Tag: Social Security

In this May 5, 2015, photo, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to supporters in Hope, Ark., as he announces that he is seeking the Republican nomination in the 2016 race for president. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

Beltway Confidential

Why Huckabee’s Social Security social conservatism matters

W. James Antle III · May 6, 2015 8:49 pm

In Praise of Christie’s Social Security Proposal

Delany Higgins · April 25, 2015 1:18 pm

Unfortunately, both Washington and Greece continue to report inaccurate financial data, spend more funds than available and lose the trust of their citizens in the process. (AP Photo)Â

Financial lessons Washington could learn from Athens

Op-Ed Contributor · April 25, 2015 9:00 am

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton tours a lab with student Travis Lemieux, left, during a campaign stop at New Hampshire Technical Institute, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

Beltway Confidential

Hillary Clinton moves leftward on trade and entitlements, to block primary opposition

Michael Barone · April 21, 2015 8:15 pm

Although the accumulated debt has grown significantly during President Obama's tenure, the yearly gap between revenue and spending has narrowed.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The incredible shrinking deficit is no more

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

Mike Huckabee on Friday took a sledgehammer to reform conservatism.Â (AP Photo)

Mike Huckabee slams Chris Christie’s reform plan

David M. Drucker · April 17, 2015 5:43 pm

Chris Christie will propose broad-based reforms to Social Security today in New Hampshire, he said in an interview with Yahoo News Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Chris Christie proposes raising Social Security retirement age

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2015 3:51 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has been a scourge of Wall Street's big banks, but don't call her "anti-business." There are lots of businesses Warren is very pro. She likes these businesses so much, she defends their subsidies and government funding, and fights for tax credits for them. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Warren pressures Clinton to expand Social Security

Joseph Lawler · April 10, 2015 9:00 am

The talks between Obama and Boehner about a so-called "grand bargain," which would have included entitlement cuts, now seem like a distant memory. (AP)

Entitlement reform: Dead or alive?

Brian Hughes · March 30, 2015 10:00 am

Same-sex couples hug after getting married in a group ceremony. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Senate supports benefits for same-sex couples in test vote

Joseph Lawler · March 27, 2015 10:41 am

In this March 23, 2010 file photo, President Obama signs the Affordable Care Act into law. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Five years later, the battle over Obamacare rages on

Paige Winfield Cunningham · March 22, 2015 9:00 am

What's plain is that entitlement issues have not produced majorities for Democratic presidential candidates in a long time. [AP Photo

Beltway Confidential

Democrats’ opposition to entitlement reform no longer producing elderly votes

Michael Barone · March 20, 2015 5:45 pm