Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., speaks during at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, Sunday, March 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

The first pro-growth congressional Democratic tax plan in 50 years

Jason Russell · July 13, 2015 2:33 pm

Can Senate Republicans continue to break the gridlock?

Susan Ferrechio · July 13, 2015 4:01 am

$38 billion in a war-funding account not subject to spending caps could lead to another government shutdown. (Pentagon)

Lawmakers brace for fight over Pentagon funding

Charles Hoskinson · July 13, 2015 4:01 am

People cheer as an honor guard from the South Carolina Highway patrol removes the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds Friday, July 10, 2015, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Flag flap grinds House work to a halt

Susan Ferrechio · July 10, 2015 11:37 pm

US Marine Robert Dewiit from Maryland (C) stands guard at post three inside the US embassy December 21, 2001 in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Congress blasts State Dept. for wasteful Afghan embassy project

Sarah Bedford · July 9, 2015 6:09 pm

House scraps spending bill debate over Confederate flag fight

Susan Ferrechio · July 9, 2015 6:06 pm

The National Institutes of Health James Shannon building on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House braces for NIH funding fight

Robert King · July 9, 2015 4:01 am

McConnell ‘skeptical’ of tax plan to fund highway projects

Susan Ferrechio · July 8, 2015 9:17 pm

Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta looks on as she testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, June 23. 2015, on the data security breach at the OPM. The personal data of an estimated 18 million current, former and prospective federal employees were affected. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

OPM’s hack mitigation costs likely to soar

Nicole Duran · July 8, 2015 4:45 pm

Obama hints he will veto defense bill

Tara Copp · July 6, 2015 10:01 pm

In a report commissioned by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute, the economists estimate that $100 billion in new infrastructure spending could generate $12.5 billion to $33.1 billion in new taxes over 20 years. That would reduce the need for tax revenues to pay for new roads, bridges, and ports. (AP Photo)

Dynamic scoring is demanded for spending on roads

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2015 3:41 pm

In this Tuesday, July 16, 2013, file photo, an Amtrak conductor checks the time as the passenger train takes on passengers in Hanford, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Give Calif. a high-speed re-vote

Washington Examiner · July 6, 2015 4:01 am