Tag: Spending

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the South Florida Fairgrounds and Convention Center, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Washington Secrets

Reince Priebus: GOP will revert to old ways after Trump

Paul Bedard · April 15, 2018 11:50 am

FILE - In this July 9, 2017 file photo, Amtrak workers continue ongoing infrastructure renewal work beneath Penn Station in New York. Proponents of a $13 billion project to build a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey seen as critical for the future of the nation's busiest rail corridor are panning President Donald Trump's infrastructure proposal. The budget released by the White House on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, envisions $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending over the next 10 years; however, only $200 billion would be direct federal spending aimed at leveraging state and local dollars.

Conservatives push Trump to cut funding for Gateway tunnel project

Sarah Bedford · April 13, 2018 9:44 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks with the Washington Examiner in his office on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan for speaker? Not so fast, GOP members say

Al Weaver · April 13, 2018 5:12 pm

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan can’t win, but Kevin McCarthy can lose the race for speaker of the House

Philip Wegmann · April 13, 2018 4:44 pm

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. The Republican leaders announced the formation of six committee-led task forces charged with developing agendas on national security, tax reform, jobs, health care reform, elimination of poverty, and more. Ryan also pledged that House Republicans will schedule time this year to vote on legislation reforming the criminal justice system.

Kevin McCarthy: GOP pushing for vote to slash federal spending

Susan Ferrechio · April 13, 2018 4:27 pm

Freedom Caucus Chairman and member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is interviewed at the conclusion of the hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan ‘open to running’ for speaker

Anna Giaritelli, Al Weaver · April 13, 2018 3:15 pm

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen at sunset on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Beltway Confidential

A phony vote for a balanced budget amendment

Jake Grant · April 13, 2018 2:22 pm

White House officials sounded increasingly doubtful April 5, about the future of EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, even as President Trump appeared to throw him a public lifeline.

Beltway Confidential

The stupid Scott Pruitt scandal over ‘challenge coins’ the EPA didn’t buy

Philip Wegmann · April 12, 2018 6:19 pm

The House has passed an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill that would make small cuts to food stamps and continue generous subsidies for the nation's farmers.

Beltway Confidential

Cato nukes the crony capitalism of farm subsidies

Tom Rogan · April 12, 2018 5:28 pm

White sign language interpreter fired

Beltway Confidential

The speaker’s race runs through ‘Fox and Friends’

Philip Wegmann · April 12, 2018 3:51 pm

"The number one concern is that we work really hard to fulfill our campaign promises, and that we at least put bills on the president's desk," said Meadows.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows’ influence looms large in race to succeed Paul Ryan

David M. Drucker, Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2018 4:00 am

In this Jan. 5, 2011 file photo, then-Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who was elected House Speaker later that day during the 112th Congress, walks out of his home on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

John Boehner dismisses idea of a House Freedom Caucus member replacing Paul Ryan

Melissa Quinn · April 11, 2018 6:33 pm