{"id":526108,"date":"2010-04-13T07:37:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T11:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/04\/13\/obama-team-points-to-smaller-deficit-numbers\/"},"modified":"2010-04-13T07:37:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T11:37:42","slug":"obama-team-points-to-smaller-deficit-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/526108","title":{"rendered":"Obama team points to smaller deficit numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=09033ec96849bdbac6f5a506374b561c\" >Obama team points to smaller deficit numbers \t\t\t<\/a><br \/> The federal deficit is running significantly lower than it did last year, with the budget gap for the first half of fiscal 2010 down 8 percent over the same period a year ago, senior Obama administration officials said Monday. <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=09033ec96849bdbac6f5a506374b561c&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=09033ec96849bdbac6f5a506374b561c&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/ib.adnxs.com\/seg?add=24595&#038;t=2\"\/> \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=799193f29bc21aab18d6bce43332b2e8\" >Attorney general Eric Holder to attend hearing before Senate Judiciary Committee \t\t\t<\/a><br \/> Last month, Attorney General Eric Holder narrowly escaped a grilling before the Senate Judiciary Committee &#8212; thanks to the signing of President Obama&#8217;s health-care reform package on March 22, which preempted all other activity on the Hill. <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=799193f29bc21aab18d6bce43332b2e8&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=799193f29bc21aab18d6bce43332b2e8&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/ib.adnxs.com\/seg?add=24595&#038;t=2\"\/> \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=b8fdcda18eea672c17f734461cd77de6\" >Jobless benefits advance in Senate with Republican votes \t\t\t<\/a><br \/> The Senate moved closer Monday to extending jobless benefits that expired a week ago, overcoming a procedural vote over the objections of deficit-conscious Republicans. <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=b8fdcda18eea672c17f734461cd77de6&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=b8fdcda18eea672c17f734461cd77de6&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/ib.adnxs.com\/seg?add=24595&#038;t=2\"\/> \t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.washingtonpost.com\/click.phdo?i=3513d80e2018f44c7cc0b73bbd9af1fe\" >Obama spokesman Gibbs sounds eager for future strategist role  \t\t\t<\/a><br \/> Robert Gibbs does not seem particularly attached to his office. <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/> <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=3513d80e2018f44c7cc0b73bbd9af1fe&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=3513d80e2018f44c7cc0b73bbd9af1fe&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/ib.adnxs.com\/seg?add=24595&#038;t=2\"\/> \t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama team points to smaller deficit numbers The federal deficit is running significantly lower than it did last year, with the budget gap for the first half of fiscal 2010 down 8 percent over the same period a year ago, senior Obama administration officials said Monday. 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