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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

The McConnell Plan: Saving Face Without Saving Money

Jul 13, 2011| 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) plan for dealing with the debt ceiling imbroglio has been described in detail — or at least as much detail... Read »

House GOP Votes On Libya Could Really Backfire

Jun 27, 2011| 

Last week’s effort by the House GOP leadership to embarrass the Obama administration on Libya may have had some success politically but it has the potential... Read »

Cantor Bolting Budget Talks Puts Bulls Eye On Boehner’s Forehead

Jun 24, 2011| 1

In case you haven’t heard, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor this morning withdrew from the budget negotiations being led by Vice President Joe Biden. If you... Read »

More Signs Wall Street Is Preparing for Debt Ceiling-Related Problems

Jun 13, 2011| 

It was hard not to notice this story by Michael Mackenzie and Aline van Duyn in yesterday’s Financial Times about how Wall Street is planning to deal with... Read »

Does McConnell Really Want The GOP To Win The White House in 2012?

Jun 1, 2011| 1

What was Republican Senate Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) doing last week when he announced…proudly…that he would not allow an increase in the debt ceiling... Read »

Screw the Deficit

May 2, 2011| 

The bond market vigilantes, the group that according to legend forced Washington in the 1990s to turn its attention to reducing the deficit and whose return has... Read »

Ryan-Republican Plan Requires Debt Ceiling To Be Raised By $6 Trillion

Apr 21, 2011| 1

Over at The Washington Post, Matt Miller has a wonderful column that says what needs to be said about the current budget debate as directly and angrily as it can... Read »

Debt Ceiling Increase is Likely To Fail at Least Once Before it’s Finally Adopted

Apr 20, 2011| 

This new Marist poll, which includes responses from just before and just after President Obama’s speech at George Washington University last Thursday, shows... Read »

Why It’s So Hard To Figure Out How Much Spending Was Cut

Apr 17, 2011| 

One of the biggest budget questions last week was how much spending did the agreement on the continuing resolution actually cut. The top line number — $31... Read »

Budget Politics: Boehner Fail

Apr 15, 2011| 

In spite of yesterday’s debate in the House when 59 GOP representatives voted against the deal he cut with the Obama administration and Senate on the continuing... Read »

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