Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Beltway Confidential

The SALT deduction is theft, explained

Tiana Lowe Doescher · March 5, 2019 1:42 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., with, from left, Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., McConnell, John Thune, R-S.D., and Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019.

McConnell: Senate will vote to block Trump’s emergency border wall

Susan Ferrechio · March 4, 2019 4:21 pm

A banner to welcome immigrants is shown through a fisheye lens over the main entrance to the Denver City and County Building.

‘Sanctuary’ cities are getting their grants despite threats

Associated Press · March 3, 2019 2:15 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., greets supporters.

Sanders proposes deep cuts to military funding at campaign launch

Daniel Jativa · March 2, 2019 7:25 pm

Thom Tellis Lamar Alexander Susan Collins Lisa Murkowski.

Beltway Confidential

Wanted: (at least) One more senator willing to stand by the Constitution

Erin Dunne · March 1, 2019 7:59 pm

Jerome Powell and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

‘Just wrong’: Jerome Powell rejects AOC’s theory about government debt

Colin Wilhelm · February 26, 2019 7:38 pm

House Oversight and Reform Committee member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

AOC risks losing talent by capping staff salaries at $80,000, congressional experts say

John Gage · February 26, 2019 6:37 pm

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., joined from left by Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., as he renewed his criticism of the Democratic leadership for not stripping Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee in the wake of anti-semitism accusations, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

Scalise: House has ‘nowhere near the votes’ to override Trump’s border emergency veto

Naomi Lim · February 26, 2019 4:45 pm

Signage is displayed outside a Planned Parenthood office.

Trump administration moves to cut off some Planned Parenthood funding

Kimberly Leonard · February 22, 2019 6:48 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Here’s how Congress can still deny Trump money for his wall

Erin Dunne · February 22, 2019 5:37 pm

House will vote Tuesday to block Trump wall funding grab

Susan Ferrechio · February 22, 2019 10:28 am

A plumber prepares tub drains.

Beltway Confidential

Free college for all is silly because not everyone should go to college

Kimberly Ross · February 21, 2019 9:45 pm