Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Senate Finance Committee member Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., wants to change the way credit programs are accounted for in the budget. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Republicans’ budget theory comes crashing down

Joseph Lawler · March 14, 2016 5:01 am

Rep. Kevin Brady said the package would "fight fraud and cut wasteful spending," and that he looks forward "to moving these common-sense bills through our committee and the House in the weeks ahead." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon/File)

House GOP targets tax-credit abuse

Joseph Lawler · March 10, 2016 9:59 pm

"We need to fix the VA's corruption culture and its all to often poor business performance." (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Senator slams VA’s ‘give us more money’ attitude

Pete Kasperowicz · March 10, 2016 8:07 pm

A New Deal

Jim Swift · March 10, 2016 3:33 pm

"If we go back in the doldrums, it is going to be really disappointing," Francis Collins said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

NIH director angles for guaranteed funding

Robert King · March 10, 2016 5:01 am

"We're subsidizing windmills for the 23rd year," Sen. Lamar Alexander said. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Energy and Environment

Alexander: Wind subsidies back on the chopping block

John Siciliano · March 9, 2016 11:01 pm

"We are literally inventing new ways to treat and cure diseases," head of industry's lobbying group says. (Sean Meyers/CVS Health via AP Images)

Pharma CEO blames industry image on bad press, bad actors

Robert King · March 9, 2016 11:00 pm

—œThey can offer on the floor, or they can run for the House of Representatives," said Sen. Lamar Alexander. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

Top GOP senators want ‘clean’ energy spending bills

John Siciliano · March 9, 2016 10:56 pm

Democrats want new money for the health institutes to be mandatory instead of discretionary. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Dems threaten to block health bills over NIH funding

Robert King · March 9, 2016 5:32 pm

The leaders who wrote the Pentagon's budget for fiscal 2017 said base realignment and closure, or BRAC, is an important part of cost savings. (AP Photo/David Duprey/File)

National Security

Pentagon says new round of base closures won’t repeat mistakes

Jacqueline Klimas · March 7, 2016 3:50 pm

"The reason to get this budget done is so that the appropriators can get started," Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi said Thursday on the House floor. (AP Photo)Â

Senate GOP to punt on budget amid disagreement

Joseph Lawler · March 7, 2016 3:36 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., offered a budget plan that sets discretionary spending at $1.07 trillion, the same level agreed to last year. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Divided GOP struggles to find budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · March 6, 2016 5:01 am