Tag: Spending

Secretary of State John Kerry warned the incoming Trump administration not to slash funding for his department. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Kerry urges Trump not to slash State Department funds

Pete Kasperowicz · January 5, 2017 12:13 pm

The budget imagines an ever-increasing budget deficit over the next decade, and a rising national debt. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, file)

Here’s why the GOP budget plan sees a huge debt spike

Pete Kasperowicz · January 4, 2017 3:38 pm

Beltway Confidential

Trump must slay the ‘sacred cow’ of the budget: Defense spending

Andrew Langer · January 4, 2017 12:00 am

Federal spending on Obamacare pushed overhead spending up to $893 per insured person, according to a think tank study. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file)

Study: Obamacare increased overhead spending for health insurance

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 21, 2016 5:01 am

There is no logical reason why the U.S. shouldn't have a balanced budget requirement. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Beltway Confidential

A balanced budget amendment is finally within reach

Justin Haskins · December 20, 2016 6:10 pm

Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., has expressed concerns about the civil liberties implications of an info-sharing proposal, but also cited the need for a legal framework allowing sharing between government and the private sector. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

South Carolina budget hawk will have vast influence over Trump’s spending proposals

Charlie Mitchell · December 20, 2016 5:01 am

The feds will spend 31 percent more to cover the tax subsidies for Obamacare as premiums rise, study finds. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Spending on Obamacare to grow nearly $10 billion

Robert King · December 15, 2016 6:17 pm

GOP wants to bankroll an Obamacare replacement with funds derived from repealing the law itself. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Republicans explore idea of Obamacare piggybank

Paige Winfield Cunningham · December 15, 2016 3:00 am

"I would say, at this point, that fiscal policy is not obviously needed to provide stimulus to get us back to full employment," said Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Fiscal stimulus no longer needed to boost employment, Yellen says

Joseph Lawler · December 14, 2016 9:16 pm

Obama has visited every continent except for Antarctica. Now he's looking forward to something better. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

After $85 million in family travel, Obama looks forward to ‘decent vacation’

Philip Wegmann · December 13, 2016 10:13 pm

President Obama signs the 21st Century Cures Act into law. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama signs Cures legislation

Robert King · December 13, 2016 8:33 pm

McConnell on Monday said he too will ensure that any infrastructure spending is paid for and wants to avoid an effort to replicate the $800 million stimulus bill passed in early 2009. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

McConnell signals caution on Trump infrastructure bill

Susan Crabtree · December 12, 2016 8:48 pm