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With the discussion primarily focused on both the Democratic and the Republican national conventions, the blogosphere has been quite distracted. With that said, we were still able to dig up some interesting discussion about issues related the federal budget:

With the Democratic National Convention coming to a wrap, it's important to note that the majority of the political blogosphere is focusing more on the Democrats than it is on the Republicans.

Facing Up's BlogWatch is your one-stop guide to the blogosphere's most impactful news related to the federal budget.  This is why we've partnered with VoteGopher, where our BlogWatch content will be republished on a regular basis. 

Mending America's fiscal issues will be an immensely complicated feat. Still, with the proper policies and political considerations, our fiscal woes can be rectified. In this edition of Facing Up's blog carnival, we are taking Medicare to task.

Public Agenda and Facing Up include the following overview/analysis here on the Facing Up site. With that said, I've republished it for the purposes of our Medicare blog carnival. The following text provides an overview of the problems associated with America's Medicare system.

Over at the CBO Director's Blog, discussion centers around the advantages and disadvantages of implementing a capital budget at the federal level.  The CBO's director -- Peter R.

This edition of the BlogWatch covers the end of last week through the weekend.  The blogosphere leans somewhat to the left this edition, as chatter ensued following comments from GOP presidential nominee John McCain. 

As you may recall, our last blog carnival was about Social Security.  There was some excellent dialogue, as we heard from bloggers across the political spectrum regarding the many issues and perspectives surrounding Social Security and other fiscal woes.  

This week it’s all about earmarks!  Here is a quick run-through of some of the most interesting blogs published this week on the subject.  Feel free to check out Wikipedia for a concise description of “