Lori Montgomery
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Articles by Lori Montgomery
R.I. Seeks Limits on Medicaid Spending (September 5, 2008)
Economy May Not Influence Election As It Has in Past (August 31, 2008)
Obama Tax Plan Would Balloon Deficit, Analysis Finds (August 10, 2008)
Housing Bill Won't 'Perform Miracles' (July 27, 2008)
Huge Housing Bill Set to Become Law (July 24, 2008)
Hill Budget Chief Weighs Odds, Cost Of Rescue Plan (July 23, 2008)
Mortgage Crisis Reverses Tide of Urban Renewal (July 22, 2008)
Freddie Mac Paves Way For Major Stock Sale (July 19, 2008)
Talks on Mortgage Giants Continue (July 18, 2008)
Republicans Push Back As Paulson Urges Aid For Mortgage Giants (July 17, 2008)
Housing Bill Clears Senate, Faces More Hill Negotiations (July 12, 2008)
Senate Housing Bill Moves Toward Passage (July 11, 2008)
Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate (June 28, 2008)
AMT Relief Passes House, but Faces Hurdle in Senate (June 26, 2008)
Senator Stalls Housing Relief With Call for Energy Credits (June 26, 2008)
Relief Measure Passes Key Test Vote in Senate (June 25, 2008)
Tax Stalemate Creates Friction Between GOP, Business Allies (June 21, 2008)
Big Promises Bump Into Budget Realities (June 21, 2008)
Veto Threatened for Housing Bill (June 20, 2008)
Senate to Take Up Measures to Aid Homeowners (June 18, 2008)
Writing New Prescriptions For Change (June 17, 2008)
House Increases Jobless Benefits (June 13, 2008)
House Fails To Extend Jobless Benefits (June 12, 2008)
Tax Hike On Oil Profits Blocked (June 11, 2008)
Treasury Dept. Rolling Out Social Security Debit Card (June 10, 2008)
Congress Passes $3 Trillion Budget (June 6, 2008)
Senate Panel Approves Housing Bill (May 21, 2008)
Paulson Upbeat on Economy and Markets, but Not Housing (May 17, 2008)
Senate Short of Agreement on Housing Rescue (May 16, 2008)
Democrats Agree on Budget Plan That Avoids the Biggest Decisions (May 14, 2008)
Senate Talks Collapse On a Housing Bill (May 13, 2008)
39 Republicans Join Democrats As Mortgage Bill Passes House (May 9, 2008)
Bush Criticizes Democrats on Housing Plan (May 8, 2008)
On Economy, Unlikely Allies Forge Winning Strategy (May 5, 2008)
Housing Plan Could Have Limited Reach (May 3, 2008)
Rescue Plan Leads Housing Package (May 2, 2008)
Administration 'Strongly Opposes' Democrats' Foreclosure-Relief Bill (April 25, 2008)
Senate Republicans Block Pay Disparity Measure (April 24, 2008)
White House Threatens to Veto Discrimination Bill (April 23, 2008)
Foreclosure Aid Hinges on Eligibility, How Many Are Helped (April 16, 2008)
Senate Approves Housing Package (April 11, 2008)
White House Presents Plan To Aid Subprime Borrowers (April 10, 2008)
House To Offer Plan on Housing (April 8, 2008)
Senator To Widen Housing Proposal (April 5, 2008)
New Housing Bill Criticized As Scant Help for Distressed (April 4, 2008)
Housing Accord Puts Builders First (April 3, 2008)
Senators Agree to Make Deal On Housing (April 2, 2008)
Bush Readies Mortgage Aid Plan (March 29, 2008)
As Candidates Warm to Bush Tax Cuts, Economists Warn of Long-Term Effect (March 28, 2008)
Democrats, Bush Square Off Over Housing Relief (March 20, 2008)
Democrats Draft Plans for Distressed Homeowners (March 19, 2008)
Presidential Contenders Show Up for Budget Votes (March 14, 2008)
Earmark Halt Predicted to Fail (March 13, 2008)
House Democrats Want Tax Hike to Offset AMT Loss (March 6, 2008)
Senate Democrats Propose Budget (March 5, 2008)
Wall Street's Lucrative Tax Break Is Under Fire (August 3, 2007)
Partisan Payback Over 'Pay-as-You-Go' (August 2, 2007)
Reconsidering Corporate Tax Breaks (July 24, 2007)
Corporate Gains Shrink Deficit (July 12, 2007)
Democrats See Chance to Fault Deficits and Pork (June 29, 2007)
Stumping for Attention To Deficit Disorder (June 21, 2007)
Immigration Lifts Wages, Report Says (June 21, 2007)
Bush Names Ex-Rep. Nussle Budget Chief (June 20, 2007)
Blue Dogs Take Aim At Record Deficits (June 12, 2007)
Democrats Seek Formula To Blunt AMT (June 8, 2007)
Congress Approves Minimum Wage Hike (May 25, 2007)
Lowered Expectations (May 23, 2007)
Democrats Make Budget Proposal (May 17, 2007)
Congress Gets Warning On Budget (May 12, 2007)
Path Is Cleared For Trade Deals (May 11, 2007)
The Cost of War, Unnoticed (May 8, 2007)
Minimum-Wage Accord Produces Protests (April 24, 2007)
Democrats Craft New Tax Rules, New Image (April 23, 2007)
Narrowing Tax Gap Called 'Unrealistic' (April 19, 2007)
Unpaid Taxes Tough to Recover (April 16, 2007)
Taking a Harder Line on Piracy (April 10, 2007)
Jobless Rate Falls For a 2nd Month (April 7, 2007)
Democrats' Budget Plan Narrowly Passes in House (March 30, 2007)
Budget Plan Wipes Out Deficit But Leaves $50 Billion Dilemma (March 29, 2007)
Senate Passes Budget Plan, Extending Bush Tax Breaks (March 24, 2007)
Democrats Plan to Restore Budget Discipline (March 22, 2007)
GOP Sees Tax Hikes In Budget Proposal (March 15, 2007)
Senate Budget Would Expand Health Care (March 14, 2007)
House Bill Pins Wage Increase To Iraq Funding (March 9, 2007)
Democrats Look for Permanent AMT Fix (March 8, 2007)
Making Up for Lower Pay (March 6, 2007)
House Advances Minimum Wage Hike (February 17, 2007)
House Wage Bill Gets Tax Breaks (February 13, 2007)
Bush's Proposed Health-Care Cuts Get Mixed Reviews (February 11, 2007)
Hill Democrats Critical Of Bush's Budget Plan (February 7, 2007)
Bush Sends Congress $2.9 Trillion Budget Plan (February 5, 2007)
Bush Budget Projects A Surplus by 2012 (February 5, 2007)
Bush to Request Billions for Wars (February 3, 2007)
Senate Adds Tax Breaks To Minimum Wage Bill (February 2, 2007)
Bush Addresses Income Inequality (February 1, 2007)
Democrats Want to Rise With the Middle Class (February 1, 2007)
Maverick Costco CEO Joins Push to Raise Minimum Wage (January 30, 2007)
For What It's Worth, CBO Sees Zero Deficit (January 25, 2007)
Experts Examine Bush Health Plan (January 25, 2007)
Report Lists Possible Alternatives To Widely Disliked Minimum Tax (January 19, 2007)
Senate Panel Limits Pay Deferrals for Executives (January 18, 2007)
Senators To Target Executive Benefit (January 17, 2007)
Burden Set to Shift On Balanced Budget (January 16, 2007)
House Adopts Pay-as-You-Go Rules (January 6, 2007)
Democrats Pledge to Restrain Spending (December 26, 2006)
Congress's Inaction Threatens Funding (December 17, 2006)
Exchange Rate Tops Paulson's Agenda (December 14, 2006)
Ex-Clinton Adviser Is Choice to Head CBO (December 13, 2006)
Budget Chief Seeks Hill Allies (December 12, 2006)
GOP Lawmakers Add Provision to Passing Tax Package (December 11, 2006)
Congress Close to Approving Tax Package (December 9, 2006)
Racing Hill Recess, Tax Deal Moves Toward Votes (December 8, 2006)
Jockeying In Senate Endangers Tax Breaks (December 7, 2006)
Success of Drug Plan Challenges Democrats (November 26, 2006)
Social Security Up for Discussion (November 22, 2006)
U.S. Competes Well in Global Economy (November 14, 2006)
Alternative Minimum Tax Targeted (November 11, 2006)
What the New Congress Will Mean for Business (November 9, 2006)
A Taxing Time for the GOP (November 2, 2006)
Tax-Cut Rollback Not On Table, Rangel Says (October 28, 2006)
Social Security Enters Elections (October 25, 2006)
2 Former Treasury Chiefs Add Clout to Hedge Funds (October 21, 2006)
Lower Deficit Sparks Debate Over Tax Cuts' Role (October 17, 2006)
Fenty Sweep Is One for the Record Books (September 21, 2006)
Fenty Poised to Reach For D.C. School Reins (September 17, 2006)
In Sweep, Fenty Draws On Uniting To Conquer (September 14, 2006)
Diverse Majority's Choice Signals a New Era (September 13, 2006)
Campaigns Are Primed To Storm D.C., Md. (September 11, 2006)
In Final Days, Front-Runners Take Campaigns Crosstown (September 10, 2006)
Contests May Portend A Political Sea Change (September 10, 2006)
A Push to Put Government to Work (September 7, 2006)
Mayoral Hopefuls Take to the Pulpit (September 4, 2006)
Declining to Debate Mano a Mano (August 31, 2006)
Fenty Switches to Offense In Debate Against Cropp (August 29, 2006)
The Future of D.C. Public Schools: Traditional or Charter Education? (August 22, 2006)
New Cropp Fliers Attack Fenty (August 22, 2006)
Cropp, Fenty to Debate Head-to-Head (August 17, 2006)
Now Cropp Wants to Take on Fenty (August 17, 2006)
Fenty Insists On Call From Cropp Before He'll Debate (August 16, 2006)
Janey Questions Charter Schools (August 15, 2006)
Cropp Presses Fenty for Series Of Debates in D.C. Mayor's Race (August 15, 2006)
Fenty, Johns Face Off In SE (August 13, 2006)
For Guidance, Fenty Turns to a Neighbor (August 3, 2006)
Pro-Slots Group Is Sailing On (August 3, 2006)
11 D.C. Dept. of Corrections Workers Fired (July 27, 2006)
Early Birds Trailing Fenty and Cropp (July 27, 2006)
D.C. Mayor Wants Study Of Need for More Police (July 27, 2006)
Fenty Emerges From D.C. Pack (July 23, 2006)
Williams's Support Hits Lowest Point in His Tenure as Mayor (July 23, 2006)
Population Revision 'Big Deal' For D.C. (July 22, 2006)
Mayor Takes Aim at City's Spike in Crime (July 18, 2006)
Johns and Fenty to Hold One-on-One Debate (July 16, 2006)
Cropp, Fenty Chase Different Donors (July 16, 2006)
Business Group's PAC Picks Cropp for Mayor (July 11, 2006)
Man Slain In Attack on Couple in Georgetown (July 10, 2006)
Williams Still Gets Around (July 6, 2006)
Williams Signs New Rent Control Law (June 27, 2006)
