Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Export-Import Bank returns over conservative objections

Susan Ferrechio · November 9, 2015 5:01 am

The Pentagon blew nearly $43 million on a compressed natural gas facility in Afghanistan when a similar station constructed in Pakistan cost just $500,000. (Photo courtesy of SIGAR)

From $640 toilet seats to $43 million gas boondoggles

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2015 5:01 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.,Â said, if elected commander in chief, he would return to the "fiscally sustainable budget baseline proposed by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in 2012 before sequestration took effect."Â (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Expert: Rubio’s defense boost could cost $1 trillion

Jacqueline Klimas · November 6, 2015 5:01 am

An extension of D.C.'s school voucher program, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

D.C. voucher program participants make case for its extension

Jason Russell · November 5, 2015 9:13 pm

Ryan giving all Republicans a say on spending bills

Susan Ferrechio · November 5, 2015 5:56 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015. Earnest answered questions about the Russian plane crash, election results, and upcoming plans for Guantanamo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Despite budget deal, Obama could still veto defense bill

Charles Hoskinson · November 5, 2015 5:01 am

The spending fight is just starting in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · November 4, 2015 5:01 am

A government shutdown is "always" a possibility in this era of divided government, "particularly when you consider the dysfunction and disorganization that has run rampant in the House Republican Conference" lately, saidÂ White House press secretary Josh Earnest. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House ‘confident’ no shutdown under Ryan

Nicole Duran · November 3, 2015 8:43 pm

The $1 billion Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund would be cut to $750 million. (AP Photo)

National Security

Counterterrorism fund takes a hit in new budget deal

Jacqueline Klimas · November 3, 2015 7:23 pm

Americans, Jeff Sessions said, "want something done about crime, people are not safe in their homes. Drug deaths, abuse dropped dramatically since the '80s, has started back up again." (AP Photo)

‘We don’t even know the amount’: Sessions slams debt hike

Pete Kasperowicz · November 3, 2015 5:46 pm

Liberals should recognize that repealing prevailing wage laws, frees up millions for other projects like schools and parks. (AP File Photo)

White House: GOP highway bill would ‘worsen’ roads

Nicole Duran · November 3, 2015 3:56 pm

The Social Security Disability Insurance programÂ now has 11 million beneficiaries.Â (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Budget deal pushes disability reform to backburner

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2015 5:01 am