Tag: Budgets and Deficits

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House gives Senate until Dec. 17 to pass spending measure

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2014 9:50 pm

Carla Carter wasÂ indicted this week for allegedly funneling money from the Section 8 program to her personal bank account. (iStock Photo)

Md. housing official indicted for profiting off of Section 8

Luke Rosiak · December 12, 2014 9:40 pm

National Security

VIDEO — Weekly Examiner: The $1.1 trillion spending bill

Lisa Ruhl · December 12, 2014 8:28 pm

Warren, Vitter team up against Dodd-Frank change in spending bill

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 8:07 pm

President Obama endorsed Friday the House's passage of a spending bill that pit many Democrats against the White House, saying the legislation amounted to "responsible governance" ahead of a possible government shutdown. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Obama battles Warren, Pelosi

Brian Hughes · December 12, 2014 7:57 pm

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Wall Street critic Brown to be top Democrat on banking panel

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 5:37 pm

People walk into a meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, October 24, 2013 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Federal Reserve’s top advocate for loose money to step down

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 5:09 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged fellow lawmakers on Friday to pass the measure, even though it contains provisions that lawmakers in both parties oppose. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Reid urges Senate to pass spending bill, despite objections

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2014 4:34 pm

All the money spent to extend coverage to low-income Americans hasn't translated to healthcare access.Â (iStock)

Medicaid is broken and expansion won’t fix it

Philip Klein · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

Shutdown gambit shows Warren’s influence

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

House approves $1.1 trillion spending package

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2014 3:14 am

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., arrives at the House Democratic Caucus meeting on Thursday. Both houses of Congress are working to avoid a government shutdown. (Getty images/Alex Wong)

No consensus from House Democrats on spending bill

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2014 2:04 am