Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Ron Jones, of Frackville, Pa., pumps gas at the Mobil station along Route 61 in Saint Clair, Pa., on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Republican-Herald, Andy Matsko)

Beltway Confidential

Gas tax hike still a mistake

Jason Russell · January 6, 2015 10:00 am

The president has clearly telegraphed in which areas he thinks he and Republicans might be able to compromise. Â (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama can exploit GOP tug-of-war

Susan Crabtree · January 6, 2015 10:00 am

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Argonauts of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Red Sea on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, MC3 Nathan R. McDonald, Released)

National Security

Budget cuts threaten Pacific pivot: Report

Charles Hoskinson · January 5, 2015 9:23 pm

A Philadelphia Police officer demonstrates a body-worn camera being used as part of a pilot project in the department's 22nd District in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Energy and Environment

Think Tanks: Police body cameras work for both sides

Washington Examiner Staff · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

French President FranÃ§ois Hollande speaks during a joint news conference with President Obama, as part of an official state visit in the East Room of the White House. (AP/ J. Scott Applewhite)

France’s mistake shows taxing wealth doesn’t work

Dan Hannan · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pat down undocumented immigrants from El Salvador before boarding them onto a deportation flight in Mesa, Ariz. (John Moore/Getty Images)

GOP tries to grapple with Obama’s immigration plan

Susan Ferrechio · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

In this Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 file photo, motorists fill their tanks at a convenience store in Platt City, Mo., where prices dropped below $2-per-gallon for regular gas. Congressional Republicans are not ruling out raising the gas tax to keep afloat the broke Highway Trust Fund. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Republicans haven’t ruled out raising gas tax

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 5:57 pm

The rule would require companies to disclose the ratio between the CEO's annual pay and their employees'. (iStock Photo)

CEO pay rule a top SEC priority

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2015 2:00 pm

We have devolved into a government constantly in crisis with virtually all power vested in the speaker, Colorado Rep.Â Ken Buck says. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

House GOP freshman leader eager to tackle debt, immigration

Sean Lengell · January 3, 2015 10:00 pm

From November 2013 through November 2014, the aggregate balance in the federal direct student loan program -- as reported by the Monthly Treasury Statement -- rose from $687,149,000,000 to $806,561,000,000, a one-year jump of $119,412,000,000. (iStock Photo)

Federal student loan debt tops $800 billion

Terence Jeffrey · January 2, 2015 6:59 pm

The Federal Reserve could move to raise interest rates as early as the first half of 2015 thanks to the strength of the economy, according to one central banker. (iStock Photo)

Fed official: Interest rate hikes could come in first half of 2015

Joseph Lawler · January 2, 2015 6:41 pm

This March 4, 2014 file photo shows copies of President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget set out for distribution on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Dems warn GOP against appointing ‘ideologue’ as CBO chief

Joseph Lawler · January 2, 2015 5:51 pm