Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The $1.012 trillion bill adheres to the budget deal agreed upon in December by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. and will likely pass both the House and Senate with ease this week. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Congress proposes trillion-dollar 2014 federal spending bill

Susan Ferrechio · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (AP/Alan Diaz)

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants spending boost for roads and ports

Associated Press · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said in exchange for extending unemployment benefits, he wants to pay for them and include Republican-approved provisions aimed at increasing jobs. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Critical votes on federal spending, jobless pay this week in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Stan Osnowitz, an electrician with 43 years of experience, displays tools from his work bag in his apartment in Baltimore. He has been unemployed since the end of June 2013 and lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week in December, but he keeps his work equipment packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

JOSH BOAKSAM HANANEL · January 12, 2014 6:47 pm

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announces a child abuse and neglect initiative at the Capitol in Phoenix on Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona governor lays out agenda for lawmakers

Associated Press · January 12, 2014 5:00 am

House to extend deadline for budget talks

House to extend deadline for budget talks

Associated Press · January 10, 2014 4:22 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently defended the pension cut in an op-ed in USA Today, saying he stands behind "responsible reforms of military compensation." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

Andrew Taylor · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

On a chart showing the states budget deficits in red the past few years, Gov. Jerry Brown circles the black line showing a surplus of funds for the upcoming year during a news conference where he unveiled his proposed 2014-15 state budget. With the an increase in tax receipts, Brown is proposing a spending plan that includes a 8.5 percent increase in general fund spending coupled with a dedication to pay down the state's debt by more than $11 billion.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California budget surges to record high

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, the Republican Policy Committee chairman, tells reporters that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and his political tactics are almost entirely responsible for making the Senate dysfunctional, following a procedural vote on legislation to renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed, at the Capitol. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Debate over unemployment benefits is first volley of election year

Jim Kuhnhenn · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2013 file photo, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in Bethel, N.Y. Cuomo is expected to deliver an election-year State of State address touting tax breaks and economic successes. The annual speech Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2014 marks the start of the legislative season in Albany and Cuomo has used the days leading up to the speech to preview a few policy proposals. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Andrew Cuomo lays out his agenda for New York in election year

Michael Hill · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this March 1, 2013, file photo, a crane removes a container from a ship at the Port of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore. The trade gap dropped 12.9 percent in November to $34.3 billion, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. That's the smallest monthly trade deficit since October 2009. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US trade deficit declines to $34.3B billion

Martin Crutsinger · January 7, 2014 2:56 pm

From left, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., arrive for a procedural vote in the Senate on a bill that would extend unemployment benefits, at the Capitol in Washington on Monday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Showdown set on unemployment bill in Senate

David Espo · January 7, 2014 5:00 am