Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Congress hasn't let President Obama win on his call for 442 new taxes. AP Photo

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‘Tax Man’ Obama has sought 442 tax increases

Paul Bedard · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

President Obama has nominated Sylvia Mathews Burwell, center, to replace outgoing HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. (AP Photo)

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HHS pick decries D.C. bickering, says more done during Clinton impeachment

Paul Bedard · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers during a House committee hearing at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Faced with an expected $3 billion budget hole from an expiring income tax increase, Illinois lawmakers are grappling with whether to raise taxes to avoid major cuts to schools and social services next year. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Tough tax votes loom in Illinois

Kerry Lester · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chris Larson details areas of the state budget members of his caucus will object to during Senate debate on Thursday, June 20, 2013, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

Wisconsin schools turn more often to voters for money

M.L. JOHNSON · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during the Iowa Republican Party's annual Lincoln Day dinner on Friday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

In Iowa, Paul Ryan says budget a step toward GOP unity

Associated Press · April 12, 2014 4:00 am

State Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, speaks on the floor of the Senate during discussion on a bill on the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank Authority on Friday in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Alaska Senate passes capital budget

Associated Press · April 12, 2014 4:00 am

Arizona governor signs manufacturer tax cut law

Arizona governor signs manufacturer tax cut law

Bob Christie · April 12, 2014 12:31 am

Tax refund fraud is a big frustration for victims

John Seewer · April 11, 2014 12:18 pm

Sylvia Burwell, director of the Office of Management and Budget, is taking a behind-the-scenes approach. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg )

Sylvia Mathews Burwell: Obama’s behind-the-scenes budget warrior

Susan Crabtree · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

OMB Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to replace Kathleen Sebelius as Health and Human Services secretary. (AP Photo)

Two potential candidates to succeed Sylvia Matthews Burwell as budget chief

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2014 4:00 am

$4 billion: Bogus tax refunds a growing problem

Eric Tucker · April 10, 2014 10:50 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., goes before the House Rules Committee for final work on his budget to fund the government in fiscal year 2015, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes Ryan budget with big cuts

Andrew Taylor · April 10, 2014 10:24 pm