Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Lawmakers rob Peter to pay Paul on spending bills

Andrew Taylor · May 29, 2014 11:34 pm

House advances $1B capital construction plan

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2014 8:08 pm

House panel snubs Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata · May 29, 2014 4:52 pm

This Tuesday, May 27, 2014 photo shows a house at West Boston in Detroit. Detroit spent as much as $537,000 per home renovating 30 houses starting in 2011 under a federal program to fight blight before selling most for less than $100,000 each, according to the Detroit News investigation published on Thursday. (AP Photo/Detroit News, David Coates)

Report: Detroit spent big to renovate homes

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2014 2:24 pm

The pace of health care spending growth is a central issue to the nation's long-term fiscal condition, as health programs -- led by Medicare and Medicaid -- are the the largest components of the federal budget. (thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

First quarter health care spending growth revised down, but still highest since 1980

Philip Klein · May 29, 2014 2:04 pm

U.S. Representative Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) talks during a Political Action Committee reception Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the 2014 Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Mich. Peters and his Republican opponent Terri Lynn Land separately spoke to the group.(AP Photo/The Detroit News, John L. Russell) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT

Gary Peters again criticizes Terri Land on auto bailout

David Eggert · May 29, 2014 9:11 am

Sen. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale urges lawmakers to reject a measure that he called un-American, that would tie California's corporate tax rate to executive compensation during the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The bill, SB1173 by Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord and Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, fall short of majority support at 19-16 and has been put on call.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Bill sought to tie corporate tax rate to CEO pay

Judy Lin · May 29, 2014 2:52 am

AP Interview: Snyder’s urgent priority is Detroit

David Eggert · May 29, 2014 12:12 am

Illinois lawmakers continue 2015 budget talks

SARA BURNETTKERRY LESTER · May 28, 2014 11:54 pm

Illinois House OKs additional $1.8M in spending

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 8:59 pm

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Nashville judges ask for raise when facing budget cut

Kelly Cohen · May 28, 2014 3:41 pm

Audit: NYC special ed school overbilled state

Washington Examiner · May 28, 2014 3:37 pm