Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall.

Congress rushes bill ending the shutdown to Trump’s desk

Susan Ferrechio · January 26, 2019 12:00 am

United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego in California.

Beltway Confidential

Time for a real, open debate on border security

Philip Wegmann · January 25, 2019 8:30 pm

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks to Congress.

FBI Director Wray: Shutdown is ‘mind-boggling’ and ‘short-sighted’

Kelly Cohen · January 25, 2019 7:17 pm

President Trump speaks.

Trump: Nancy Pelosi ‘very reasonable’ about State of the Union

Steven Nelson · January 24, 2019 11:10 pm

President Trump speaks to the media.

Beltway Confidential

No State of the Union? Trump can counter Pelosi by blocking some hearings

Mike Howell · January 24, 2019 10:40 pm

President Trump speaks to the media before signing anti-human trafficking legislation, Wednesday Jan. 9, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Behind him are Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, left, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, and Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division.

White House open to short-term shutdown fix if it includes ‘large down payment’ on border wall

Melissa Quinn · January 24, 2019 10:00 pm

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., speaks at an event.

Democrat erupts at Cruz’s ‘crocodile tears’ on the Senate floor: WATCH

Pete Kasperowicz · January 24, 2019 6:59 pm

Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Thomas Massie, Justin Amash

Beltway Confidential

The only Republicans to actually cut spending rode the Tea Party wave

Jack Hunter · January 24, 2019 4:48 pm

Furloughed workers wait in line to receive food and supplies from World Central Kitchen, the not-for-profit organization started by Chef Jose Andres in Washington, D.C.

Government contractors fear losing workers they can’t afford to lose during the shutdown

Sean Higgins · January 24, 2019 5:00 am

Anthony Spencer, whose wife, Chastity, right, is a furloughed federal worker, holds his daughter, Sydney, as they wait in line with others who are affected by the partial government shutdown for Philabundance volunteers to distribute food under Interstate 95 in Philadelphia.

OPM: Federal government employees working without a paycheck during the shutdown should get flexibility

Naomi Lim · January 24, 2019 12:35 am

President Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are shown.

Beltway Confidential

Trump invites Pelosi to a showdown over State of the Union address

Becket Adams · January 23, 2019 7:11 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks at an event.

Beltway Confidential

Nancy Pelosi more popular than Trump after monthlong shutdown

Philip Wegmann · January 23, 2019 6:40 pm