Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, and Rep. Maxine Waters of California, his counterpart on the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to congressional leaders and appropriators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

Wall Street critic Brown to be top Democrat on banking panel

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 5:37 pm

People walk into a meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, October 24, 2013 in Washington DC. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty images)

Federal Reserve’s top advocate for loose money to step down

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 5:09 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid urged fellow lawmakers on Friday to pass the measure, even though it contains provisions that lawmakers in both parties oppose. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Reid urges Senate to pass spending bill, despite objections

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2014 4:34 pm

All the money spent to extend coverage to low-income Americans hasn't translated to healthcare access.Â (iStock)

Medicaid is broken and expansion won’t fix it

Philip Klein · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

Shutdown gambit shows Warren’s influence

Shutdown gambit shows Warren’s influence

Joseph Lawler · December 12, 2014 10:00 am

House approves $1.1 trillion spending package

House approves $1.1 trillion spending package

Susan Ferrechio · December 12, 2014 3:14 am

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., arrives at the House Democratic Caucus meeting on Thursday. Both houses of Congress are working to avoid a government shutdown. (Getty images/Alex Wong)

No consensus from House Democrats on spending bill

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2014 2:04 am

One effect of the last shutdown was the closing of many national parks and monuments -- another was the unwillingness of lawmakers to let it happen again. (Getty images/Mark Wilson)

WH prepares feds for shutdown

Brian Hughes · December 11, 2014 11:34 pm

Corporations based in the United States have to endure the highest statutory corporate income tax rate in the developed world. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Yes, U.S. corporations are over-taxed

Jason Russell · December 11, 2014 11:06 pm

Cromnibus bursts at the seams with special-interest goodies

Cromnibus bursts at the seams with special-interest goodies

Timothy P. Carney · December 11, 2014 10:39 pm

President Obama worked the phones late Thursday in an attempt to get Democrats to support a spending bill that has yet to receive enough support to avoid a government shutdown. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama working phones to build support for spending bill

Brian Hughes · December 11, 2014 10:22 pm

"With this bill, the exposure and the recourse is with the U.S. taxpayer," Pelosi said. "Just plain wrong." (AP/J.Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi will vote against $1.1t spending measure

Susan Ferrechio · December 11, 2014 9:24 pm