Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The facts "have proven them wrong," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said of Obama administration critics following Friday's strong jobs report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jack Lew officially asks for a debt ceiling increase

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2015 3:41 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, accompanied by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, outline their ideas for a new tax plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Can Republicans reclaim the political high ground on taxes?

David M. Drucker · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

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

Defense secretary to review A-10 retirement decision

Tara Copp · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

Has Boehner taken a left turn?

Susan Ferrechio · March 5, 2015 10:00 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to review the defense authorization request for fiscal 2016 and the future years defense program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Defense secretary warned to prepare for spending caps

Tara Copp · March 4, 2015 11:29 pm

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, talks as committee chairman Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., right, listens during opening remarks before testimony from Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, during a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republican budget chiefs claim progress

David M. Drucker · March 4, 2015 10:15 pm

Americans are addicted to living beyond their means, at least when it comes to the functions of government. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

How government debt actually affects you

Jason Russell · March 4, 2015 9:57 pm

The lawmakers plan to pressure Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to change the rules of the upper chamber, so that legislation can pass with just 51 votes, instead of 60. (Washington Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

After immigration defeat, House conservatives set sights on McConnell, not Boehner

Susan Ferrechio · March 3, 2015 11:37 pm

Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., and members of the Democratic caucus file out of a strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

The Great 2014 Cashout: Mark Pryor used to be against the revolving door

Timothy P. Carney · March 3, 2015 11:30 pm

GOP donor Sheldon Adelson. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Republicans take up casino donor’s fight against Internet gambling

Timothy P. Carney · March 3, 2015 11:08 pm

Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and the committee's ranking member Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, right, walk into the hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, with Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen prior to her testimony before the committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top Senate lawmaker moves toward Fed reforms

Joseph Lawler · March 3, 2015 9:26 pm

Ã¢â¬ÅI believe this decision, considering where we are, is the right one for this team, and the right one for this country,Ã¢â¬ï¿½ Boehner told Republicans in a closed-door meeting. (AP)

House passes Homeland Security spending bill, ending weeks of drama

Susan Ferrechio · March 3, 2015 8:30 pm