Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The U.S. is now projected to spend $544 billion more than it takes in during fiscal 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CBO dispels Obama’s happy talk on deficits

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2016 5:01 am

The law passed Congress with majority support from both parties in December 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate breaks up House cures bill into tiny pieces

Robert King · January 19, 2016 11:50 pm

For the first time since 2001, sledding on Capitol Hill is legal. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

How the omnibus will make this weekend awesome on Capitol Hill

Kyle Feldscher · January 19, 2016 5:17 pm

The Congressional Budget Office released updated budget projections Tuesday. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Deficit expected to grow to $544 billion for fiscal 2016, by $1.5 trillion over 10 years

Joseph Lawler · January 19, 2016 5:07 pm

Beyond the inefficiency of the tax system, the IRS has betrayed the country and people it's meant to serve. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The comeuppance and reforms the IRS needs

Washington Examiner · January 18, 2016 5:03 am

Congress spending $310 billion on non-authorized programs

Joseph Lawler · January 15, 2016 9:28 pm

"I know none of us accepts that we must choose between innovation and a healthcare system that can provide access to affordable medicines," Sylvia Mathews Burwell said. (AP Photo)

GOP threatens HHS with Obamacare subpoena

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 15, 2016 4:44 pm

"This is in the interest of our country, in the interest of our environment and the world and the interest of our alliances," said former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Hagel: Congress not voting on war authorization is ‘dishonest’

Jacqueline Klimas · January 14, 2016 12:34 am

"I'll keep pushing for progress on the work that still needs doing. [Like] raising the minimum wage." (Bloomberg/Victor J. Blue)

Beltway Confidential

Seven proposals from Obama’s State of the Union that would cost taxpayers money

Jason Russell · January 13, 2016 3:53 am

The press' handling of Tuesday's speech differs slightly from previous years, when coverage of the annual event merited little more than yawns and skepticism. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama ignores $19 trillion debt in final SOTU

Pete Kasperowicz · January 13, 2016 2:52 am

President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act into law. (AP)

If it’s free, you probably got what you paid for

Eric Peters · January 12, 2016 5:01 am

President Obama will nominate University of Michigan economist Kathryn Dominguez to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. (AP Photo) Â

Fed paid $97.7 billion to Treasury in 2015

Joseph Lawler · January 11, 2016 6:25 pm