Tag: Fiscal Policy

In this March 8, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump talks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised not to cut Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid. In the White House, Trump went back on his promise not to cut Medicaid.

Social Security trust funds set to run out in 2035, trustees warn

Colin Wilhelm · April 22, 2019 3:16 pm

President Donald J. Trump walked out to an applause at Nuss Truck and Equipment in Burnsville for a roundtable discussion on tax cuts and the U.S. economy in Burnsville, Minn., on Monday, April 15, 2019. At right is the president of Nuss Truck and Equipment Bob Nuss.

Beltway Confidential

The very thing Trump blames for holding back the stock market is what keeps it high

Tim Worstall · April 16, 2019 9:15 pm

Herman Cain speaks at an event.

Beltway Confidential

Cain is able to do the Federal Reserve job

Quin Hillyer · April 12, 2019 10:43 pm

Washington Secrets

Feds spend record $4.11 trillion in 2018, $12,500 per American

Paul Bedard · March 29, 2019 3:41 pm

Copies of U.S. President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2020 budget request are displayed in the House Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 11, 2019.

Trump unveils budget with ambitious goals for spending cuts, economic growth

Colin Wilhelm · March 11, 2019 3:32 pm

Vice President Mike Pence, center, listens as President Donald Trump argues with House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

New Alliance Party can be a welcome leavening influence on politics

Quin Hillyer · March 1, 2019 7:52 pm

Presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at an organizing event Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019, in Las Vegas.

Beltway Confidential

Elizabeth Warren: making fiscal black holes great again

Tom Rogan · February 19, 2019 8:54 pm

Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks during the Economic Club of Washington luncheon in D.C.

‘No time like now’ to address the federal debt, Fed chairman Powell says

Joseph Lawler · January 30, 2019 8:23 pm

President Donald Trump speak to members of the media before having lunch with services members in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 18, 2017.

Trump accuses Puerto Rico officials of trying to divert hurricane relief to debt payments

Colin Wilhelm · October 23, 2018 4:15 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during an interview at The Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018.

Mitch McConnell blames entitlement programs for rising deficit

Colin Wilhelm · October 16, 2018 5:24 pm

President Trump with Vice President Mike Pence speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2018, about the $1.3 trillion spending bill.

Federal budget deficit clocks in at $779B for 2018, largest since 2012

Joseph Lawler, Colin Wilhelm · October 15, 2018 6:08 pm

The National debt is shown behind Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as he testifies on the semiannual monetary policy report to the House Financial Services Committee, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Washington.

National debt jumps $1.2 trillion in fiscal year 2018

Pete Kasperowicz · October 1, 2018 8:22 pm