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Stan Collender

Affiliation: Qorvis Communications

Stan Collender is a former New Yorker who, after getting a degree from the University of California, Berkeley, moved to Washington to get it out of his system. That was more than 30 years ago.

During most of his career, Collender has worked on the federal budget and congressional budget process, including stints on the staff of the House and Senate Budget Committees; founding the Federal Budget Report, a newsletter that was published for almost two decades; and for the past 11 years writing a weekly column for NationalJournal.com and now RollCall.com.

He is currently a managing director for Qorvis Communications, where he spends most of his time working with and for financial services clients.

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Stan Collender's Latest Articles | 130

White House Formal Request of $1.2 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase Will Not Be Disapproved

Jan 13, 2012| 

Sorry for the double negative in the headline, but the Budget Control Act made me do it. You remember the Budget Control Act? This is the law embodying the debt... Read »

And The Next OMB Director Will Be…

Jan 11, 2012| 

Washington is a place where it’s both important to know someone in power and to be seen as knowing someone who is rumored to be in line to be in power. It’s... Read »

Is Buck McKeon (R-CA) A Big Spender Or Just Off Message?

Jan 9, 2012| 

This quote from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) stands out in an excellent story in yesterday’s The Washington Post by Scott Wilson... Read »

Obama Pentagon Spending Cuts Will Change The Budget Debate Long Before They Reduce The Budget

Jan 6, 2012| 

There are five reasons why it was virtually inevitable the White House would make military spending an issue this year. 1. The Pentagon Has Become Increasingly Unpopular.... Read »

Samuelson’s Incredibly Misguided View of the Federal Budget

Jan 3, 2012| 

The Washington Post published a column by Robert Samuelson on December 30 that has been troubling me ever since it appeared in print. I’ll leave it to Dean... Read »

Wall Street Beware: Boehner May Need to Tank Payroll Tax Extension to Keep His Job

Jan 2, 2012| 1

The best way to understand why House Speaker John Boehner (R–OH) is in trouble with other House Republicans on the payroll tax extension is to refer back yet... Read »

White House Caves On Debt Ceiling Increase Request

Dec 31, 2011| 

Roll Call is reporting that the White House has decided to delay making the formal request to Congress that it previously announced it would make today for the third... Read »

Payroll Tax Extension Will Be Only Hostage-Taking Opportunity for GOP in 2012

Dec 29, 2011| 

And taking the payroll tax extension hostage may not be as likely as it seems either. The most important thing you need to consider when thinking about what’s... Read »

Latest Debt Ceiling Increase Dispute Won’t Stop Debt Ceiling From Being Raised On Time

Dec 28, 2011| 

There was a flurry of activity in the media and on Wall Street yesterday after the White House let it be known that it was going to request a $1.2 trillion increase... Read »

The End Of The Dollar Coin Is Near

Dec 23, 2011| 1

I’m a little late to this party, but, because of an overwhelming lack of interest, the White House on December 13 announced the end of the presidential dollar... Read »

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