Tag: Budgets and Deficits

PresidentÃÂ ObamaÃÂ pauses as he speaks at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Left’s latest mantra: Income inequality

David Limbaugh · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2013, at the start of a Congressional Budget Conference. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers put finishing touches on spending bill

Associated Press, Andrew Taylor · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

The Senate on Tuesday moved forward on legislation to extend federal unemployment benefits despite Republicans insisting on finding a way to pay the $6.4 billion price tag. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate clears procedural hurdle to begin debate on extending federal jobless benefits

Susan Ferrechio · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama gets back to work this week eager to test whether a modest budget deal passed in the waning days of 2013 can spark bipartisan momentum on Capitol Hill. As he opens his sixth year in office, he also faces legacy-defining decisions on the future of government surveillance programs and the American-led war in Afghanistan. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama eyes modest momentum on Capitol Hill in 2014

Julie Pace · January 6, 2014 9:09 am

Clean energy supporters pushed back Sunday against a "60 Minutes" report that cast the Obama administration's $91 billion clean energy stimulus as a potentially ill-advised investment of taxpayer dollars. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Clean energy groups push back against ’60 Minutes’ report

Zack Colman · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

On Monday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Janet Yellen, the current Federal Reserve vice chairwoman, to replace Ben Bernanke as chairman. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

The week ahead in economics: The gender pay gap, Janet Yellen, unemployment benefits and jobs

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Group pushes to extend Ohio foster care to age 21

Group pushes to extend Ohio foster care to age 21

Washington Examiner · January 6, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told CBS that "Republicans around America want us to do something to extend [unemployment] benefits. Why? Because it's good for the economy." (AP File)

Harry Reid: Republicans shouldn’t block unemployment insurance extension

Rebecca Berg · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Gene Sperling, the director of President Obama's National Economic Council, pushed for Congress to extend the Emergency Unemployment Compensation for three months. (AP File)

Obama adviser Gene Sperling pushes for unemployment benefits extension without offsets

Joseph Lawler · January 5, 2014 5:00 am

Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, shown here in November 2012, said he will focus this year on reducing property taxes for farmers and personal income taxes for families making between $60,000 and $120,000 a year. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

Nebraska governor preparing ‘united front’ on tax cuts

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

California congressmen want to repeal veterans’ pension cuts

Washington Examiner · January 4, 2014 5:00 am

David Becker of the University of Alabama Birmingham School of Public Health explains the implications of an economic analysis of a possible Medicaid expansion in Mississippi on Dec. 12 in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Expansion of Mississippi Medicaid unlikely in 2014

Associated Press · January 4, 2014 5:00 am