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- This morning, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) will unveil the House Republican budget, which is expected to make dramatic changes to Medicare and the tax code [Washington Post]
- Legislation to ban insider trading by members of Congress, once seemingly assured of passage, has ground to a halt. [The Hill]
- Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) filed legislation yesterday that would repeal oil tax subsidies. [Politico]
- The U.S. Treasury made a $25 billion profit from its purchase of mortgage-backed securities during the financial crisis. [LA Times]
- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum rarely talks about the economy in his standard stump speech. [Politico]
- Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner warned European countries against “draconian” austerity measures. [CNBC]
- Unemployed workers in multiple states will lose extended benefits in April. [Huffington Post]
- Homebuilding likely increased to a three-month high in February, economists projected ahead of today’s report. [Bloomberg]
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