Officials at the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve, responsible for ensuring that risks posed by student debt don't eventually harm the federal budget, U.S. economy or the nation's financial system, had been among the government policymakers without access to the data.
He had warned that the budget could harm the state's bond rating.
In the face of renewed warnings from the shadow Olympics minister, Tessa Jowell, that cuts to the ring-fenced school sport budget would harm the Olympic legacy, the Olympics minister, Hugh Robertson, insisted the Games would "change British sport forever".
As the battle drags on, however, there are indications that Mr. McGreevey's approval ratings have been harmed by the budget problems he has been forced to contend with since taking office in January 2002.
In the "Decisions" section of the May 15 Week in Review, under the heading "Catholics Criticize Boehner," you report on the more than 75 professors at prominent Roman Catholic colleges who recently wrote to House Speaker John A. Boehner to say his budget proposal would harm the poor, the elderly and the vulnerable, violating Catholic teachings.
BEHIND THE NEWS The professors criticized Mr. Boehner, who was raised Catholic, over a budget they said would harm the poor, elderly and vulnerable, violating Catholic teachings.
But the hard truth is that the "America First" budget cuts won't harm the global art world they occupy, which generated forty-five binlion dollarsalessalast yearyear.
This week, the Montana Republican Party began broadcasting advertisements on behalf of Representative Denny Rehberg, who is running for the Senate, touting his independence: "Rehberg refused to support a Republican budget plan that could harm the Medicare programs so many of Montana's seniors rely on".
Faced with a concerted push by President Bush and the Republican majority in Congress for a big tax cut, Democrats say that Mr. Bush's $1.6 trillion plan is too expensive, even at a time of growing federal budget surpluses, and could harm the economy more than help it.
Do budget deficits and rising debt inherently harm the economy by pushing up long-term interest rates?
The Tea Party's focus on budget and tax cuts appears to benefit the Smiths but will directly harm the Joneses.
