Tag: Budgets and Deficits

In this file Image provided by the U.S. Navy on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, a F/A-18E Super Hornet attached to the Tomcatters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 31 lands aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush after conducting strike missions against Islamic State group and other targets in Syria. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Mass Communication Spc. 3rd Class Brian Stephens-file)

New GOP budget will be a national security disaster and political nightmare

Hugh Hewitt · March 15, 2015 9:00 pm

In this March 10, 2015, photo, President Barack Obama speaks at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, about his plan to clamp down on the private companies that service federal student debt. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Sign petition to lower college costs

Susan Ferrechio · March 14, 2015 3:53 pm

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew attends a joint press conference with Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

Timer set on debt ceiling showdown

Joseph Lawler · March 14, 2015 9:00 am

A permanent fix to prevent doctors from losing a chunk of their Medicare payments has yet to emerge from Congress. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Murky path to permanent Medicare ‘doc fix’

Robert King · March 13, 2015 9:00 am

The argument is meant to build momentum for tax reform. (iStock Photo)

Business faults tax code for rising foreign takeovers of U.S. companies

Joseph Lawler · March 13, 2015 9:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Social Security robs the poor to pay the rich

Jason Russell · March 12, 2015 9:35 pm

President Obama's proposed fiscal 2016 budget would reduce deficits by $1.2 trillion over 10 years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Obama budget would reduce deficits by $1.2 trillion: Budget office

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2015 5:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

Senate Republicans blame Obama for Social Security crisis

Jason Russell · March 12, 2015 5:01 pm

The AFL-CIO headquarters is shown in Washington, DC, 01 August 2005. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

Labor seeks to make pro-trade Dems a liability for party

Sean Higgins · March 12, 2015 9:00 am

A pair of new streetcars sit parked at the bottom of Hopscotch Bridge near Union Station, Sunday, April 27, 2014 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

D.C. official talks sense

Michael Barone · March 11, 2015 11:16 pm

Fred Hochberg, chairman and president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, speaks during the U.S. Export-Import Bank annual conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 4, 2013. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

If the Export-Import Bank pretends to be a small-business agency, does it become one?

Timothy P. Carney · March 11, 2015 10:14 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)

National Security

Prospects dim for defense spending

Tara Copp · March 11, 2015 9:40 pm