Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Vice President Mike Pence, left, shakes hands with the new NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, on stage at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

NASA’s nothingburger press announcements distract from its real spending issues

Ross Marchand · June 11, 2018 4:00 am

Members Congress clinb the steps of the House of Representatives for final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House vote signals spending battles for Congress this summer

Susan Ferrechio · June 11, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony for the "VA Mission Act" in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Washington.

House approves Trump’s bill to slash $15 billion in federal funds

Al Weaver · June 8, 2018 1:20 am

Budget deficit jumps nearly $100 billion in first eight months of fiscal 2018

Pete Kasperowicz · June 8, 2018 1:07 am

Beltway Confidential

Rep. Dave Brat: GOP isn’t getting a passing grade on being fiscally conservative

Siraj Hashmi · June 6, 2018 8:10 pm

FILE - This Jan. 11, 2013, file photo shows the Social Security Administration's main campus in Woodlawn, Md. A new congressional report says the Social Security Administration has been closing a record number of field offices, even as millions of baby boomers approach retirement. The agency blames budget constraints. As a result, seniors seeking information and help from the agency are facing increasingly long waits _ in person and on the phone.

Now it’s harder to fix Social Security finances without the hurting poor, former trustee says

Joseph Lawler · June 6, 2018 5:39 pm

The World Health Organization confirmed that a laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola emerged in the central African country of Congo. (AP)

Trump scraps plan to cut Ebola funds

Kimberly Leonard · June 5, 2018 7:15 pm

In this photo illustration U.S. Treasury checks are piled at the U.S. Treasury printing facility July 18, 2011 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo Illustration by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Medicare to become insolvent in 2026, Social Security in 2034: Trustees

Joseph Lawler · June 5, 2018 6:32 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t expect the Senate’s inaction to change anytime soon

James Wallner · June 4, 2018 8:54 pm

The Postal Service will thrive if Congress takes the right steps

Fredric Rolando · June 1, 2018 4:00 am

Pictured above, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. Total government debt hit a record $19.38 trillion on Thursday, up nearly $98 billion from the day before.

Corporate tax receipts plunge under new GOP tax rules

Pete Kasperowicz · May 31, 2018 7:47 pm

Secret Service agents stand guard ahead of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's news conference at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., on Sept. 19, 2016.

Secret Service overpaid 2016 presidential campaigns $4 million for air travel

Naomi Lim · May 31, 2018 6:24 pm