Tag: Spending

"We will find ways to make sure ... that people who are truly in need are taken care of," HUD chief says. (AP Photo/Zach Gibson)

Carson: Poor people won’t suffer from Meals on Wheels cuts

Joseph Lawler · March 20, 2017 9:41 pm

President Donald Trump walks up the steps the steps of Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump won’t cut back Mar-a-Lago trips, despite cost

Gabby Morrongiello · March 20, 2017 6:46 pm

"In May, we'll introduce the full budget to address the 10-year budget window: tax flows, larger policy changes, healthcare reforms," Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mulvaney: OMB is ‘trying’ to balance budget in 10 years

Anna Giaritelli · March 19, 2017 3:08 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget proposal proves limited government is not a core component of ‘Trumpism’

Tamer Abouras · March 17, 2017 3:26 pm

Congressional Republicans should be asking themselves, "Does Trump's budget spend too much?" (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget is a test for congressional Republicans

Casey Given · March 17, 2017 2:52 pm

It is a skinny budget indeed. It only focuses on the discretionary side of the budget. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

A ‘skinny’ budget blueprint from Trump that ignores the not-so-skinny drivers of the national debt

Veronique De · March 16, 2017 6:36 pm

SNEAK PREVIEW: What’s the best part of Trump’s budget proposal?

Michael Graham · March 16, 2017 4:04 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called President Trump's proposed budget a "slap in the face" to Americans and predicted that it will not pass in its current form. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi: I don’t see how Trump’s budget will ‘survive the light of day’

Al Weaver · March 16, 2017 3:20 pm

President Trump will nominate Carlos Muniz, a former attorney for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, as general counsel at the Education Department, the White House announced Friday evening. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s budget proposal cuts Education Department overall, but adds money for school choice

Jason Russell · March 16, 2017 2:14 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wants President Trump to work with him on decreasing prescription drug prices and rebuilding the country's infrastructure. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sanders: Trump budget is ‘morally obscene’

Susan Crabtree · March 16, 2017 2:07 pm

President Trump's budget would cut the National Institutes of Health's budget by nearly $6 billion. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

NIH faces steep cuts after making gains last year

Robert King · March 16, 2017 1:29 pm

President Trump's earliest budget framework listed Export-Import Bank among independent agencies to abolish. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Trump budget spares Export-Import Bank, targets other corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · March 16, 2017 1:01 pm