Tag: Budgets and Deficits

‘Medicare for all’ funding dilemma poses threat to Warren’s claim to ‘have a plan for that’

Cassidy Morrison, Naomi Lim · October 30, 2019 4:16 pm

This Sept. 18, 2019, photo shows the view of the U.S. Capitol building from the Washington Monument in Washington. The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year is expected to have soared to near $1 trillion, up more than $200 billion from last year and the largest such gap in seven years.

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Why $1 trillion deficits during era of historically low unemployment are frightening

Philip Klein · October 28, 2019 2:19 pm

Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy, joined at left by Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, describes the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, the first major revamp of the tax system in three decades, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.

Two years in, Trump tax cuts not on course to pay for themselves

Nihal Krishan · October 26, 2019 4:00 am

From left, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stand on the East steps of Capitol Hill in this Dec. 2021 photo.

House poised to pass first ‘free college’ bill

Susan Ferrechio · October 18, 2019 3:00 am

Millennials should avoid the socialism trap

Philip Klein · October 18, 2019 3:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., center, accompanied by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., center right, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care.

$59 trillion over a decade: Analysis finds health spending would rise, not fall, under ‘Medicare for all’

Kimberly Leonard · October 16, 2019 3:34 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, file photo, members of Congress walk down the steps of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Treasury reports on the budget deficit for August on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Federal deficit rose to $984B in 2019, highest in 7 years: Budget office

Nihal Krishan · October 7, 2019 9:47 pm

Education Secretary Betsy Devos testifies on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 28, 2019, before the Labor, Health, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the proposed FY2020 budget for the Education Department.

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Betsy DeVos busts colleges misusing federal dollars for anti-Semitic social justice curriculum

Christian Barnard · September 20, 2019 6:22 pm

Energy and Environment

Three border wall projects reportedly canceled due to lack of funding amid environmental lawsuit against Trump

Ellie Bufkin · September 14, 2019 6:00 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron waits before an event.

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Macron must not buckle on pension reform

Tom Rogan · September 13, 2019 6:39 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury Department reports on the federal budget picture for April and for the fiscal year thus far on Monday, May 12, 2014.

Federal budget deficit hits $1T through 11 months of 2019 fiscal year

Nihal Krishan · September 9, 2019 10:07 pm

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford speaks with attendees at U.S. Rep. Jeff Duncan's annual fundraiser on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, in Anderson, S.C. Sanford is mulling a 2020 GOP challenge to President Donald Trump.

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Republicans don’t want Mark Sanford, and his run for president is pointless

Eddie Scarry · September 9, 2019 3:23 pm