Tag: OMB

The ransom? More federal funding for Hurricane Irma relief. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

John Cornyn holds top White House nominee for ransom

Philip Wegmann · October 20, 2017 8:01 pm

The possibility of providing more state flexibility on Obamacare has been central to keeping bipartisan talks alive in the Senate, and contributed to 15 governors supporting a recent bill to overhaul Obamacare, known as Graham-Cassidy. The bill would have given states block grant funding to set up their own healthcare systems, but it failed in part because of concerns about inadequate funding.

States plead for federal flexibility on health spending

Kimberly Leonard · October 9, 2017 4:01 am

Some of President Trump's staunchest allies have lost confidence in the administration's ability to fill several high-level vacancies that remain within the government, already casting doubt on whether the White House will decide on replacements for Tom Price at Health and Human Services and John Kelly at the Department of Homeland Security by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump allies worry new Cabinet-level vacancies will go unfilled for months

Gabby Morrongiello · October 8, 2017 4:01 am

The White House, federal agencies, and Republicans on Capitol Hill have all made significant progress in dismantling the regulatory state during the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Beltway Confidential

The media are missing Trump’s much-needed regulatory relief

Christine Harbin · October 5, 2017 4:29 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney talked down the idea that the federal government might bail out Puerto Rico out of its $74 billion debt crisis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney walks back Trump’s idea of forgiving Puerto Rico’s debt

Pete Kasperowicz · October 4, 2017 1:31 pm

In this Sept. 29, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks as he walks to Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington. Trump is aiming to make an end-run around some of President Barack Obama's regulations, which he says circumvented Congress in the first place and cost American businesses and the economy billions of dollars. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Trump ahead of Reagan’s record in cutting regulations

Paul Bedard · October 3, 2017 7:16 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said anyone who claims to know how President Trump's tax cut will benefit wealthy Americans is "lying" because the bill isn't finished. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mick Mulvaney: No one can say how tax reform will help wealthy because details aren’t done

Todd Shepherd · October 1, 2017 1:40 pm

Travel for Trump administration officials on government-owned, rented, leased, or chartered aircraft, will now require prior approval from White House chief of staff John Kelly. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

John Kelly’s approval needed for future chartered aircraft use by government officials

Diana Stancy Correll · September 29, 2017 10:58 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said that President Trump's short-term priority is getting Congress on a path to move on tax reform. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney: Trump worked with Democrats to speed up path to tax reform

Anna Giaritelli · September 8, 2017 11:54 am

Bob Campbell walks through debris after returning home after Hurricane Harvey on Wednesday in Port Aransas, Texas. Next week, lawmakers will take up legislation that would provide billions of dollars in relief funding as Texas and Louisiana. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

White House asks Congress for $7.85 billion in immediate relief funding for Harvey

Diana Stancy Correll · September 2, 2017 2:06 am

President Donald Trump, accompanied by his daughter Ivanka Trump, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, during an event with small business owners as part of "American Dream Week." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Trump kills more regs, saves employers $400 million in red tape

Paul Bedard · August 29, 2017 11:00 pm

President Trump issued an executive order on environmental permitting Tuesday that seeks to solve a longstanding problem for industry by placing firm time limits on federal agencies to issue permits, and punishing those that fail to meet the president's goals. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Energy and Environment

Trump’s latest executive order seeks to rein in agencies on environmental reviews

John Siciliano · August 15, 2017 11:46 pm