From Monday's Financial Times: By Rep. Jim Cooper. The federal government keeps two sets of books, but the Bush administration only wants you to see one of them. There is the highly publicised "President's Budget" issued by the Office of Management and Budget, and the almost-secret "Financial Report of the United States" issued by [...]
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Cooper Calls for Honesty in Federal Budgeting
Monday, May 1st, 2006Cooper, Tanner Hammer Debt Reduction
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005Congressmen Jim Cooper and John Tanner attacked a Republican deficit-expansion plan passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that will add another $56 billion to the federal debt and increase taxes for future generations. Cooper and Tanner, leaders of the fiscally minded Blue Dog Coalition, instead suppor [...]
