2012 Elections

Budget Battles

  • The Great Debate

    Five Debate Moments that Changed Elections

    By Robert Speel, The Conversation

    Every presidential election year in my American Political Campaigns and Elections course, I get an opportunity to spend a full lecture discussing with students some of the famous moments from...

  • House panel says IRS official waived rights, contempt possible

    Lois Lerner Is Cleared, Sparking Conservative Fury

    By Rob Garver

    Concluding that “poor management is not a crime,” the Justice Department on Friday informed members of Congress that it would not be filing criminal charges against anyone in what has become known as...

  • GOP Leaders Take on Far Right Pressure Groups

    By Eric Pianin

    There have been plenty of theories about why Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) strode onstage at a conservative gathering late last week carrying a rifle. Ostensibly, McConnell, the 72-...

  • Romney: If Hillary Runs, She Won’t Need Bill

    By Thomas Ferraro, Reuters

    Failed 2012 U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said on Sunday he expects Hillary Clinton to win or lose the White House on her record, not that of her husband, former Democratic...

  • Joint Session of Congress

    Voters Give a Thumbs-Down to Their Own Lawmakers

    By Eric Pianin

    In another sign of public outrage over a dysfunctional and politically divided Congress, a record low percentage of registered voters now say their own House member deserves another chance while even...

  • Labor Market Shows Signs of Strengthening

    By Reuters

    The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to the lowest level in more than four and a half years, according to government data on Thursday that...

  • Live! Debate the Biden-Ryan Debate

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Watch a live stream of the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan and join our free-flowing conversation about the debate, the election and the issues.

  • Five Key Players Who Can Throw Us Over the Fiscal Cliff

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    As the presidential election campaign heads into November, GOP and Democratic lawmakers are busy hammering their own pitons into the fiscal cliff — staking out routes that could either force...

  • Benghazi: White House Cover Up or Just Incompetence?

    By Edward Morrissey

    For the four decades since Watergate, one axiom has proven true time and again: It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up. Scandals in Washington mostly start as either embarrassing yet minor...

  • Big Bird and Politics Through the Years

    By The Fiscal Times Staff

    Whoever thought Big Bird and Sesame Street would be ruffling feathers on Pennsylvania Avenue this election year? Of course, many political figures have made appearances on the show over the years...