Tag: Budgets and Deficits

White House website redesigned to save taxpayers ‘$3 million per year’

Gabby Morrongiello · December 14, 2017 10:01 pm

Democrats have clamored for Republicans to pass a CHIP funding bill. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

House spending bill includes children’s health insurance funding

Robert King · December 14, 2017 12:39 am

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

Democrats push for long-term children’s insurance funding in next spending bill

Robert King · December 13, 2017 8:44 pm

Democrats opposed the bill, arguing that the changes favor for-profit colleges and would make it harder for students to afford a four-year college degree. (iStock)

House panel marks up education funding bill

Sean Higgins · December 13, 2017 5:15 am

President Trump adjusts his jacket after signing the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs $700B defense policy bill into law, says military has ‘gotta be perfecto’

Gabby Morrongiello · December 12, 2017 5:36 pm

The comments come as several lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressed an interest for funding for CHIP by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Tatiana Flowers)

Long-term deal on children’s insurance unlikely in latest spending deal

Robert King · December 12, 2017 12:57 am

The Joint Committee on Taxation's findings on the House tax bill line up with assessments of the GOP legislation from outside groups such as the Tax Policy Center and the Tax Foundation, which have found that the tax cuts would accelerate commerce, but not enough to fully pay for themselves. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Official scorekeeper: House tax bill wouldn’t boost economic growth enough to offset cost

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2017 11:01 pm

After Friday, the U.S. debt ceiling took effect again. The new limit is $20.493 trillion, which a government website said on Monday was the total amount of accrued debt as of Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Meet the new debt ceiling: $20.493 trillion

Pete Kasperowicz · December 11, 2017 9:36 pm

The release is the first public documentation for Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's claims that the tax cuts would spur enough new economic growth to pay for themselves. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Treasury says tax plan would raise $300 billion if faster growth is assumed

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2017 3:51 pm

New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy and other blue-state governors want to raise taxes on millionaires in order to boost state spending. The tax reform bill, however, would make such state tax hikes much more painful. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Republican tax bill would tie the hands of blue-state governments

Joseph Lawler · December 11, 2017 5:01 am

"It is a completely unaccountable agency and I think that's wrong. That's why we need structural and legislative change to the way this place is being run," Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Washington can fix its budget problem by learning from the Anglosphere

Sean Speer · December 11, 2017 5:01 am

Many of today's young people are floundering. They are uncertain about what they want to do with their lives. They need a structured opportunity that will allow them to feel needed and capable.

Asking what you can do for your country should be required

Washington Examiner Staff · December 11, 2017 5:01 am