Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The public blamed the 2013 government shutdown on House Republicans. (AP)

Can GOP finally win a spending fight?

Susan Ferrechio · February 16, 2015 10:00 am

Civil asset seizure allows the IRS to pad the Treasury with the fruit of small business owners' labor. (iStock Photo)

IRS enforcement actions bully innocent citizens

Jesse Hathaway · February 16, 2015 10:00 am

"We see these things as necessary, they're bipartisan, and we ought to give people certainty," said Ryan.

GOP paves path to reform with $300 billion in tax cuts

Joseph Lawler · February 15, 2015 10:00 am

Getting the government out from between people and their employer seems to more fitting for a free people. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

The case for a payroll tax cut

Timothy P. Carney · February 13, 2015 4:52 pm

Beltway Confidential

Time to raise Social Security’s retirement age

Jason Russell · February 13, 2015 10:00 am

"It shows they aren't serious fiscal stewards, they aren't concerned with how much it costs oftentimes." (iStock)

Sponsors of 700 bills in Congress didn’t put price tags on their proposals

Luke Rosiak · February 13, 2015 10:00 am

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Dems’ scare tactic for 2016

Philip Klein · February 13, 2015 10:00 am

"More intense regulatory and technology requirements have raised the barriers to entry higher than at any other time in modern history," Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein said. (Getty)

Goldman and JPMorgan sit safely behind the walls of Dodd-Frank

Timothy P. Carney · February 12, 2015 10:55 pm

"Why do we have to play this game of wait until the deadline in order to pass these things?" asked Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y. "Let's just do it, and get it done permanently." (AP)

There’s an inevitable showdown coming on taxes

Joseph Lawler · February 12, 2015 10:00 am

"I think it's important for the GOP to say, 'Ex-Im is not fair. This is about political connections, not merit. This prevents people from using their God-given talents to rise up the ladder of success,'" Jeb Hensarling said

Hensarling pledges to push housing finance reform

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2015 6:41 pm

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, talks as committee chairman Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., right, listens during opening remarks before testimony from Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, during a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Social Security disability fix off to acrimonious start

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2015 5:17 pm

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Top economists lean toward favoring dynamic scoring for big tax bills

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2015 10:16 pm