Tag: Fiscal Policy

Hillary Clinton' platform amounts to $1.8 trillion in new spending and tax breaks, but also includes enough new tax increases and other government savings that her platform wouldn't significantly add to the federal debt. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Study: Clinton would add $1.8 trillion in spending, tax breaks

Joseph Lawler · May 2, 2016 8:41 pm

Trump Deletes Debt Reduction Plan, Submits Completely New One

Chris Deaton · April 22, 2016 7:21 pm

Trump Says He’ll Eliminate $19 Trillion of Debt with Trade

Chris Deaton · April 4, 2016 7:07 pm

Obama's fiscal 2017 budget is an outline of proposed policies, very few of which have any chance of being enacted. Released in February, the budget is the last one that will be released by the Obama White House. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Deficits lower than expected in Obama budget

Joseph Lawler · March 29, 2016 6:46 pm

President Obama's proposed tax changes would total $1 trillion in the next five years and $2.1 trillion over 10, nonpartisan panel says. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama’s proposed tax hikes: $2.1 trillion

Joseph Lawler · March 24, 2016 9:21 pm

"The reason to get this budget done is so that the appropriators can get started," Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi said Thursday on the House floor. (AP Photo)Â

Senate GOP to punt on budget amid disagreement

Joseph Lawler · March 7, 2016 3:36 pm

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget estimated that the plans made available by Ted Cruz would add $12.3 trillion to the federal debt, including interest costs, over 10 years. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Analysis: Cruz platform adds $12.3 trillion to federal debt

Joseph Lawler · February 29, 2016 4:29 pm

"Today it's clear: the president's decisions worked," National Economic Council Director Jeffrey Zients wrote in a blog post. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama to tout 2009 stimulus in Florida

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2016 5:01 am

The White House said immigration reform would drive down the government's budget deficit. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Critics hit Obama’s claim that legalizing immigrants would lower taxes

Anna Giaritelli · February 10, 2016 1:32 am

Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., said earlier in January that the use of reconciliation was still under discussion and that the idea that had the most traction as a candidate for reconciliation was some type of welfare reform along the lines of expanding the successful '90s reform.? (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP eyes long-shot plan to repeal Obamacare in 2017

Joseph Lawler · February 2, 2016 5:01 am

Spending Issues an Afterthought on Eve of Iowa Caucuses

Chris Deaton · January 29, 2016 6:40 pm

Why Cruz’s tax plan could expand government

Joseph Lawler · January 25, 2016 5:01 am