Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Beltway Confidential

Here’s a key source of the K Street vs. Tea Party fight: Lobbyists’ personal wealth

Timothy P. Carney · November 21, 2014 4:47 pm

Years of the tax ‘kabuki dance’ coming to a close?

Joseph Lawler · November 21, 2014 10:00 am

An estimated 6,000 IRS employees have outside jobs or are involved in extracurricular businesses, but only half of them are doing so with permission from their superiors, according to a Department of the Treasury watchdog.Â (iStock)

IRS thinks its employees’ income info should be kept away from investigators

Mark Tapscott · November 21, 2014 10:00 am

Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., leaves a closed-door Republican strategy session dealing with the immigration crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Eager to avoid shutdown repeat, Republicans begin to take funding fight off the table

Susan Ferrechio · November 20, 2014 5:53 pm

With an average total tax rate of 43.8 percent, the U.S. is far behind many of its economic competitors. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

U.S. business tax burden ranks 126th globally

Jason Russell · November 20, 2014 5:45 pm

Retired Marine CommandantÂ James Conway is warning against defense spending cuts. Alex Brandon/AP Photo

National Security

Attention: 105 admirals, two generals warn that U.S. safety threatened by spending cuts

Paul Bedard · November 20, 2014 3:47 pm

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Feds aren’t accurately tracking taxpayer dollars spent on unions, GAO finds

Sarah Bedford · November 20, 2014 2:52 pm

Falling gas prices can’t drag down inflation in October

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2014 2:00 pm

Leona Sharpton

Washington Examiner · November 20, 2014 10:00 am

The report warns it's not a good idea to have banks too involved with commodities.

Report: Goldman Sachs’ side uranium business threatens economy

Joseph Lawler · November 19, 2014 11:29 pm

Rep. Price plans changes to budget process

Joseph Lawler · November 19, 2014 6:35 pm

Beltway Confidential

Five tax reforms Paul Ryan should propose as Ways and Means chairman

Jason Russell · November 19, 2014 10:00 am