Tag: Spending

The report's release comes as senators debate how to craft their own healthcare bill, and GOP members have said they will view it as a guide to inform their ideas. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

CBO: 23 million uninsured but $119 billion deficit with revised healthcare bill

Robert King, Kimberly Leonard · May 24, 2017 8:37 pm

At the very least, Trump's budget is showing conservatives which Republicans are serious about cutting spending and which ones are not. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget not perfect, but a step in the right direction

Jason Pye · May 24, 2017 7:31 pm

This budget is going nowhere, and it's the administration's fault. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

The good, the bad, and the terrible of Trump’s budget proposal

Veronique De · May 24, 2017 7:24 pm

Energy and Environment

Mulvaney’s ‘crazy’ climate play featured a plan to foil Paris deal

John Siciliano · May 24, 2017 6:56 pm

"This is a budget -- and I characterized it, Mr. Chairman, in the [agriculture] appropriations committee this morning -- it is cruel, it is inhumane, and it is heartless," Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rosa DeLauro calls Trump education budget ‘inhumane,’ ‘cruel’

Melissa Quinn · May 24, 2017 5:37 pm

The Navy is focusing on maintaining and improving the availability of its current fleet, Stackley said. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)

The White House didn’t cut the Navy’s shipbuilding budget, acting secretary says

Travis J. Tritten · May 24, 2017 4:28 pm

Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., criticized the Trump administration's education budget on Wednesday by saying it was written by privileged administration officials who could easily afford college for their kids. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Nita Lowey: Education cuts proposed by Trump officials who ‘never had to worry’ about paying for school

Melissa Quinn · May 24, 2017 4:13 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney clarified Wednesday that the Trump administration isn't looking to cut the "Meals on Wheels" program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mulvaney clarifies: No cuts to Meals on Wheels

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2017 2:40 pm

"If we don't get these additional sanctions at the UN, as I mentioned over the weekend, I have an executive order prepared, that's ready to go to the president that will authorize to stop doing trade and put sanctions on anybody that does trade with North Korea," Mnuchin said Wednesday to reporters. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Watchdog says IRS needs more money than Trump proposes

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2017 9:47 pm

John Roth, the acting Defense Department comptroller, said the department has seen signals from Congress that it might be more willing now to allow the shuttering of unused military facilities under the base realignment and closure process. (Department of Defense photo)

Trump pushes for new round of military base closures

Travis J. Tritten · May 23, 2017 7:30 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson indicated Monday that President Trump won't be apologizing to Israeli officials he visits this week after reportedly sharing intelligence with Russian officials that came from Israel. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Trump wants to use budget cuts to cajole NATO allies into increasing spending

Joel Gehrke · May 23, 2017 4:10 pm

Taxpayer money won't be spent on climate change musicals, budget chief says. (AP)

Mulvaney: Trump budget pulls back from ‘crazy’ climate stuff

John Siciliano · May 23, 2017 4:09 pm