Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Beltway Confidential

How much do politicians in your state make?

Jason Russell · June 6, 2016 4:57 pm

Friday's monthly jobs report disappointed, causing bank economists to lower their predictions of how much the economy will grow in 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

10 tax reform options that would boost the economy

Jason Russell · June 6, 2016 2:00 pm

White House silent on where the Zika money went

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2016 4:01 am

After months of fighting Rep. Lamar Smith's subpoena, the agency produced documents about a climate study. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Let’s not blur the distinction between legal and illegal immigration

Rep Lamar Smith · June 2, 2016 4:04 am

Obama has requested $1.9 billion in funding to help public health professionals across the country prepare for and fight the Zika virus. (Paulo Fridman/Bloomberg, File)

White House: GOP’s Zika plan is to ‘deny … there is a problem’

Susan Crabtree · June 1, 2016 7:00 pm

House Speaker's office says Democrats are politicizing a public health crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ryan: There is no Zika funding shortage

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 31, 2016 6:15 pm

"We have a narrow window of opportunity for effective mosquito prevention measures," Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg, File)

CDC’s Frieden urges Zika funding

Paige Winfield Cunningham · May 26, 2016 7:07 pm

On Thursday, a group of Senate and House Democrats called on Republicans to cancel their upcoming Memorial Day recess because of the need to finish up Zika funding and other priorities. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congress heads to conference on Zika funds

Robert King · May 26, 2016 5:22 pm

National Security

Carter’s 4 bad budget arguments

Justin Johnson · May 26, 2016 4:01 am

Sen. Lamar Alexander said he is talking with Democrats about funding for the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)

Cures bill may come to Senate floor next month

Robert King · May 25, 2016 9:26 pm

The bill is going to the full House appropriations committee. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats criticize proposed EPA budget cuts

Kyle Feldscher · May 25, 2016 5:27 pm

"Why are we nickel and diming a request that can stop the malformation of babies conceived at this time?" House Minority Leader Nancy Pelos asked.

Pelosi: Stop ‘nickel and diming’ on Zika funds

Robert King · May 25, 2016 5:17 pm