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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Budget Easter Egg: Watch Those Extra Fees!

By Marc Ambinder

Feb 26 2009, 11:55 AM ET Comment

Page 71 of the budget includes this unpopulist announcement: "the Budget proposes to increase the existing Aviation Passenger Security Free beginning in 2012."  It would help to offset more government spending on aviation security. The Budget provides no cost estimate, but the increases will probably be minimal. Still, I predict that this enhancement will get a lot of attention...a tiny line item in a trillion dollar budget.

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