Tag: Budgets and Deficits

In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, youngsters line up to enter a tent at the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children in Homestead, Fla.

Trump administration discontinues English classes, recreational programs for unaccompanied minors in shelters

Caitlin Yilek · June 5, 2019 4:16 pm

Beltway Confidential

Republicans join Democrats to kill Rand Paul’s fiscally responsible Pennies Plan because no one cares about the debt crisis

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 4, 2019 9:47 pm

With a deadline â and a possible government shutdown â now 18 days away, House Republicans still can't agree among themselves on a plan to fund the federal government. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

On fourth try, House passes $19.1B disaster aid package

Susan Ferrechio · June 3, 2019 11:22 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018 file photo, protesters hold up anti-Amazon signs during a coalition rally and press conference of elected officials, community organizations and unions opposing Amazon headquarters getting subsidies to locate in Long Island City, in New York. Local resistance to the online retailer building part of its headquarters in Long Island City was almost immediate.

Report shows tax incentives hurt states’ fiscal health

Johnny Kampis · May 31, 2019 4:05 am

Rep. John Rose, R-Tenn., a freshman from Cookeville, Tenn., leaves the chamber at the Capitol after he blocked a unanimous consent vote during a scheduled pro forma House session on a long-awaited $19 billion disaster aid bill in the chamber, Thursday, May 30, 2019. Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and freshman Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, have both blocked passage of the measure in the past week.

Third House conservative blocks $19B disaster aid measure

Susan Ferrechio · May 30, 2019 9:04 pm

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 20-19, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, poses during a ceremonial swearing-in with Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Roy, complaining of Washington's free-spending ways has blocked a long-overdue $19 billion disaster aid bill. That extends a battle over hurricane and flood relief. Roy objected to speeding the measure through a nearly-empty chamber on Friday.

Beltway Confidential

Chip Roy wants to actually debate a $19 billion spending bill, and Democrats think it’s the end of the world

Rachel Bovard · May 28, 2019 6:32 pm

190510-M-EC058-0340 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 10, 2019) U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform maintenance on an AV-8B Harrier engine aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group.

National Security

Defense contractor the Pentagon accused of ‘gouging our taxpayers’ repays $16M

Russ Read · May 24, 2019 10:34 pm

Beltway Confidential

Only a weak, unprincipled GOP would bust budget caps

Quin Hillyer · May 23, 2019 7:03 pm

President Donald Trump speaks on energy infrastructure at the Cameron LNG Export Terminal in Hackberry, La., Tuesday, May 14, 2019.

Americans deserve a boring Infrastructure Week and a humble infrastructure bill

Washington Examiner · May 23, 2019 6:00 pm

Steve Scalise and Nancy Pelosi are shown.

Partisan accusations fly after disaster aid stalls again

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2019 5:36 pm

Construction crews with CEMEX Company work Friday on First Avenue between 16th Street and 13th Street. First Avenue is closed in all directions between 13th Street and 16th Street as part of the first phase of improvements to First Avenue between 16th Street and Orange Avenue, according to the city's road report. The project will include improvements to underground water and sewer infrastructure, upgrading sidewalks and some adjacent driveways, and improving surface pavement. Improvements at the intersection with 16th Street will include lane restrictions on 16th Street between May and September. The overall project time is expected to take eight months to complete.

Beltway Confidential

Infrastructure week appears to be dead. Good

Tom Rogan · May 22, 2019 6:15 pm

A full-scale mock-up of a high-speed train is displayed at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

Texas, don’t even think about importing California’s rail disaster

Paul Blair · May 22, 2019 4:00 am