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State of the Union to Include a Proposed Spending Freeze

Posted Jan 26th 2010 12:00PM by Connie Madon (RSS feed)
Filed under: Management, Politics, Headline News

President Obama has been under severe pressure to rein in federal spending, both from Americans here at home as well as trading partners like China.

During his State of the Union message on Wednesday, Obama is expected announce a three-year spending freeze for 1/6 of the federal budget.

The proposal will include freezes in discretionary spending in the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The freeze would affect $447 billion in spending or 17% of the total federal budget.

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House Republicans take page out of Hoover's 1930s play book with spending freeze plan

Posted Mar 9th 2009 1:10PM by Joseph Lazzaro (RSS feed)
Filed under: Politics, Recession

Readers of this space know that the emphasis is placed on the economic, on commerce, and business trends, with a general avoidance of goings-on inside the beltway.

However, the financial crisis (which spawned federal bank bail-out legislation) and the nation's pronounced recession (which requires fiscal stimulus to end), has meant that things occurring in Washington once again have great relevance for investors.

And one current D.C. development must be evaluated: the House Republican leadership's decision to seek a federal spending freeze for the fiscal 2010 federal budget, The AP reported.

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