Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

On Baltimore riots, Dems assail lack of spending

Hugo Gurdon · May 3, 2015 2:17 pm

President Barack Obama smiles as he speaks at Anacostia Library in Washington, Thursday, April 30, 2015, as he participates in a live "virtual field trip" with middle school students to announce two initiatives to improve education through digital connectivity. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to promote free community college plan in commencement speech

Susan Ferrechio · May 2, 2015 1:56 pm

Republican leaders quietly try to end sequestration

Susan Ferrechio · April 30, 2015 9:01 am

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez (C) talks with Shake Shack employee Jamelle Bland (R) while making a milkshake during a tour of the restaurant with Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti (L) March 21, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Bipartisan support for a pension alternative

Jason Russell · April 29, 2015 8:50 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., told Primo that he would support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution but that approval of such an amendment seems unlikely in the near future.Â (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Republicans agree on budget deal

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 8:10 pm

McConnell said he would "do everything I can to try to stop" the EPA proposal, which he says would kill coal-mining jobs in his state and raise energy costs. His anticipated appearance Wednesday shows how much he is prioritizing that mission. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Mitch McConnell squares off against EPA chief

Zack Colman · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

Many observers believe the real problem is not a shortage of highway funds, but how effectively and fairly those funds are spent. (AP Photo)

How to make federal transit funding less wasteful and unfair

Randal O'Toole · April 29, 2015 9:00 am

FILE - In this April 14, 2015 file photo, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Even if Congress rejects his final Iranian nuclear deal, President Barack Obama could use his executive pen to offer Tehran a hefty portion of sanctions relief. Legislation is being ushered through Congress by Corker, to give Congress a say on a potential agreement. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Corker holding up budget agreement

Joseph Lawler · April 29, 2015 12:06 am

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner answers questions at the Export-Import Bank of the United States 2010 Annual conference March 12, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Ex-Im’s fight against foreign competition is as fake as pro wrestling

Timothy P. Carney · April 28, 2015 9:00 pm

Rep. Paul Ryan has pushed Republicans to have legislation in place by the time the decision is handed down providing for an "off-ramp" from Obamacare. (Getty)

How Republicans could avoid spending offsets on Supreme Court Obamacare ‘fix’

Joseph Lawler · April 28, 2015 9:00 am

Potential Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers remarks at the South Carolina Democratic Party state convention April 25, 2015 in Columbia, S.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Bernie Sanders warns governors about Republican budget

Kelly Cohen · April 27, 2015 5:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

You’re (finally) free from taxes this year

Jason Russell · April 24, 2015 9:00 am