Tag: Budgets and Deficits

A student loan portfolio released ThursdayÂ sheds new light on the status of the massive build-up of student debt in the U.S. over the past decade.Â (Photo by Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images for UCLA)

Student debt: The good, the bad and the ugly

Joseph Lawler · August 21, 2015 4:01 am

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Lawmaker demands HUD end subsidies to rich tenants

Barbara Boland · August 19, 2015 9:50 pm

"With the existence of a clear and urgent deadline for action, we believe it would be unwise to wait until after the Congress returns from the August state work period, just 23 days before the end of the federal fiscal year, to begin talks on a path forward," Democrats said in the letter. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Democrats demand recess budget talks

Susan Ferrechio · August 18, 2015 7:33 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks in Marion, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

WaPo Fact Checker spars with liberal groups over Sanders’ jobs claim

Sean Higgins · August 18, 2015 6:37 pm

House Speaker John Boehner at one time said he wanted to get all the facts before a vote to defund Planned Parenthood. (Getty Images file)

House GOP charges ahead on Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 18, 2015 2:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

New poll: Teachers have no idea how much their schools spend

Jason Russell · August 18, 2015 4:01 am

Ben Bernanke argued that the Warren-Vitter bill did too much to limit regulators' response to a crisis situation, saying that some of its provisions were "unwise" even if their inclusion was necessary to pass the legislation. (AP Photo)Â

Sequester pain goes beyond defense, experts say

Jacqueline Klimas · August 17, 2015 8:48 pm

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said low-income children start kindergarten more than a year behind other kids' development. By cutting this program, Republicans would jeopardize plans to help 150,000 additional children across the country, he said.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama administration takes first swing in fall budget battle

Susan Crabtree · August 17, 2015 7:54 pm

"No, no, if the government takes more, they will spend it," Kasich said. (AP file)

Kasich: No tax hikes in a deficit deal

Joseph Lawler · August 16, 2015 5:10 pm

Social Security is nowÂ 80 years old. It is alsoÂ incredibly outdated, sexist, and unfair across and within generations. (Getty)

Social Security is 80 — here’s how to retire it

Laurence Kotlikoff · August 16, 2015 4:01 am

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, from left, with Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, and Gov. Daniel Tarullo, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System presides over a meeting in Washington, Monday, July 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Expectations firm for the Fed to hike rates in September

Joseph Lawler · August 14, 2015 9:36 pm

Social Security supporters attend a rally in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Eight graphs for Social Security’s 80th birthday

Jason Russell · August 14, 2015 3:09 pm