ANALYSIS: Are insurers influencing health reform's rules behind closed doors?

By Wendell Potter

Consumer advocates worried insurers are influencing health reform rules behind closed doors

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… r an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services sent to the Office of Management and Budget its proposed final rule on the provision requiring insurers to spend at le …"

ANALYSIS: Who is essential? Insurers or consumers?

By Wendell Potter

Behind the scenes jockeying over what benefits will be required of health insurers

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… t the department might already have sent at least preliminary rules to the Office of Management and Budget to review.  If that proves to be true, we probably will find out befo …"

Industry wields sway over air pollution rules, enforcement

By Ronnie Greene, Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

As communities battle toxic air, industry shapes EPA and state regulation.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Wilma Subra":

"… ort included a larger group outside Mossville. Their health fears continue.Wilma Subra, a chemist from Louisiana who studied the community, produced a report lin …"

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Pentagon is the security aid king in Washington

By Rachael Marcus

The latest defense bill gives the Pentagon more than double what the State Department spends on security assistance

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… military budgets and former associate director of national security at the Office of Management and Budget.The bill, approved by the House and Senate last week, authorizes spending …"

FACT CHECK: Mangled facts in Manchester

By FactCheck.Org

Candidates fumble some claims hours before they'll face off again

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… expenditure figures and the historical tables published annually by the Office of Management and Budget. Each uses somewhat different accounting, but both still tell essentially …"

"… y used measures comes from the historical tables published annually by the Office of Management and Budget. These are less up to date, and cover fiscal years which don’t exactly m …"

FACT CHECK: New Hampshire debates, take 2

By FactCheck.Org

Fact-checking the second GOP debate of the weekend

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… no revision — of the current PM10 standard and form when it is sent to [Office of Management and Budget] for interagency review.”Huntsman ‘Only One’ to Embrace Ryan Plan?Re …"

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FACT CHECK: Did Gingrich ‘slash’ federal spending?

By FactCheck.Org

Gingrich super PAC ad claims the former speaker slashed federal spending, but the ad exaggerates

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… ake the claim that spending was “slashed.” It’s simply not true. The Office of Management and Budget’s historical tables show total outlays (table 1.1) continued t …"

FACT CHECK: The state of Obama’s facts

By FactCheck.Org

The president’s facts and figures were often accurate — but not the whole story

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… t, as far as his statement goes. Bloomberg News, based on a review of Office of Management and Budget data, reported that the Obama administration approved 613 regula …"

Puncturing the hot air balloons on defense spending

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Rhetoric confuses reality, as Obama's defense budget proposal would shift planned spending by less than one percent

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… rams they wish to protect.Gordon Adams, a Stimson Center expert and former Office of Management and Budget assistant director, said he expects a total cut of $1 trillion to $1.5 tri …"

FACT CHECK: The Gingrich counterattack in Florida

By FactCheck.Org

The Gingrich side has finally begun to fight back with TV attack ads of its own in Florida

Excerpts from this story referencing "Office of Management and Budget":

"… rowth. But as we’ve reported, spending still went up, not down. The Office of Management and Budget’s historical tables show total outlays (table 1.1) continued t …"

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