Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Debt vote in Senate kept from public view

Andrew Taylor · February 14, 2014 3:23 am

House Speaker John Boehner: "We'll let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Poll: Public rejects ‘clean’ debt deal, wants spending cuts

Paul Bedard · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 photo, Meg Sanders inspects drying marijuana at her grow house in Denver. The agriculture tax questions facing the marijuana industry are the latest wrinkle for the states flouting federal drug law and trying to establish commercial recreational pot industries. The states have settled how to tax marijuana once it's dried and ready to smoke. But they're still debating how to tax it while it's growing. (AP Photo /Ed Andrieski)

Farm tax rates for pot up for Colorado vote

Associated Press · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Matt Bevin, republican candidate for United States Senate speaks to a gathering at the Spencer County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner Friday Feb. 7, 2014 in Fisherville, Ky. Bevin is running against Mitch McConnell R-Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Tea Party tees off on Mitch McConnell after debt vote

Donna Cassata · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his first budget proposal Wednesday, revealing that the nation's largest city has a surplus but warning that it still faces stark fiscal challenges due to the expired labor contracts of all 150 municipal unions. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, Pool)

New York City mayor unveils budget, warns of labor contract challenges

Jonathan Lemire · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

It was once the backbone of the House Republican majority â the hard-line stand that brought President Obama to the negotiating table and yielded more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction. On Tuesday, it abruptly vanished, the victim of Republican disunity and a president determined not to bargain again. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Bedrock GOP principle dropped in debt ceiling vote

Jim Kuhnhenn · February 12, 2014 8:10 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Monday delayed a key procedural vote on legislation to extend unemployment benefits for 1.3 million Americans as Democrats and Republicans continued negotiations on a bipartisan accord. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Senate clears debt limit bill, ending fight over borrowing until 2015

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. Carney answered questions on topics including recent developments in Congress. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jay Carney: House debt ceiling vote a ‘victory’ for the economy

Meghashyam Mali · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Fix to veterans’ pension cut in limbo

Fix to veterans’ pension cut in limbo

Sean Lengell · February 12, 2014 12:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner must balance the voices of a vocal 30-member segment of the House with the rest of the Republican party. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

With GOP divided, House passes clean debt-ceiling increase

Susan Ferrechio · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The road the country has been on for the past five years is now beginning to come to an end. The Federal Reserve, which pumped $3 trillion into the economy to keep the Great Recession from worsening, is withdrawing its financial lifeline amid signs of fresh economic growth. The nation's gross domestic product is inching up and annual federal budget deficits are heading down. How Washington policymakers respond to the improvements in the economy may even sow the seeds for more cooperation in Washington. "The president's policies are not working," Boehner declares.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner to move clean debt-limit increase

David M. Drucker · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the farm bill, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The president planned to sign the farm bill at Michigan State University, choosing middle America for a rare celebration of Washington political compromise. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Campaign to raise minimum wage could backfire against Democrats

Michael Moroney · February 11, 2014 5:00 am