Tag: Shaun Donovan

"It's the morally right thing to do to protect our common home," said OMB Director Shaun Donovan. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

White House: $3 billion climate pledge boosts national security

John Siciliano · May 6, 2016 7:27 pm

The White House has urged Congress to approve more than $1.3 billion more to reach the $1.8 billion President Obama had requested earlier this year to fight Zika. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

White House blames Zika funding fight on GOP ‘animosity’

Susan Crabtree · April 6, 2016 6:14 pm

Budget committee chairmen have decided to skip the traditional post-budget hearing with OMB Director Shaun Donovan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democrats decry GOP’s ‘disrespectful’ snub of Obama budget chief

Joseph Lawler · February 8, 2016 6:43 pm

Budget chiefs don't want to hear from "an administration unconcerned with our $19 trillion in debt." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republicans spurn Obama budget director

Joseph Lawler · February 4, 2016 10:58 pm

President Barack Obama shakes hands with a guest before taking the stage to speak at the Port of New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama heads to New Orleans for Katrina anniversary

Nicole Duran · August 19, 2015 9:42 pm

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said low-income children start kindergarten more than a year behind other kids' development. By cutting this program, Republicans would jeopardize plans to help 150,000 additional children across the country, he said.Â (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Obama administration takes first swing in fall budget battle

Susan Crabtree · August 17, 2015 7:54 pm

OMBÂ Director Shaun DonovanÂ Donovan wrote that the IRS funding levels would undermine "the fairness and integrity of the tax system in ways that would increase burdens on taxpayers..."Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

‘Cynical abuse’: White House slams GOP banking reform bill

Joseph Lawler · August 5, 2015 10:19 pm

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, right, accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, during a signing ceremony to launch a joint air quality program at select U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

White House slams GOP spending bill targeting climate rules

John Siciliano · July 7, 2015 11:09 pm

A U.S. military AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above a road outside Ploiesti, Romania, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The defense bill includes money to procure Apaches. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

National Security

White House cites ‘budget gimmicks’ as committee OKs defense bill

Charles Hoskinson · June 2, 2015 7:34 pm

The subpoena, sent to OMB Director Shaun Donovan by Rep. Ed Royce, gives the agency until 5 p.m. Tuesday to reply with the requested materials. (Getty Image)

House panel subpoenas OMB over State Department facility

Kelly Cohen · May 28, 2015 10:04 pm

High federal debt is here to stay

High federal debt is here to stay

Joseph Lawler · March 9, 2015 9:00 am

White House budget director Shaun Donovan said Thursday that he is optimistic about reaching a deal on lifting caps on government spending after testifying on President Obama's budget before the Republican-led Congress this week. (Michael Bonfigli/The Christian Science Monitor)

White House budget director: There’s ‘real potential’ for a sequestration deal

Joseph Lawler · February 5, 2015 4:43 pm