Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pat down undocumented immigrants from El Salvador before boarding them onto a deportation flight in Mesa, Ariz. (John Moore/Getty Images)

GOP tries to grapple with Obama’s immigration plan

Susan Ferrechio · January 5, 2015 10:00 am

In this Friday, Dec. 19, 2014 file photo, motorists fill their tanks at a convenience store in Platt City, Mo., where prices dropped below $2-per-gallon for regular gas. Congressional Republicans are not ruling out raising the gas tax to keep afloat the broke Highway Trust Fund. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

Republicans haven’t ruled out raising gas tax

Rebecca Berg · January 4, 2015 5:57 pm

The rule would require companies to disclose the ratio between the CEO's annual pay and their employees'. (iStock Photo)

CEO pay rule a top SEC priority

Sean Higgins · January 4, 2015 2:00 pm

We have devolved into a government constantly in crisis with virtually all power vested in the speaker, Colorado Rep.Â Ken Buck says. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider)

House GOP freshman leader eager to tackle debt, immigration

Sean Lengell · January 3, 2015 10:00 pm

From November 2013 through November 2014, the aggregate balance in the federal direct student loan program -- as reported by the Monthly Treasury Statement -- rose from $687,149,000,000 to $806,561,000,000, a one-year jump of $119,412,000,000. (iStock Photo)

Federal student loan debt tops $800 billion

Terence Jeffrey · January 2, 2015 6:59 pm

The Federal Reserve could move to raise interest rates as early as the first half of 2015 thanks to the strength of the economy, according to one central banker. (iStock Photo)

Fed official: Interest rate hikes could come in first half of 2015

Joseph Lawler · January 2, 2015 6:41 pm

This March 4, 2014 file photo shows copies of President Barack Obama's proposed fiscal 2015 budget set out for distribution on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Dems warn GOP against appointing ‘ideologue’ as CBO chief

Joseph Lawler · January 2, 2015 5:51 pm

Poverty, economic inequality, government infrastructure and immigration become the topics of policy debates in 2014. (iStock Photo)

A New Year’s resolution for the Congress

Washington Examiner · January 1, 2015 10:00 am

Staff expected to work in the rain asked for taxpayers to buy them umbrellas. The GAO said no. (iStock)

Federal employees ask taxpayers to buy them personal items

Sarah Bedford · December 31, 2014 9:16 pm

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States make feds pick up the tab for minor snowstorms

Luke Rosiak · December 31, 2014 5:42 pm

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Report: 21,000 regulations so far under Obama, 2,375 set for 2015

Paul Bedard · December 31, 2014 4:54 pm

Obamacare's tax law adjustments created new hurdles for the Internal Revenue Service and its watchdog, such as identifying nearly $120 million of related discrepancies, according to a report. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obamacare adds challenges to IRS watchdog

Ethan Barton · December 30, 2014 8:42 pm