Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Obama asked Congress to provide $1 billion in cancer research and $33 billion for biomedical research. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama proposes billions more for medical research

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 9, 2016 5:20 pm

The Pentagon is asking Congress for permission to do another round of base closures in 2019. (iStock Photo)

Pentagon calls for new round of base closures

Jacqueline Klimas · February 9, 2016 4:15 pm

President Obama on Tuesday proposed the first $4 trillion federal budget in history. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

White House proposes first $4 trillion budget

Joseph Lawler · February 9, 2016 4:15 pm

The biggest piece of Obama's climate spending proposal comes from a $2 billion fund to help coastal communities deal with sea-level rise. (AP file photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

White House seeks billions for Arctic climate change response

John Siciliano · February 9, 2016 2:37 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: State college check-up

Washington Examiner · February 9, 2016 2:00 pm

The state energy officials and the National Association of Clean Air Agencies with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners form what they call the "3N" collaborative on the Clean Power Plan. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, above, will speak at 3N's event later this week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

State energy officials converge on Washington for budget rollout

John Siciliano · February 9, 2016 5:01 am

Nadege Cius, left, waits with her son David, 6, for the school bus on the first day of school outside of the Chapman Partnership Homeless Assistance Center, Monday, Aug. 24, 2015, in Miami. Cius lives at the homeless center with her husband and four children. The children got free backpacks, uniforms and school supplies at a giveaway last week. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Obama’s budget includes $11B to combat homelessness

Susan Crabtree · February 9, 2016 12:01 am

In his fiscal 2017 budget that he will release Tuesday, President Obama is asking Congress to bolster funding over the next five years for two corporate watchdogs in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Bloomberg)

Obama’s budget would double Wall Street regulators

Susan Crabtree · February 8, 2016 9:59 pm

Budget committee chairmen have decided to skip the traditional post-budget hearing with OMB Director Shaun Donovan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats decry GOP’s ‘disrespectful’ snub of Obama budget chief

Joseph Lawler · February 8, 2016 6:43 pm

Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., proposed legislation on Monday that would force the federal government to change the way it accounts for its spending. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Perdue bill aims to control fed’s ‘financial mess’

Pete Kasperowicz · February 8, 2016 4:41 pm

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, left, greets crew members while visiting the the USS Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia on Dec. 10. (Mark Wilson/Pool Photo via AP)

Senators side with Navy on ship cuts

Jacqueline Klimas · February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Republican Rep. David Brat is currently in his first term representing the 7th district of Virginia. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Rep. Dave Brat: ‘The American people are waking up’

Rudy Takala · February 7, 2016 5:01 am