Tag: Spending

John James, the Republican trying to unseat Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., says he is torn over the GOP budget deal that passed earlier in February. (screenshot)

Beltway Confidential

Is it a defense or fiscal hawk running against Sen. Debbie Stabenow? Michigan’s John James is ‘torn’ over Republican budget deal

Philip Wegmann · February 22, 2018 9:56 pm

The Trump administration unveiled a budget plan that cuts domestic spending, but does not balance the budget within a decade, which misses a fiscal goal most conservatives are seeking. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget shows peril of surging Social Security and Medicare costs

Brian Riedl · February 21, 2018 4:53 pm

President Trump vowed during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference last year, roughly a month after his inauguration, that he would return again and again to the conference he said he loved. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

White House plans to flood the CPAC zone

Sarah Bedford · February 21, 2018 5:01 am

Many Republicans have problems with provisions dealing with immigrant farm workers, while others don't like the immigration reduction numbers and mandatory E-Verify, which are also opposed by the business community.

Beltway Confidential

Immigration reform faces high hurdle in the House

Susan Ferrechio · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

The budget proposal Trump's White House released days later would raise deficits by as much as $7 trillion over 10 years if enacted.

Beltway Confidential

Deficits drive a wedge between Trump and fiscal conservatives

Sarah Bedford · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

In this 2017 photo, President Trump arrives to speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is set to speak again at this year's CPAC, but some of his initiatives are unpopular among the movement conservatives who dominate CPAC. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

Is Trump conservative enough, and does CPAC care?

W. James Antle III · February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Scott Pruitt has come under fire this month for frequently flying first class or take military flights at the taxpayers' expense because of "security concerns." (AP)

Energy and Environment

EPA chief Scott Pruitt postpones Israel trip in wake of probe into costly travel

Naomi Lim · February 19, 2018 4:47 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said he and his wife Janna have not yet discussed his possible re-election campaign. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Paul Ryan: Wife and I haven’t discussed re-election, leadership plans yet

Naomi Lim · February 18, 2018 8:26 pm

Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals outside the Capitol. Republicans have staunchly opposed linking immigration and government spending in a single bill, but the Senate's failure to pass an immigration reform bill raises the chances an immigration measure will end up hitching a ride on the upcoming spending bill, which must pass by March 23. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Immigration battle threatens to complicate spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 18, 2018 5:01 am

"If we couldn't get it together this week ... we've got other things we've got to do. Nominations and other bipartisan legislation," Sen. John Cornyn said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate mulls DACA extension, wall funding in March spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 15, 2018 10:30 pm

The Department of Veterans Affairs' Office of Inspector General released a report Wednesday that said VA staff purposefully bent the rules to allow David Shulkin's wife to travel with him on the taxpayers' dime. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers scold VA secretary for fraud that led to taxpayer-funded Europe trip

Pete Kasperowicz · February 15, 2018 1:56 pm

The scandal surrounding former White House press secretary Rob Porter was not the only story Tuesday, but it was the only story most of the press corps cared to ask about. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Media turn Rob Porter from a story into the only story

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2018 5:01 am