Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Joe Biden discusses manufacturing in Washington

Steve Doty · June 10, 2014 6:46 pm

President Barack Obama signs H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Tuesday, June 10, 2014, in Washington. From left are, Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama signs $12.3 billion water projects bill

Jim Kuhnhenn · June 10, 2014 3:53 pm

Photo/Americans for Tax Reform

Tax expert: Obamacare will make 2015 IRS filings ‘most chaotic in years’

Paul Bedard · June 10, 2014 3:46 pm

A borrower with $10,000 in debt at a 6.8 percent rate who participated in the refinancing program would cost the government $1,280, according to AAF. A student with $25,000 in loans would cost taxpayers $3,201. (Thinkstock)

Think tank: Refinancing would cost taxpayers $1,200-$3,200 per student borrower

Joseph Lawler · June 10, 2014 11:55 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, joined by other women of the Senate, holds a news conference Wednesday on her bill, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, which would allow people with outstanding student loan debt to refinance at the lower interest rates currently offered to new borrowers. From left are, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Warren; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; and Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate Republicans poised to block Democratic student loan bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 10, 2014 9:00 am

Gov. Quinn signs partial Chicago pension overhaul

Sophia Tareen · June 10, 2014 2:35 am

Democrats, governor debate California budget total

Fenit Nirappil · June 9, 2014 11:55 pm

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 9, 2014, before signing a Presidential Memorandum on reducing the burden of student loan debt. The president said the rising costs of college have left America's middle class feeling trapped. He says no hard-working youngster in America should be priced out of a higher education. Obama signed a presidential memorandum he says could help an additional 5 million borrowers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Prodding Congress, Obama acts to ease student debt

Josh Lederman · June 9, 2014 11:18 pm

President Ronald Reagan gestures while addressing federal executives during a ceremony at the White House in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1988. (AP/Barry Thumma)

Republicans should reclaim Ronald Reagan’s economic voice

Lawrence Kudlow · June 9, 2014 9:47 pm

Detroit bankruptcy trial pushed back to August

Washington Examiner · June 9, 2014 8:19 pm

People sit on benches in Congress Square Plaza Monday, June 9, 2014, in Portland, Maine. A squabble over the city's desire to sell the half-acre park to an Ohio-based hotel owner evolved into a larger debate and into Tuesday's ballot referendum on the future of the city's many public parks. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

Portland polarized by vote on sale of tiny park

Patrick Whittle · June 9, 2014 8:05 pm

Top Va. Dem wants budget passed before Medicaid

Alan Suderman · June 9, 2014 3:08 pm