Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program expires at the end of September. (iStock Photo)

GOP and Dems clash over kids insurance funding

Robert King · February 27, 2015 10:00 am

Conservatives reject Senate deal on Homeland Security spending

National Security

Conservatives reject Senate deal on Homeland Security spending

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2015 10:13 pm

Senate advances Homeland Security funding bill

Senate advances Homeland Security funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2015 8:47 pm

Activists hold a protest near the Manhattan apartment of billionaire and Republican financier David Koch on June 5, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty images)

Kochs and unions

John Stossel · February 25, 2015 7:59 pm

Boehner and McConnell meeting today to coordinate Homeland Security funding fight strategy

Boehner and McConnell meeting today to coordinate Homeland Security funding fight strategy

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2015 3:50 pm

U.S. military starts from scratch to train Iraqis

National Security

U.S. military starts from scratch to train Iraqis

Tara Copp · February 25, 2015 10:00 am

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal questioned the President Obama's qualifications as commander in chief while, implicitly, pushing his own. (AP Photo)

Jindal faces down 2016 tests with CPAC speech, budget proposal

Rebecca Berg · February 24, 2015 10:35 pm

In its fiscal year 2016 budget, the Air Force estimates it would save $4.2 billion by retiring 164 of the A-10. The cuts would remove all A-10 active squadrons and cull 21 assigned to the Air National Guard. (iStock)

National Security

Retiring the A-10 wouldn’t save as much as promised

Tara Copp · February 24, 2015 10:00 am

GOP uncouples immigration fight from Homeland funding bill

National Security

GOP uncouples immigration fight from Homeland funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · February 24, 2015 1:01 am

With reforms to No Child Left Behind up for debate, House Republicans are wisely proposing that low-income families be allowed to take a portion of their federal funding to different public schools of their choosing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

Federal K-12 funding should follow the student

Jason Russell · February 23, 2015 6:56 pm

With budget talks just beginning on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are starting to grapple with significant disagreements over whether to reverse billions of dollars in looming mandatory budget cuts known as the sequester. (iStock Photo)

GOP fight coming over spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2015 10:00 am

GOP plans overhaul for Social Security disability

Joseph Lawler · February 23, 2015 10:00 am