Tag: Budgets and Deficits

President Trump is calling the shots as the administration negotiates with Congress on a budget, Mick Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney: Trump ‘makes the decisions about immigration,’ not Stephen Miller

Anna Giaritelli · January 22, 2018 4:36 pm

If a border wall is "what it's going to take in order to put 800,000 young men and women in this country — Dreamers — and put them in a safe place, and put them on a course to full integration in our society, I say pay it," Luis Gutierrez said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rep. Luis Gutierrez is OK with paying ‘hostage takers’ for border wall to save Dreamers

Kelly Cohen · January 21, 2018 5:53 pm

"I think he had to explain that difference to the president, about full appropriation year one versus authorization and a commitment to appropriation," Chris Coons said when pressed about whether Chuck Schumer said he would support appropriation as opposed to just authorization. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chris Coons: Chuck Schumer had to explain to Trump the difference between funding authorization and appropriation

Naomi Lim · January 21, 2018 5:11 pm

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney: White House OK with Senate GOP going nuclear to end shutdown, but would rather Dems get on board

Kyle Feldscher · January 21, 2018 2:52 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Democrats will support what would be a fifth short-term funding measure in the last year, if an agreement can be reached on two-year domestic and defense spending caps, relief for so-called "Dreamers," and border security. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nancy Pelosi: Democrats ready to back continuing resolution if agreements reached on DACA, spending caps

Laura Barrón-López · January 20, 2018 5:23 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said his caucus would accept a Senate bill to fund the government through Feb. 8 amid the onset of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

‘Not picky anymore’: House Republicans signal openness to three-week funding bill

Al Weaver · January 20, 2018 5:12 pm

"I think we're on the 10-yard line on a lot of issues," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said, pointing to defense spending and immigration, along with a host of other issues in the wake of the temporary spending bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Lindsey Graham signals openness to 3-week funding bill

Al Weaver · January 20, 2018 1:49 am

The disagreement has nothing to do with the core of the bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Democrats’ DACA shutdown

Washington Examiner · January 19, 2018 11:20 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks to the media outside the Capitol after meeting with President Trump. "We discussed all of the major outstanding issues. We made some progress but we still have a number of disagreements." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Chuck Schumer after Trump meeting: ‘Discussions will continue’

Anna Giaritelli · January 19, 2018 8:08 pm

"The president told [Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.] to go back and talk to [House Speaker] Paul Ryan and [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell and work it out," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

John Cornyn: Trump told Chuck Schumer to go back to negotiate with GOP

Susan Ferrechio · January 19, 2018 8:05 pm

Government shutdown unlikely to stop March rate hike, Deutsche Bank says

James Langford · January 19, 2018 7:11 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., slammed his colleagues Thursday for not passing a bipartisan budget bill nearly one-third of the way through the current fiscal year.

John McCain blasts Congress: Troops ‘will pay the price’ regardless of CR or shutdown

Diana Stancy Correll · January 19, 2018 2:08 am