Tag: Spending

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a committee hearing on the President's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke blasts ‘misleading’ scrutiny of his spending, travel

Josh Siegel · April 11, 2018 4:28 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI, announces that he will not run for re-election at the end of this term, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Paul Ryan’s fiscal legacy is like no other’s

Ryan Ellis · April 11, 2018 3:44 pm

In this Feb. 7, 2013 file photo, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier gathers mail to load into his truck before making his delivery run in the East Atlanta neighborhood in Atlanta. As consumers demand ever-quicker and convenient package delivery, the U.S. Postal Service wants to boost its business this holiday season by offering what few e-commerce retailers can provide: cheap next-day service with packages delivered Sundays to your home.

The Postal Service doesn’t need more money

Liam Sigaud · April 11, 2018 3:18 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, a top conservative lawmaker, disputed that there is any movement inside the Freedom Caucus to oust House Speaker Paul Ryan or seek a change in leadership. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan suggests Paul Ryan is stepping down because tax reform was his ‘papal conversion’

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2018 2:02 pm

Mitch McConnell: Spending rescission package ‘worth discussing’

Susan Ferrechio · April 10, 2018 7:04 pm

Trillion deficits returning in 2020 indefinitely, budget office says

Joseph Lawler · April 9, 2018 6:00 pm

White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow talks to reporters outside the White House, Friday, April 6, 2018, in Washington.

Larry Kudlow: White House planning for package to rescind spending from $1.3 trillion omnibus bill

Naomi Lim · April 8, 2018 1:46 pm

Donald Trump Robert Mueller

GOP plans major votes on tax cuts, balanced budget, welfare reform

Susan Ferrechio · April 8, 2018 4:01 am

Brooklyn Streetcar BQX.

Beltway Confidential

Bill de Blasio wants the federal government to pay for his hipster streetcar in Brooklyn

Philip Wegmann · April 5, 2018 6:27 pm

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Here’s the spending Trump and the GOP could cut — and Democrats couldn’t stop

Joseph Lawler · April 5, 2018 4:01 am

FILE - In this May 18, 2017 file photo, the Healthcare.gov website is seen on a laptop computer, in Washington. Former Obama administration officials say they're launching a private campaign to encourage people to sign up for coverage next year under the Affordable Care Act. With the start of open enrollment just weeks away on Nov. 1, the Trump administration has slashed "Obamacare's" ad budget, as well as grants to outside organizations that are supposed to help consumers sign up.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s 90 percent cut to Obamacare’s marketing budget — in retrospect, pretty smart

David Freddoso · April 4, 2018 7:09 pm

President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., watches to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s demand for tough border bill faces big hurdles in Congress

Al Weaver · April 4, 2018 4:01 am