Tag: Spending

President Trump waves next to Chinese President Xi Jinping after attending a business event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017.

Beltway Confidential

If the Trump administration wants to stand up for Taiwan, it needs a plan

Erin Dunne · September 10, 2018 10:35 pm

Payload specialist Mamoru Mohri of Hokkaido, Japan, and Mission Specialist Mae Jemison of Chicago, Ill., walk together after arriving with the rest of the STS-47 crew, Sept. 9, 1992, at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Is space exploration racist?

Mark R. Whittington · September 7, 2018 5:59 pm

President Trump walks up the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, Sept. 6, 2018.

Trump warns government shutdown is still an option

Steven Nelson · September 7, 2018 5:43 pm

Disability insurance is failing the most vulnerable and needs to be reformed

Ross Marchand · September 7, 2018 12:00 am

Ralph Norman and Dave Brat

Republicans target government waste in new caucus

Pete Kasperowicz · September 6, 2018 4:55 pm

Rep. Ralph Norman.

GOP bill blocks HHS from developing video games

Pete Kasperowicz · September 6, 2018 3:07 pm

More money won’t fix America’s schools

David Doerr · September 6, 2018 2:00 pm

Rep. Barbara Comstock, R-Va., said she believes allegations against Roy Moore because they fall in line with how sexual predators "operate."

Vulnerable Virginia House Republicans vow to reverse Trump’s pay freeze

David M. Drucker · August 31, 2018 4:00 am

One would think Sen. Patty Murray and her staff might be interested enough to at least investigate whether one of their senior policy advisers actually made such a statement.

Patty Murray slams Trump administration move to shorten family planning grants as a ‘gimmick’

Robert King · August 30, 2018 5:25 pm

Children in a classroom.

Beltway Confidential

Spending more money on schools doesn’t help students learn

Will Flanders · August 29, 2018 6:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Rand Paul raises the question: Are Republicans really pro-life?

Jack Hunter · August 27, 2018 12:30 pm

As the midterm congressional primaries heat up amid warnings of Russian hacking, about 1 in 5 Americans will be casting their ballots on machines that do not produce a paper record of their votes.

Beltway Confidential

Let’s have more action, less talk on making elections safe

Erin Dunne · August 24, 2018 9:44 pm