Tag: Budgets and Deficits

To cut taxes is wisdom, to cut spending is genius

Washington Examiner · November 13, 2017 2:55 pm

Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, left, and Gen. David L. Goldfein, right, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, have raised concerns about retaining people as many pilots leave for better pay in the civilian sector. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais )

Empty Cockpit Syndrome: Air Force struggles to pull pilot plunge out of tailspin

Jamie McIntyre · November 13, 2017 5:01 am

From left, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Gary Cohn, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, speak at a news conference as work gets underway on the Senate's version of the GOP tax reform bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: House, Senate move on tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · November 11, 2017 2:00 pm

The bill would be a $1.78 trillion net tax cut over 10 years, even greater than the $1.5 trillion estimated by Congress' own tax experts, the Tax Foundation study found. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate bill would cut taxes by $1.78 trillion, create 925k new jobs, study finds

Joseph Lawler · November 10, 2017 9:46 pm

A History of Failure

Jay Cost · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

According to ABC News, the Transportation Security Administration fails up to 80 percent of security tests. There is an urgent need for reform. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Privatize TSA bag screening services

Tom Rogan · November 9, 2017 9:24 pm

Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state, the top Democrat of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said in a press conference Thursday: "We don't think this has been a fair and open process." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Democrats slam Republican bid to drill in Arctic refuge, realize ‘deck is stacked’ against them

Josh Siegel · November 9, 2017 8:10 pm

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, says there will be last-minute changes to the tax reform bill to bring it into compliance with Senate rules. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans plan last-minute changes to bill to lower tax cut to $1.5 trillion

Joseph Lawler · November 9, 2017 12:12 am

On Wednesday, members from the House and the Senate struck an agreement on a bill that proposes a major hike in defense spending and a raft of Pentagon reforms. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Here’s a look at what did (and didn’t) make it into the $700 billion defense policy bill

Travis J. Tritten · November 8, 2017 10:38 pm

The National Defense Authorization Act negotiated by the two armed services committees includes $634.2 billion in base spending priorities versus $603 billion requested by President Trump this spring. It also sets aside $65.7 billion for overseas military operations. (U.S. Navy photo)

National Security

House and Senate reach deal on budget cap-busting $700 billion defense bill

Travis J. Tritten · November 8, 2017 5:00 pm

The estimates do not take into account the offsetting revenue that could be raised if the bill passed as a result of stronger economic growth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

CBO: Republican tax bill would add $1.7 trillion to deficits

Philip Klein · November 8, 2017 3:29 pm

"We think we're going to have a good number of our Republican colleagues join us. There are a lot of Republicans who want to pass DACA as well, and so I am very optimistic that it will pass." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer predicts Trump won’t veto spending bill if DACA fix included

Al Weaver · November 7, 2017 8:26 pm