Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The White House has urged Congress to approve more than $1.3 billion more to reach the $1.8 billion President Obama had requested earlier this year to fight Zika. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

White House blames Zika funding fight on GOP ‘animosity’

Susan Crabtree · April 6, 2016 6:14 pm

The GOP’s irresponsible budget

Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham · April 6, 2016 4:03 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday the Senate would soon turn to some of the one dozen appropriations measures needed to fund the federal government. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Senate plans spending bill blitz without a budget

Susan Ferrechio · April 6, 2016 4:01 am

The Trump campaign over-estimates the amount of federal assets by at least five times over.

Beltway Confidential

Trump wouldn’t erase the national debt — he’d double it

Jason Russell · April 5, 2016 8:53 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson held a press conference on Capitol Hill to ask for additional funding for the department in fiscal 2017 at the same time as the scheduled hearing. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

DHS secretary holds press conference during hearing where officials declined to testify

Jacqueline Klimas · April 5, 2016 3:45 pm

"When it came time to vote, I could not support the budget resolution as it was drafted." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, file)

A path to a better budget

Rep Marlin Stutzman · April 5, 2016 4:02 am

"We would vote for the clearing-the-barn, crap sandwich number on the discretionary side, but we're saying all you have to do is cut [$30 billion] from the mandatory side, the other $3 trillion of the budget," said Rep. Dave Brat. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Lawmaker: Conservatives willing to pass temporary ‘crap sandwich’

Rudy Takala · April 5, 2016 1:37 am

Obama's fiscal 2017 budget is an outline of proposed policies, very few of which have any chance of being enacted. Released in February, the budget is the last one that will be released by the Obama White House. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Deficits lower than expected in Obama budget

Joseph Lawler · March 29, 2016 6:46 pm

One recommendation on how to cut government spending is to allow veterans to use any U.S. hospital for health care. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Five ways to cut government spending immediately

Gary Shapiro · March 29, 2016 4:02 am

Puerto Rico's debt adds up to somewhere around $70 billion, which is too large for an island of only 3.5 million, with a labor force only about a third that size, to pay back without serious economic growth and a significant restructuring. (AP Photo/Danica Coto)

Hey, Congress: Don’t scupper Puerto Rico’s constitution with Super Restructuring Authority

Ivan Rivera · March 28, 2016 4:01 am

In a letter to fellow House Democrats on Thursday, Pelosi said Republicans should have kept the House in session in order to consider emergency funding measures to help eradicate the Zika virus and remedy the lead water crisis in Flint, Mich. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Pelosi criticizes GOP for not boosting spending for Zika and Flint

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2016 4:42 pm

President Obama's proposed tax changes would total $1 trillion in the next five years and $2.1 trillion over 10, nonpartisan panel says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama’s proposed tax hikes: $2.1 trillion

Joseph Lawler · March 24, 2016 9:21 pm