Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Like in the Popeye cartoons, Rand Paul said the budget deal is like when Wimpy says, "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

Washington Secrets

Rand Paul says ‘no’ to budget deal

Paul Bedard · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Marco Rubio blasts budget deal, saying Americans deserve better

Charlie Spiering · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, joined by House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., takes reporters' questions on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 11 as House Republicans signaled support for a budget deal worked out yesterday between Ryan and Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans say votes are there to pass budget compromise

David M. Drucker · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., discusses the prospects of a since-reached budget deal, at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 5. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Steny Hoyer: Budget deal likely will need Democratic support to pass House

Sean Lengell · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Americans for Tax Reform wants TSA privatized. Instead, the agency is slated to receive more in user fees in the just-announced House-Senate budget compromise. (AP Photo)

Washington Secrets

Grover Norquist: ‘Deeply troubled’ by new airline fee, wants TSA killed

Paul Bedard · December 11, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Budget deal is either same old-same old or pragmatic step toward 2014

Mark Tapscott · December 11, 2013 12:00 am

Two-year budget deal reached, faces House vote this week

Two-year budget deal reached, faces House vote this week

David M. Drucker · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Cynical Americans aren’t banking on a budget deal

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Budget deal would reduce automatic spending cuts

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., 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 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)

Ryan-Murray budget deal would avert federal government shutdown through 2015

David M. Drucker · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash., and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., could shake hands on a two-year federal spending plan as soon as Tuesday evening. (AP Photo)

Budget deal nears as House prepares to leave town Friday

David M. Drucker · December 10, 2013 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, and Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., are hopeful of striking a budget agreement as early as Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/ Scott Applewhite, File)

Beltway Confidential

Economist’s advice to Republicans on sequester and budget deal: Accept half a loaf

Michael Barone · December 10, 2013 5:00 am