Tag: Budgets and Deficits

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew thought that if half the spending cuts came from the Defense Department, Republicans would fold. (AP/Kostas Tsironis)

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Jack Lew: The Europeans say we need to end spending cuts

Joel Gehrke · July 28, 2013 4:00 am

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew expects that the Treasury will exhaust its abilities to meet the federal governmentâs obligations without breaching the debt ceiling in mid-October. (AP File)

Treasury Secretary Jack Lew challenges GOP over upcoming fiscal fights

Joseph Lawler · July 28, 2013 4:00 am

âAs we look to make tough budget decisions, more information is critical to making prudent fiscal choices,â said Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

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Bipartisan pair of senators introduce bill to extend CBO budget projections beyond 10 years

Ashe Schow · July 27, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.: âMost people just want to have a legal status so they can work to provide for their families." (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Paul Ryan: The war on poverty has ‘failed miserably’

Joseph Lawler · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

According to the Federal Reserve of New York, the percentage of 25-year-olds with student loan debt has grown from just 25 percent in 2003 to almost 50 percent today. (Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Student loans are enslaving a generation of young Americans

Washington Examiner · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Sequestration has caused furloughs for almost 800,000 civilian employees at the Defense Department, but âfunding for the Pentagonâs environmental initiatives is largely shieldedâ from the spending cuts. (AP/Matt Rourke)

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DOD: Environmental funding ‘largely shielded’ from sequestration

Joel Gehrke · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

Obama’s road show is all about fall’s fiscal battles

Brian Hughes · July 26, 2013 4:00 am

GOP: Linking Obamacare defunding to fiscal talks may be political loser

GOP: Linking Obamacare defunding to fiscal talks may be political loser

David M. Drucker · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

Government workers, supporting union members and activists protest against the across-the-board federal spending cuts called sequestration. Ending the across-the-board spending cuts mandated by the 2011 congressional debt ceiling deal would increase employment by nearly 1 million jobs by next year. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Congressional Budget Office: Canceling sequestration would create 900,000 jobs

Joseph Lawler · July 25, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama plans to travel to Galesburg, Ill., Warrensburg, Mo., and Jacksonville, Fla., this week. (AP File)

Obama’s economic speeches aimed at shaping fall budget showdown

Susan Crabtree · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

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White House: Spending cuts ‘diminished the sense of the greatness of America’

Joel Gehrke · July 23, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said spending cuts must be part of any agreement to raise the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers already bracing for fiscal fights this fall

Steve Contorno · July 23, 2013 4:00 am