Tag: Budgets and Deficits

"We've got to, got to, got to get after these headquarters," Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

House looks for Pentagon to ‘balance the workforce’

Tara Copp · April 23, 2015 11:28 pm

Valid identification numbers were missing from 800,000 Colorado claims in 2011. (iStock Photo)

Medicaid frauds may have gotten up to $213 million from federal government

Ethan Barton · April 23, 2015 10:51 pm

Boehner signals desire to lift sequester caps

Susan Ferrechio · April 23, 2015 4:56 pm

Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman speaks about the economy during the White House daily news briefing in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama adviser: Healthcare savings as big a story as fracking revolution

Joseph Lawler · April 23, 2015 4:14 pm

A pair of A-10 Thunderbolts fly by during a U.S. Air Force firepower demonstration at the Nevada Test and Training Range September 14, 2007 near Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

National Security

What to look for in the House’s defense spending bill

Tara Copp · April 23, 2015 9:00 am

About one in five Americans are enrolled in Medicaid and the program now makes up about a quarter of all state spending. (AP Photo)

Medicaid squeezes state budgets

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 23, 2015 9:00 am

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, joined at right by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., heads to a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

IRS diverted millions from taxpayer assistance to pay for employee bonuses

Sarah Bedford · April 22, 2015 4:33 pm

"The threat is growing so quickly both in sophistication and in magnitude that it's hard to keep up with. But we're not catching up right here," said House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

House defense panel makes room for future base closures

Tara Copp · April 22, 2015 4:28 pm

The House Armed Services Committee is adding $76 million more to the fiscal 2016 budget for construction ofÂ new housing for the approximately 2,000 troops atÂ the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a sign that Congress does not intend to allow President Obama to close it. (AP Photo)

National Security

House bill seeks $76 million for Gitmo buildup

Tara Copp · April 22, 2015 3:55 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is joining the small crowd of Republicans calling for a reversal of budget cuts at the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo)

Newt Gingrich calls for doubling National Institutes of Health budget

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 1:08 pm

Republicans could try to pass multiple measures using reconciliation, allowing Congress to pass legislation with only 51 votes in the Senate. (AP Photo)

Republicans could push multiple goals through budget reconciliation

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 9:00 am

The headquarters of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

FDIC moves toward new rule for shuttering large banks

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2015 4:14 pm