Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Members Congress clinb the steps of the House of Representatives for final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Bipartisan group of representatives introduces $2 trillion relief package in attempt to break stalemate

Nihal Krishan · September 15, 2020 4:22 pm

The Treasury Department's report on Russian oligarchs is not a sanctions list, however, many individuals on the list are subject to current U.S. sanctions. Parts of the Treasury report still remain unclassified. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Deficit swelled to record of over $3 trillion 11 months into fiscal year

Jay Heflin · September 11, 2020 6:00 pm

Trump administration withheld funds from FDNY 9/11 health program: Report

Mike Brest · September 11, 2020 1:48 pm

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection says it has âno choiceâ but to move forward with contempt charges against former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.

Disagreement over aid to state and local governments stands in way of pandemic relief

Jay Heflin · September 8, 2020 6:09 pm

The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

CBO says US will spend $6.6 trillion in 2020, more than twice what it collects in taxes

Philip Klein · September 2, 2020 7:07 pm

FILE- In this May 30, 2018, file photo the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington is seen under stormy skies. On Tuesday, June 12, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for May.

Deficit to triple to $3.3 trillion: Congressional Budget Office

Jay Heflin · September 2, 2020 6:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

Yamiche Alcindor shows that taxpayers shouldn’t be funding political hacks at PBS and NPR

Zachary Faria · August 26, 2020 5:49 pm

A first class envelope is shown at a U.S. Post Office in San Jose, Calif., Monday, Dec. 5, 2011.

House passes $25 billion Postal Service bailout that would block reforms

Susan Ferrechio · August 22, 2020 10:22 pm

Nearly 30% of House Democrats skip emergency session to bail out Postal Service

Susan Ferrechio · August 22, 2020 6:13 pm

Democrats advance $25 billion Postal Service bailout

Susan Ferrechio · August 22, 2020 5:43 pm

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Most states haven’t taken up Trump offer on unemployment boost, Mnuchin says

Jay Heflin · August 18, 2020 5:24 pm

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified.

$2 trillion or bust: Democrats draw red line in coronavirus spending battle

Susan Ferrechio · August 13, 2020 1:26 pm