Budgets and Deficits

Five of the biggest and oldest tax breaks account for 51 percent of the cost, Sen. Orrin Hatch says. (AP file)

Business

Senate panel advances $96 billion package of tax breaks

July 21, 2015 6:01 pm

The Senate this week will try to pass a five-year highway funding bill. (iStock Photo)

Magazine

Congress faces highway funding impasse as deadline nears

Susan Ferrechio -

July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks during a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Politics

Reid touts role in steering $16 million to Vegas airport

Susan Ferrechio -

July 17, 2015 4:26 pm

Fred P. Hochberg, chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, speaks during a news conference at the AgustaWestland's aircraft manufacturing facility Monday, June 22, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

Export-Import Bank: ‘There is no definition of orderly liquidation’

Timothy P. Carney -

July 16, 2015 9:22 pm

"Rep. Martha Roby, R-Ala., was forced into a runoff. (Getty Images file)

Politics

GOP looks to cut Planned Parenthood funding after shocking abortion video

Pete Kasperowicz -

July 16, 2015 2:56 am

Politics

House passes five-month highway patch supported by Obama

Susan Ferrechio -

July 15, 2015 8:24 pm

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Budget Director Shaun Donovan, left, and Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew, speaks about a series of new actions being taken to support communities facing climate change during a meeting with state, local, and tribal leaders, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Economy

Obama administration lowers deficit estimate for 2015

Joseph Lawler -

July 14, 2015 8:36 pm

Healthcare

Obama slammed for ignoring possible VA hospital closures: ‘Get involved and lead’

Pete Kasperowicz -

July 14, 2015 5:26 pm

Transit workers participate in a rally to urge Congress to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Economy

House chairmen look to tax compliance to fund highway spending through 2015

Joseph Lawler -

July 14, 2015 12:40 pm

The National Institutes of Health has spent a total of $3.5 million to research why 75 percent of lesbians are obese. (Getty Images file)

Healthcare

$3.5 million spent researching lesbian obesity rates

Elizabeth Potter -

July 13, 2015 8:29 pm

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Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Senate panel advances $96 billion package of tax breaks

Congress faces highway funding impasse as deadline nears

Reid touts role in steering $16 million to Vegas airport

Export-Import Bank: ‘There is no definition of orderly liquidation’

GOP looks to cut Planned Parenthood funding after shocking abortion video

House passes five-month highway patch supported by Obama

Obama administration lowers deficit estimate for 2015

Obama slammed for ignoring possible VA hospital closures: ‘Get involved and lead’

House chairmen look to tax compliance to fund highway spending through 2015

$3.5 million spent researching lesbian obesity rates

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