Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. The Republican leaders announced the formation of six committee-led task forces charged with developing agendas on national security, tax reform, jobs, health care reform, elimination of poverty, and more. Ryan also pledged that House Republicans will schedule time this year to vote on legislation reforming the criminal justice system.

Kevin McCarthy: GOP pushing for vote to slash federal spending

Susan Ferrechio · April 13, 2018 4:27 pm

Freedom Caucus Chairman and member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is interviewed at the conclusion of the hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan ‘open to running’ for speaker

Anna Giaritelli, Al Weaver · April 13, 2018 3:15 pm

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

A phony vote for a balanced budget amendment

Jake Grant · April 13, 2018 2:22 pm

Mission Not Really Accomplished

John McCormack · April 13, 2018 5:10 am

Democrats sink balanced budget amendment in House

Al Weaver · April 12, 2018 9:28 pm

White sign language interpreter fired

Beltway Confidential

The speaker’s race runs through ‘Fox and Friends’

Philip Wegmann · April 12, 2018 3:51 pm

"The number one concern is that we work really hard to fulfill our campaign promises, and that we at least put bills on the president's desk," said Meadows.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows’ influence looms large in race to succeed Paul Ryan

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2018 4:00 am

In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, then-Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who was elected House Speaker later that day during the 112th Congress, walks out of his home on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

John Boehner dismisses idea of a House Freedom Caucus member replacing Paul Ryan

Melissa Quinn · April 11, 2018 6:33 pm

In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run in the East Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta. As consumers demand ever-quicker and convenient package delivery, the U.S. Postal Service wants to boost its business this holiday season by offering what few e-commerce retailers can provide: cheap next-day service with packages delivered Sundays to your home.

The Postal Service doesn’t need more money

Liam Sigaud · April 11, 2018 3:18 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, a top conservative lawmaker, disputed that there is any movement inside the Freedom Caucus to oust House Speaker Paul Ryan or seek a change in leadership. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan suggests Paul Ryan is stepping down because tax reform was his ‘papal conversion’

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2018 2:02 pm

"If I were advising Paul Ryan," Steny Hoyer said, "I'd say, look, Paul. You're 46 years old. You don't want to get in what's happening on the national scene." (AP Photo)

Steny Hoyer: Republicans are pushing balanced budget measure because they’re ‘worried’ about midterms

Laura Barrón-López · April 10, 2018 5:08 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 15, 2018. Pelosi called the Pennsylvania special election this week an "upset" win and hopes that Democrat Conor Lamb will be sworn-in soon.

Nancy Pelosi’s spring strategy for Democrats: Resist

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2018 9:41 pm