Tag: Budgets and Deficits

John Boehner: Conservative groups’ attacks on budget deal ‘step over the line’

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

No revolt this time: House easily passes budget deal that restores defense, domestic cuts

No revolt this time: House easily passes budget deal that restores defense, domestic cuts

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Budget deal offers stability to Pentagon spending

Donna Cassata · December 12, 2013 2:23 am

Washington Secrets

Sen. Mike Lee: Deal makes ‘government more expensive’

Paul Bedard · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Financial markets were sluggish Wednesday as an apparent budget deal in the U.S. Congress failed to divert attention from investors' primary focus â will the Federal Reserve reduce its monthly stimulus next week? (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Markets sluggish despite seeming US budget deal

Associated Press · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio answers questions about the Ryan-Murray budget deal as Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., looks on, in Washington on Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

John Boehner rips conservatives for prematurely bashing budget deal, but rushes bill to floor

Philip Klein · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray, D-Wash., walk together as they head a news conference to announce a tentative agreement between Republican and Democratic negotiators on a government spending plan, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. Negotiators reached the modest budget agreement to restore about $65 billion in automatic spending cuts from programs ranging from parks to the Pentagon, with votes expected in both houses by week's end. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama praises ‘balanced’ budget deal

Meghashyam Mali · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2013 file photo shows House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bipartisan budget negotiators are working toward a modest budget agreement to replace tens of billions of dollars in spending cuts this year and next with longer-term savings and revenue from increased fees. Ryan and Murray are hopeful of striking an agreement as early as Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/ Scott Applewhite, File)

Deficit hawk pans newly-minted budget deal on Hill

Associated Press · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) president Richard Trumka addresses members during the quadrennial AFL-CIO convention at Los Angeles Convention Center Monday, Sept 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO slams Paul Ryan/Patty Murray deal

Sean Higgins · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

"This bill was designed to get bipartisan backing and not conservative backing," added Mulvaney, who was elected in the 2010 Tea Party "wave" election. (AP Photo)

Tea Party conservatives who provoked shutdown are sidelined in new budget deal

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Treasuries ended a three-day advance amid speculation a U.S. budget agreement will support the economy and make it easier for the Federal Reserve to start reducing bond purchases.

Treasuries fall for first time in four days amid bets on taper

Bloomberg News · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Disagreements over the proposed deal struck between Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., are substantive, as opposed to the tactical differences among conservatives over whether to shut down the government over Obamacare. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives are right to be skeptical of Ryan-Murray budget deal

Philip Klein · December 11, 2013 5:00 am