Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Rep. Paul Ryan said in an interview on Monday that he favors limiting the home mortgage tax deduction to "middle income people" but opposes curbing deductions for contributions to charity. (AP Photo)

Paul Ryan: Limit home mortgage deduction to the middle class

David M. Drucker · August 26, 2014 2:18 pm

Huge bank settlements after the financial crisis are just election-year ATMs for the Obama administration. (iStock)

The Obama bank shakedown

Lawrence Kudlow · August 26, 2014 2:07 am

Virginia Republican candidate for Senate Ed Gillespie, who is challenging Sen. Mark Warner in November, said lowering the corporate tax rate will ultimately lead to more jobs in the Commonwealth. (AP Photo)

VIDEO: Ed Gillespie pushes tax cuts during Northern Virginia campaign swing

Steve Doty · August 25, 2014 7:55 pm

Burger King is in talks to buy Tim Hortons in hopes of creating a new, publicly traded company with its headquarters in Canada. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick)

The White House hates tax inversions but won’t criticize Burger King

Brian Hughes · August 25, 2014 7:01 pm

Md. adds $6.9 million to school lunch program

Washington Examiner · August 25, 2014 1:18 pm

Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf speaks during an interview with The Associated Press Friday, July 25, 2014, in Philadelphia. Wolf would make a centerpiece of his first budget proposal an increase in income taxes on Pennsylvania's higher-earners to help expand the state's share of public education funding in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar reduction in local property taxes levied by school boards. (AP Photo)

Job No. 1 for the next Pennsylvania governor? A huge budget gap

Marc Levy · August 25, 2014 1:00 pm

Tax refunds may get hit due to health law credits

Ricardo AlonsoZaldivar · August 25, 2014 8:47 am

FILE - In this Friday March 7, 2014 file photo, Eric Henry puts gasoline in his car in Sacramento, Calif. Despite a bipartisan push, the Senate's Democratic leaders have so far derailed efforts to halt an increase in the price of gasoline and other fuels that will hit consumers in January 2015. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California push to avert higher gas prices stalls

Don Thompson · August 24, 2014 6:19 pm

New Jersey lawmakers may change inheritance tax

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2014 6:02 pm

In this Friday, Aug. 22, 2014 photo, Illinois' Executive Inspector General Ricardo Meza speaks at a news conference in Chicago to report that the Illinois Department of Transportation circumvented rules devised to keep politics out of state jobs and improperly hired more than 250 people in the last decade, accelerating the practice under Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

Layoffs raise new issues in state hiring dispute

John O'connor · August 24, 2014 5:00 pm

High stakes for NYC mayor over rollout of pre-K

Jonathan Lemire · August 24, 2014 4:44 pm

NASA says rocket launch from Wallops successful

Washington Examiner · August 24, 2014 4:24 pm