Tag: Budgets and Deficits

That line doesn't work so well today now that the private sector is involved. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Big Bird has been an HBO star for two years now and will survive any budget cut

Becket Adams · March 16, 2017 6:26 pm

Let's look at a few of the education items in the Trump administration's thin proposal. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

Maybe education cuts wouldn’t be so bad

Neal McCluskey · March 16, 2017 6:07 pm

President Trump's first proposed budget could turn Joe Biden's cancer "moonshot" into more of a crater, a devastating blow to the former vice president just days after he implored people to help him eradicate the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Trump budget could kill Joe Biden’s cancer moonshot

Gabby Morrongiello · March 16, 2017 5:38 pm

With President Trump's budget, "our nation will be much darker and more dangerous," Rather says. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Dan Rather: ‘People will die’ from Trump budget plan

Eddie Scarry · March 16, 2017 4:23 pm

SNEAK PREVIEW: What’s the best part of Trump’s budget proposal?

Michael Graham · March 16, 2017 4:04 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called President Trump's proposed budget a "slap in the face" to Americans and predicted that it will not pass in its current form. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: I don’t see how Trump’s budget will ‘survive the light of day’

Al Weaver · March 16, 2017 3:20 pm

The HHS increase aims to "help Americans who are misusing opioids get the help they need." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Beltway Confidential

Trump budget seeks to fight opioid addiction

Emily Jashinsky · March 16, 2017 2:54 pm

House Budget Committee Chair Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., saw her panel narrowly approve a bill to repeal and partially replace Obamacare. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Budget Committee passes Obamacare bill with three GOP defections

Robert King · March 16, 2017 2:34 pm

"It is clear that this budget proposed today cannot pass the Senate," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

National Security

McCain: It’s ‘clear’ Trump’s budget can’t pass Senate

Jacqueline Klimas · March 16, 2017 2:31 pm

President Trump will nominate Carlos Muniz, a former attorney for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as general counsel at the Education Department, the White House announced Friday evening. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget proposal cuts Education Department overall, but adds money for school choice

Jason Russell · March 16, 2017 2:14 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wants President Trump to work with him on decreasing prescription drug prices and rebuilding the country's infrastructure. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sanders: Trump budget is ‘morally obscene’

Susan Crabtree · March 16, 2017 2:07 pm

President Trump's budget would cut the National Institutes of Health's budget by nearly $6 billion. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

NIH faces steep cuts after making gains last year

Robert King · March 16, 2017 1:29 pm