e40ac10.jpg" width="120" height="159" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2011, file photo House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gives the GOP response to President Obama's budget submission for Fiscal Year 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. House Republicans will &quot;lead with our chin&quot; and offer politically explosive cost curbs this spring on programs like Medicare, Medicaid and perhaps Social Security Ryan said on Thursday, March 10, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>CBO forecast: frightening fodder for both parties</title>
<description><![CDATA[The big headline number from Wednesday’s Congressional Budget Office report is a jolting shot of bad news: a budget deficit this fiscal year of close to $1.5 trillion, or 9.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP). ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tom Curry]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/26/5925837-cbo-forecast-frightening-fodder-for-both-parties</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/26/5925837-cbo-forecast-frightening-fodder-for-both-parties</guid><category>deficit</category><category>debt</category><category>spending</category><category>capitol-hill</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>cbo</category><category>congressional-budget-office</category><category>gdp</category><category>deficits</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>cbos</category><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:14:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110126-elmendorf-hmed-1020a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110126-elmendorf-hmed-1020a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 26:  Conressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf holds a news conference after the release of the office's Budget and Economic Outlook for Fiscal Years 2011-2021 in the Ford House Office Building January 26, 2011 in Washington, DC. The outlook said that the tax cut deal reached between Congress and President Barack Obama will help increase the budget deficit to $1.48 trillion this year.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dems say GOP exempting $1 trillion from deficit</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats accused newly empowered House Republicans of exempting more than $1 trillion in proposed tax cuts and higher spending over the next 10 years from a promise to cut federal deficits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Espo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Espo]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5776248-dems-say-gop-exempting-1-trillion-from-deficit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/06/5776248-dems-say-gop-exempting-1-trillion-from-deficit</guid><category>us</category><category>new</category><category>congress</category><category>politics</category><category>deficit</category><category>house-republicans</category><category>deficits</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Jan 2011 11:04:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b1669998-350f-4dfd-a8b7-72cda85f0e7d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b1669998-350f-4dfd-a8b7-72cda85f0e7d.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., right, and incoming House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif. look across the House floor during the first session of the 112th Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/93258172-0180-4108-8acf-831dedd25b72.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="434" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93258172-0180-4108-8acf-831dedd25b72.jpg" width="120" height="130" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, talks with Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, prior to a news conference where they talked about the budget. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. is at center. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aa0d3e3e-a206-4490-9b23-4d39cdd35a37.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aa0d3e3e-a206-4490-9b23-4d39cdd35a37.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, talks to Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, before a news conference to discuss the budget.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b841b049-046a-4f98-abc2-9e8963f0b006.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b841b049-046a-4f98-abc2-9e8963f0b006.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., take part in a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, to discuss the budget. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e3d38fd2-bb1d-4642-afbb-79b082cd0225.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e3d38fd2-bb1d-4642-afbb-79b082cd0225.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, and accompanied by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., gestures during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, to discuss the budget. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Deficit panel takes tough stance on health costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[The health care cuts proposed by leaders of President Barack Obama's deficit commission would reach virtually every corner of society, making cost curbs in the new overhaul law look tame by comparison.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/02/5565354-deficit-panel-takes-tough-stance-on-health-costs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/02/5565354-deficit-panel-takes-tough-stance-on-health-costs</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>health-care</category><category>care</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Dec 2010 08:07:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/93d9c65f-53ce-4a8f-a1c5-2cbad2db43dd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93d9c65f-53ce-4a8f-a1c5-2cbad2db43dd.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, speak to the media after a meeting of the commission on Capitol Hill in Washington,  Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>How the poll was conducted</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press-CNBC Poll on the deficit was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Nov. 18-22, 2010. It is based on landline and cell phone telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,000 adults. Interviews were conducted with 700 respondents on landline telephones and 300 on cellular phones.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5548582-how-the-poll-was-conducted</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5548582-how-the-poll-was-conducted</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>poll</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>method</category><category>deficits</category><category>corporate-communications</category><category>taming</category><category>gfk-roper-public-affairs</category><category>associated-press-cnbc-poll</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:02:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP-CNBC Poll: Deficit-cutting ideas not popular</title>
<description><![CDATA[Americans say giant federal deficits trouble them, but they're reluctant to charge ahead with a budget-cutting drive that would hurt the programs they like, a new poll shows.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Fram]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5548558-ap-cnbc-poll-deficit-cutting-ideas-not-popular</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/30/5548558-ap-cnbc-poll-deficit-cutting-ideas-not-popular</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>poll</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>ap-poll</category><category>social-security</category><category>deficits</category><category>taming</category><category>budget-deficits</category><category>associated-press-cnbc-poll</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:00:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/42d57cc2-232c-44f7-8cc8-e2a3a40a7b2d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="236" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/42d57cc2-232c-44f7-8cc8-e2a3a40a7b2d.jpg" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama delivers a statement to members of the media in the in the Old Executive Office Building, on the White House campus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/abcfdcac-6261-4074-84fd-8d0d665e18cf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="293" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/abcfdcac-6261-4074-84fd-8d0d665e18cf.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., House Speaker-designate John Boehner of Ohio, and House Majority Leader-elect Eric Cantor of Va., take part in a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, following their meeting at the White House with President Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Analysis: Deficit panel pushes Dems, GOP</title>
<description><![CDATA[The leaders of the deficit commission are baldly calling out the budget myths of both political parties, challenging lawmakers to engage in the "adult conversation" they say they want.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5451202-analysis-deficit-panel-pushes-dems-gop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5451202-analysis-deficit-panel-pushes-dems-gop</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>myths</category><category>analysis</category><category>deficits</category><category>cutting</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 22:34:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/df189cfd-bcb2-4edd-ac10-ff0d0deae879.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df189cfd-bcb2-4edd-ac10-ff0d0deae879.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9db8de2-89fc-4f92-bce2-adf8208ec210.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9db8de2-89fc-4f92-bce2-adf8208ec210.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a533769e-6b87-4a1a-ba31-20ffb234b147.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a533769e-6b87-4a1a-ba31-20ffb234b147.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4b60145d-3b31-453a-95fa-c7a8ade1c3a6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4b60145d-3b31-453a-95fa-c7a8ade1c3a6.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/947eb149-0161-4275-a821-e32b61b719f5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="386" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/947eb149-0161-4275-a821-e32b61b719f5.jpg" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, follows former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, as the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission arrived for a news conference.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama: Cutting deficit will take tough decisions</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says reducing the nation's deficit will require politicians to make tough decisions and tell the truth to the American people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5447074-obama-cutting-deficit-will-take-tough-decisions</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/11/5447074-obama-cutting-deficit-will-take-tough-decisions</guid><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>deficits</category><category>cutting</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:52:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c3eecac6-7e9f-4023-9f9a-5771cba84ce2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c3eecac6-7e9f-4023-9f9a-5771cba84ce2.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;South Korea's President Lee Myung-Bak, right,  shakes hands with US President Barack Obama  during bilateral talks at the presidential Blue House in Seoul Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010.  Twenty world leaders are coming  together in Seoul Nov. 11-12 to discuss the state of the global economy as it emerges from the financial crisis.   (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Senate budget chairman urges action on deficit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee says the nation faces the real possibility of becoming a "second tier economic power" if it fails to address the trillion-dollar-plus deficit. He says changes to Social Security and Medicare are imperative.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5448339-senate-budget-chairman-urges-action-on-deficit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5448339-senate-budget-chairman-urges-action-on-deficit</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>senate-budget-committee</category><category>deficits</category><category>conrad</category><category>cutting</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:38:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Highlights of deficit reduction proposals</title>
<description><![CDATA[Highlights of proposals by leaders of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5443460-highlights-of-deficit-reduction-proposals</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5443460-highlights-of-deficit-reduction-proposals</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>highlights</category><category>deficits</category><category>cutting</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:36:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Big ideas for cutting deficit, but they'd hurt</title>
<description><![CDATA[Voters who demanded Washington rein in the nation's spiraling debt are getting a message from President Barack Obama and leaders of his deficit commission: It'll hurt.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andrew Taylor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5442567-big-ideas-for-cutting-deficit-but-theyd-hurt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/10/5442567-big-ideas-for-cutting-deficit-but-theyd-hurt</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>social-security</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>deficits</category><category>cutting</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:07:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/df189cfd-bcb2-4edd-ac10-ff0d0deae879.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/df189cfd-bcb2-4edd-ac10-ff0d0deae879.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9db8de2-89fc-4f92-bce2-adf8208ec210.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9db8de2-89fc-4f92-bce2-adf8208ec210.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a533769e-6b87-4a1a-ba31-20ffb234b147.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a533769e-6b87-4a1a-ba31-20ffb234b147.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f891671-7553-4b1d-99c6-d3539094909a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f891671-7553-4b1d-99c6-d3539094909a.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows federal revenue and spending&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4b60145d-3b31-453a-95fa-c7a8ade1c3a6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4b60145d-3b31-453a-95fa-c7a8ade1c3a6.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ccff4de1-0246-46b9-af5d-843723ca2c02.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="348" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ccff4de1-0246-46b9-af5d-843723ca2c02.jpg" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, gestures while speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/947eb149-0161-4275-a821-e32b61b719f5.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="386" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/947eb149-0161-4275-a821-e32b61b719f5.jpg" width="120" height="116" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Erskine Bowles, left, follows former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, as the co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission arrived for a news conference.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>