Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The F35 Joint Strike Fighter (Getty Images)

GOP now faced with reconciling Senate, House budgets

Joseph Lawler · March 27, 2015 7:32 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and payday lending, Thursday, March 26, 2015, at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Ala. (AP Photo)

Obama happy with ‘doc fix,’ little else in Republican budget

Brian Hughes · March 26, 2015 9:55 pm

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 11, 2015 in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

Obama will oppose extra Pentagon funding, Defense chief says

Tara Copp · March 26, 2015 8:47 pm

In this March 19, 2015, photo, House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Pelosi hopeful for Senate ‘doc fix’ passage

Susan Ferrechio · March 26, 2015 3:37 pm

House approves Medicare payment fix

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 26, 2015 12:20 pm

"We need to have base budget so the Pentagon can plan," said Center for Strategic and International Studies budget analyst Ryan Crotty.

National Security

House-passed budget gives Pentagon no long-term plan

Tara Copp · March 25, 2015 11:44 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., center, holds-up a synopsis of the House Republican budget proposal as he announces the plan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House passes $3.8 trillion spending plan

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2015 11:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

Breaking down all seven budget proposals

Jason Russell · March 25, 2015 9:32 pm

Spending on information technology at the Department of Health and Human Services will skyrocket this year as the agency ramps up technical support for Medicaid. (iStock)

Report projects feds will go billions over Medicaid information tech budget

Sarah Bedford · March 25, 2015 8:40 pm

At the end of March, Medicare payments to doctors will plunge dramatically unless Congress temporarily averts the cuts in what's become popularly known as the "doc fix." (iStock Photo)

Medicare ‘doc fix’ bill would add $141 billion to deficit: CBO

Robert King · March 25, 2015 5:57 pm

Jeff Flake turns government waste into a basketball bracket

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 4:07 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee, right, accompanied by fellow committee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2015, to discuss the budget. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Energy and Environment

Senate Democrats seize on budget to try again on climate change

Zack Colman · March 25, 2015 9:00 am