Tag: Budgets and Deficits

President Obama stands with Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Congressional budget plan cuts funds to union watchdog agency

Sean Higgins · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks about the budget deal during a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. (AP/Susan Walsh)

House ready to OK government-wide $1.1 trillion budget

Alan Fram · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

While the Senate isn't likely to fight over the spending bill when debate begins this week, it is no closer to striking a deal on whether to extend federal unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Congress gridlocked on unemployment pay while House easily passes $1 trillion spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Spending bill delays some flood insurance hikes

Spending bill delays some flood insurance hikes

Andrew Taylor · January 14, 2014 9:28 pm

Bill would provide $25m more for embassy security

Bill would provide $25m more for embassy security

Deb Riechmann · January 14, 2014 8:40 pm

Study: US states need to reform budget practices

Study: US states need to reform budget practices

Christopher Rugaber · January 14, 2014 7:07 pm

Budget pact would keep Saturday mail delivery

Budget pact would keep Saturday mail delivery

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:48 pm

Citizens need to be aware of the state debt problem and insist that their elected officials address it to guarantee essential services for themselves and to protect their children's futures. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Mounting state debts threaten basic services

Bob Williams · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

The U.S. Treasury posted a surplus in December, thanks partly to payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Treasury takes in $53 billion in December

Joseph Lawler · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

A bipartisan group of congressmen want the American taxpayers to know where their money is being spent.

National Security

VIDEO: Congress calls on Obama to disclose intel budgets

Lisa Ruhl · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Omnibus deal cuts EPA spending, ends light bulb ban

Zack Colman · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013, file photo shows Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top congressional negotiators released on Jan. 13, 2014, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter budget battles of last year. The 1,582-page bill was released after weeks of negotiations between House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., and Senate counterpart Mikulski, who kept a tight lid on the details. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Huge spending bill would bury budget battles

Andrew Taylor · January 14, 2014 3:10 am