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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

GOP To Fed: Let Economy Fail

Sep 21, 2011| 

The headline above is not what GOP congressional leaders actually said today to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, but they might just as well have used... Read »

Yes GOP…There are Indeed Baselines Outside of Washington

Sep 5, 2011| 

The first time I had a knockdown argument with anyone about budget baselines — a subject that virtually defines what it means to be a budget wonk and should... Read »

The Budget Deal May Not Last Until Christmas

Aug 23, 2011| 

OK…I’ll admit that saying the agreement will be gone by this Christmas is likely (but not necessarily) an overstatement. But saying that the “Budget... Read »

The Super Committee: Keep Looking For That Pony In The Pile

Aug 21, 2011| 

I continue to be astounded at how many people…including a number of supposed insiders who should know much better…continue to believe that the debt ceiling increase/deficit... Read »

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Has Been Set Up to Fail

Aug 4, 2011| 

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (PL 93-344) passed the House and Senate in 1974 with almost no dissenting votes — 75 to 0 in the Senate... Read »

Debt Ceiling Deal May Be In Serious Trouble In The House

Jul 31, 2011| 

Don’t make nonrefundable plans just yet for a vacation under the assumption that the debt ceiling agreement that has been hinted at the past 24 hours is,... Read »

Boehner Fakes Right, Likely To Go Left

Jul 29, 2011| 

The revised debt ceiling increase/deficit reduction bill that House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) now is pushing toward a vote in the House tonight apparently includes... Read »

Lord Voldemort Debt Ceiling Options Increasingly Becoming Speakable

Jul 29, 2011| 1

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) failure to get enough votes yesterday from the Republican caucus to pass the deficit reduction/debt ceiling legislation he drafted... Read »

Wall Street Hasn’t Been Telling Us The Truth On The Debt Ceiling

Jul 20, 2011| 

For weeks, Wall Street has been saying that it was convinced there would be a deal on the debt ceiling in Washington and wasn’t at all concerned about the... Read »

The Two Most Exquisite Ironies Of The Debt Ceiling Fight

Jul 19, 2011| 

1. On the one hand, much of Wall Street is insisting that the whole fight is political theater and that Congress and the White house will work something out.... Read »

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