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Democrat proposes 14.25 percent ‘wealth tax’ to reduce the debt

Pete Kasperowicz -

April 26, 2017 1:01 pm

Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, right, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, depart after a Republican caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on March 23. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Magazine

Conservatives gun for a debt ceiling win under Trump

Pete Kasperowicz -

April 3, 2017 4:01 am

CBO also shows that our debt problem, far from stabilizing, is getting worse very quickly. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

Beltway Confidential

Federal budget update: The future is here, and it’s full of red ink

Veronique De -

March 31, 2017 7:27 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2013, file photo, a woman looks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. After last fall's tumultuous, bitterly partisan debt ceiling and government shutdown battles, a sense of fiscal fatigue seems to be setting in among many Washington policymakers as President Barack Obama prepares for his fifth State of the Union address later this month. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

News

The return of the debt ceiling

Pete Kasperowicz -

March 15, 2017 4:01 am

With Washington's addiction to spending, the national debt will be even higher by the time you finish this article. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Economy

CPB needs a breath of fresh air from federal funding

Rep. Doug Lamborn -

March 10, 2017 11:00 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney is preparing options for reforming entitlement programs to present to Trump after the pending government spending battle is over. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Economy

Mulvaney preparing entitlement reform options for Trump

Joseph Lawler -

March 6, 2017 4:07 pm

The Treasury Department has been rapidly spending its large cash reserves ever since President Trump took office. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

News

Treasury Department burning through cash as debt ceiling approaches

Pete Kasperowicz -

March 4, 2017 3:40 am

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. applaud on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, following the president's address to a joint session of Congress. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s speech makes mockery of debt reduction, and Republicans don’t care

Philip Klein -

March 1, 2017 6:23 am

Leaving future generations with the debt bill, particularly for millennials, will have severe negative effects. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Total federal debt set to pass $20 trillion, a huge threat to millennials

Patrice Lee Onwuka -

February 28, 2017 1:00 am

In the very same fact check of Trump's claim, Politifact explicitly verified it, writing,

Beltway Confidential

Politifact calling a literally true Trump claim ‘Mostly False’ shows fact-checkers’ limitations

Emily Jashinsky -

February 27, 2017 4:04 pm

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Tag: National Debt

Democrat proposes 14.25 percent ‘wealth tax’ to reduce the debt

Conservatives gun for a debt ceiling win under Trump

Federal budget update: The future is here, and it’s full of red ink

The return of the debt ceiling

CPB needs a breath of fresh air from federal funding

Treasury Department burning through cash as debt ceiling approaches

Trump’s speech makes mockery of debt reduction, and Republicans don’t care

Total federal debt set to pass $20 trillion, a huge threat to millennials

Politifact calling a literally true Trump claim ‘Mostly False’ shows fact-checkers’ limitations

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