Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Rep. Pete Welch says it's too easy for Congress to pass huge spending bills, and then hem and haw later over whether to facilitate that spending by allowing more government borrowing. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

One lawmaker’s debt ceiling fix: Don’t vote on it at all

Pete Kasperowicz · October 2, 2017 4:01 am

If the House simply passed the Senate budget, Republicans could be ready to unveil tax reform in days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: Budget, abortion, and the FCC

Susan Ferrechio · September 30, 2017 1:00 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the committee, said the Senate Budget Committee's resolution on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (pictured above) opens the door to increased jobs and energy security. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via AP, file)

Energy and Environment

Senate budget resolution paves the way for drilling in Arctic wildlife refuge

John Siciliano · September 29, 2017 10:46 pm

Embattled Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned on Friday, one day after he apologized for chartering hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of private flights since May. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Beltway Confidential

Tom Price should still reimburse taxpayers for those flights

Emily Jashinsky · September 29, 2017 10:35 pm

The tax reform framework introduced by Republicans this week would cut taxes by $2.4 trillion over a decade and provide the biggest tax cuts to high-income earners, according to the first outside analysis of the plan. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Study: Trump plan would cut $2.4 trillion in taxes, but many would see hikes

Joseph Lawler · September 29, 2017 6:00 pm

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Mike Enzi said, "This budget resolution puts our nation on a path to balance by restraining federal spending, reducing tax burdens, and boosting economic growth." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File )

Senate GOP budget calls for $1.5 trillion tax cut, ignores Obamacare repeal

Joseph Lawler · September 29, 2017 3:50 pm

The Federal Emergency Management Agency just approved the city's request for a $3 million grant to build the Civic Center Commons park. As 3.4 million Puerto Ricans (like those pictured above) struggle to find safe drinking water, FEMA announced on Friday that they'd help turn a parking lot in downtown Cheyenne, Wyo. into a drainage pond. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Half of Puerto Rico is without safe drinking water and FEMA just spent $3 million on a park in Cheyenne, Wyoming

Philip Wegmann · September 28, 2017 6:51 pm

The economic growth spurred by the plan would lead to lower deficits even though trillions of dollars of taxes would be cut, the treasury secretary said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Steven Mnuchin: GOP tax reform will cut deficits by $1 trillion

Joseph Lawler · September 28, 2017 6:02 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks about the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations. President Trump and congressional Republicans are writing a far-reaching, $5.8 trillion plan they say would simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans insist tax cuts won’t blow up the deficit

Pete Kasperowicz · September 28, 2017 12:42 pm

"The failure to pass this reconciliation bill means abortion giant Planned Parenthood remains funded by the taxpayers under a Republican Congress and president. This is completely unacceptable," Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List (pictured), said in a statement. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Abortion foes eye tax reform as vehicle to defund Planned Parenthood

Kimberly Leonard · September 27, 2017 4:47 pm

"I really hope we get this done this year before the end of the year, get this signed into law," Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Senate will rush budget vote to get to tax reform

Joseph Lawler · September 27, 2017 3:00 pm

"There will be numbers of us, I would think, that would not want to vote for something that they viewed as going to increase the deficit," said Corker, a self-styled fiscal conservative. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Senate’s $1.5 trillion tax cut is not what it seems

Joseph Lawler · September 26, 2017 4:01 am