Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Bill would secure funding for projects over five years, with renewable energy, energy efficiency and electric grid upgrades top priorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats propose $85 billion environmental infrastructure bill

John Siciliano · May 17, 2017 9:30 pm

Mulvaney announced the timing of the budget roll-out in passing during an address to the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump budget director Mulvaney: Budget coming Tuesday

Joseph Lawler, Ryan Lovelace · May 17, 2017 9:14 pm

Over the next two years, this Congress has the opportunity to make good on its promise to protect the taxpayers' interest. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Draft: Energy Department’s renewable office gutted under Trump’s budget

John Siciliano · May 17, 2017 4:13 pm

In this March 30, 2017 file photo, Workers use a crane to lift a segment of a new fence into place on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, where Sunland Park, N.M., meets the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Senators tell sanctuaries to obey the law, or pay for the wall

Byron York · May 17, 2017 2:20 pm

Sheriff Jim McDonnell of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in his prepared testimony to the subcommittee on crime that jail infrastructure is a "huge challenge" sheriffs face. (AP Photo/Amanda Myers)

Law enforcement asks House for more money, resources

Kelly Cohen · May 17, 2017 12:58 pm

The $603 billion plan calls for nine Navy destroyers instead of eight and proposes the same 70 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters and 14 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets projected by the prior administration. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

National Security

Trump defense budget mirrors Obama on ships, aircraft, report says

Travis J. Tritten · May 16, 2017 9:09 pm

Lieu's bill would change the law in a way that would require Trump and other high-ranking officials that get Secret Service protection to pay back costs. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrat proposes SWAMP Act to make Trump reimburse travel costs

Pete Kasperowicz · May 16, 2017 7:15 pm

Senate majority leader cited the national debt in saying that tax reform "will have to be revenue-neutral," conflicting with Trump's plan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McConnell: Tax reform cannot add to debt

Joseph Lawler · May 16, 2017 3:27 pm

An upcoming hearing will feature Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who is expected to discuss Trump administration's ambitious plan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Senate breaks ground on infrastructure spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 16, 2017 4:01 am

The theory is that by lowering tax revenue before embarking on tax reform, the less revenue has to be raised, making it politically much easier. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Why Republicans think replacing Obamacare would make tax reform easier

Joseph Lawler · May 14, 2017 12:07 pm

Group asks inspector general to examine the EPA's plan to reassign 10 investigators to serve as bodyguards for Administrator Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Energy and Environment

Environmental watchdog calls for probe into Pruitt’s bodyguard detail

John Siciliano · May 12, 2017 5:04 pm

If Trump and Kushner are serious about draining the Beltway swamp, the quickest, most effective and lasting way might be to eliminate the grants-in-aid regime that produces so much of the bureaucratic mire. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Federal grants are the key to constraining bureaucracy

Dan Benson · May 11, 2017 4:04 am