Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Mac Thornberry on budget deal: ‘If you vote ‘no,’ you are voting against fixing the military’

Travis J. Tritten · February 7, 2018 10:40 pm

The deficit grew because spending grew 5 percent, while revenues increased 4 percent. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Budget deficit hits $174 billion for the first four months of the fiscal year, up $16 billion

Joseph Lawler · February 7, 2018 9:07 pm

When it comes to maintaining our roads, doubling down on the gas tax model of the perpetually insolvent Highway Trust Fund by imposing new and higher gas taxes is a profoundly wrong turn. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

21st-century infrastructure shouldn’t be held back by outdated funding

Ian Adams · February 7, 2018 8:09 pm

A budget deal reached Wednesday by Senate leadership includes $6 billion in funding to fight the opioid epidemic, according to a source familiar with the deal, a boost from the extra $1.4 billion that Congress devoted to it in the 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Spending deal includes more funding for anti-opioid epidemic programs, NIH, community health centers

Robert King · February 7, 2018 7:59 pm

"As her colleagues openly grumble that she's a liability for 2018 and she continues to be the most unpopular politician in the country, I can only say one thing: go, Nancy, go," Matt Gorman, a spokesman at the NRCC said. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Republicans applaud Nancy Pelosi’s filibuster: ‘Go Nancy, go’

Al Weaver · February 7, 2018 7:31 pm

In this article, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., explains why he is unveiling the Government Shutdown Prevention Act. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Rand Paul: Congress ignores its budgetary duties yet again

Sen. Rand Paul · February 7, 2018 7:27 pm

As the Senate unveils a large budget deal to increase defense and domestic spending caps, there's palpable concern among the Democratic ranks that whatever leverage they had over the White House and Republicans in DACA negotiations will be lost. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is one of them, saying there's a very real chance Congress reaches March 5 with no solution. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Democrats fear giving leverage to Trump as DACA deadline approaches

Laura Barrón-López · February 7, 2018 6:53 pm

Senate Reaches Two-Year Budget Deal in Hopes of Averting a Shutdown

Haley Byrd · February 7, 2018 6:46 pm

Many critics have honed in on President Trump's discussion of the country's recent economic upswing in the State of the Union and whether it was due to Trump's policies or that of his predecessor, Barack Obama. But the current explosion can only be attributed to the work of the Trump administration and congressional Republicans, and the party must capitalize on that to be successful in the 2018 midterm elections. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t get cocky, start cutting: What the GOP must do to win in 2018

Adam Brandon · February 7, 2018 6:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he anticipates that Congress by Thursday will pass one last another short-term bill that will be needed to provide enough time to write and prepare the legislation to accommodate the new agreement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators reach bipartisan accord on long-term spending deal

Susan Ferrechio · February 7, 2018 5:48 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. said, "President Trump has surrendered his constitutional responsibility as commander in chief by releasing highly classified and distorted intelligence." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Nancy Pelosi won’t support budget caps agreement, insists on DACA fix

Al Weaver · February 7, 2018 3:50 pm

Net interest on the national debt, which must be paid to keep the federal government from defaulting, is estimated to be $316 billion. (iStock)

A real government shutdown

Gary Wolfram · February 7, 2018 5:01 am