Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been absent from the Senate since the middle of last month. He returned to Washington just as the Senate prepares to vote on the 2018 budget resolution. (Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)

Thad Cochran returns to the Senate after health issues

Melissa Quinn · October 17, 2017 8:24 pm

But Paul still said he will oppose the budget later this week unless it sheds $43 billion in extra defense spending. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump convinced Rand Paul to support the GOP’s budget plan

Susan Ferrechio · October 17, 2017 8:16 pm

Without a provision allowing more spending, "the rest of the budget is fine and I'll vote yes," the Kentucky Republican said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rand Paul outlines opposition to Republican budget, key to tax reform

Joseph Lawler · October 17, 2017 5:38 pm

Republicans in Congress have long pressed to allow energy exploration in a 1.5 million-acre section of the Alaskan refuge, where billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the refuge's coastal plain. (AP Photo/Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, File)

Energy and Environment

Democrats threaten to block Republican budget provision to allow drilling in Alaska wildlife refuge

Josh Siegel · October 17, 2017 2:28 pm

Trump floods conservative radio to sell tax reform

Sarah Bedford · October 17, 2017 11:27 am

"The tax reform goals are shared by many," McConnell, R-Ky., said during a Senate floor speech Monday. "To get there, we first need to pass the budget before us." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Mitch McConnell: We must pass a budget to get to tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · October 16, 2017 8:58 pm

Soldiers assigned to the 1st Mission Support Command, U.S. Army Reserve, move bottled water while working to clear roads of debris near Adjuntas, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 7. (Alex Flynn/Bloomberg)

Natural disasters lighten Republican attitude on deficit spending

Susan Ferrechio · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Shortly after the House Financial Services Committee passed a slate of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program over the summer -- four of which passed unanimously -- a couple dozen House Republicans suddenly bucked. In mid-July, 26 members signed a letter to House leadership to "respectfully express concerns with the current package of flood insurance bills that have recently passed the House Financial Services Committee." (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Beltway Confidential

Coastal conservatives battle Republican leadership on flood insurance reform

Emily Jashinsky · October 16, 2017 4:01 am

Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee look over amendments during the markup of Senate's fiscal year 2018 budget resolution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: Senate tackles budget, disaster relief

Susan Ferrechio · October 14, 2017 1:00 pm

"There's aspects of the package that absolutely have to be permanent," Mnuchin said at a convention of international bankers in Washington. "Parts will be permanent, and parts will be temporary," he explained. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans likely to mix permanent, temporary measures in tax bill

Joseph Lawler · October 13, 2017 9:04 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney introduced President Trump's proposed fiscal 2018 federal budget in May. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

The greatest threat to our national security? Federal debt

Cliff Maloney · October 13, 2017 4:24 pm

It's not certain that Republicans will be able to pass a budget which is necessary to unlock the reconciliation process. (AP Photo/AJ Mast)

Ted Cruz says Senate should go ‘much bigger’ than a $1.5 trillion tax cut

Joseph Lawler · October 13, 2017 2:41 pm