Tag: Budgets and Deficits

RI lawmakers begin review of gov.’s budget plan

RI lawmakers begin review of gov.’s budget plan

Washington Examiner · January 29, 2014 10:23 pm

Q&A: What’s in the trillion-dollar farm bill?

MARY CLARE JALONICK · January 28, 2014 11:34 pm

Lawmakers revisit COLA cut for military retirees

Lawmakers revisit COLA cut for military retirees

Kevin Freking · January 28, 2014 7:52 pm

Tax cuts are big for states languishing in economic doldrums, report says

Tax cuts are big for states languishing in economic doldrums, report says

Mark Tapscott · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Debbie Jurcak, a mother of three, works on an application for state aid at her apartment in Aurora, Ill. Jurcak, 43, was among many Americans who lost unemployment benefits in late December. On the verge of eviction, she and her husband sought the help of faith-based organizations to help them pay rent. (AP/Martha Irvine)

‘Long-term unemployment’ — one mom’s story

Martha Irvine · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Citing the fact that most workers do not have pensions, Obama first announced that the Treasury will create a new kind of savings account, called MyRAs (a play on Individual Retirement Account, or IRAs), to allow workers to invest in risk-free Treasury assets.

Obama proposes retirement savings expansions

Joseph Lawler · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Obama to raise minimum wage for federal contract workers

Brian Hughes · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., rehearses the Republican response to the State of the Union on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McMorris Rodgers: GOP, not Obama, offers real chance for ‘hope and change’

Sean Lengell · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

The bill would continue to heavily subsidize major crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton but would shift many of those subsidies toward crop insurance programs. (Thinkstock)

Congress agrees on five-year farm bill

Sean Lengell · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

This photo taken Jan. 23, 2014 shows Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, addressing legislators during the Governor's State of the State speech in the Assembly chambers at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Walker introduced new members of his state's workforce and said the proceeds from a projected budget surplus belong to the taxpayers. All governors look forward to an annual address before state lawmakers and the public, a mini-bully pulpit that offers a televised platform to publicize their accomplishments and rally support for their agenda. For a group of governors with White House aspirations, the speeches offer a framework for how they might appeal to early voting states like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, and how they might one day govern. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

For governors with an eye on 2016, a key speech

Ken Thomas · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters on Thursday that he was told on Wednesday the debt ceiling would not expire until "some time in May.(Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Congress to focus on abortion funding, farm bill and flood insurance in addition to president’s speech this week

Susan Ferrechio · January 27, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., has noted in a news release that the Obama Administration is set to miss a budgetary filing for the 18th time. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Obama will violate budget deadline laws for 18th time with latest filing

Joel Gehrke · January 27, 2014 5:00 am