Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The lame duck Congress is poised to pass a National Defense Authorization Act that cuts the pay and benefits of the entire uniformed active duty military. (iStock)

Lame-duck Congress tries to deliver a lump of coal to military families

Hugh Hewitt · December 7, 2014 10:00 pm

Chris Hughes, owner of the New Republic and a founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during the Paris Review Spring Revel gala in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg via Getty images)

Reality sets in for journalists at publications with tech-driven owners

Eddie Scarry · December 6, 2014 10:00 am

Why Obama is OK with GOP funding plan

Why Obama is OK with GOP funding plan

Brian Hughes · December 5, 2014 10:00 am

The contest was a smorgasbord of warmed-over political jokes, fumbled one-liners and tired anecdotes. (Becket Adams/Washington Examiner)

Funniest D.C. celeb event proves D.C. is a deeply unfunny place

Becket Adams · December 5, 2014 2:39 am

A con artist fooled more than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration employees into investing in a Ponzi scheme for almost two decades. (iStock Photo)

DEA agents fooled for 20 years by Ponzi schemer paid with taxpayer funds

Luke Rosiak · December 4, 2014 9:31 pm

In this Nov. 20, 2013, photo, the sun sets behind the Fannie Mae headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Treasury slams door on reforming Fannie and Freddie without legislation

Joseph Lawler · December 4, 2014 6:24 pm

What we were left withÂ from the 1992 Quill Corp. v. North Dakota rulingÂ is a special tax exemption for remote sellers allowing them to avoid collecting and remitting sales tax. (iStock Photo)

When government picks winners and losers, it pays to be a winner

James Martin · December 4, 2014 10:00 am

"This new Obama power grab is the greatest threat to freedom since King George third," Gingrich tweeted. (AP/Cliff Owen)

Gingrich wants to block Obama’s executive actions

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2014 3:26 am

"I am disappointed the White House blocked a bipartisan, permanent solution that would have given businesses and their employees the certainty they need to grow and hire," House Speaker John Boehner said. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes short-term tax cut package

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2014 12:07 am

Lael Brainard, right, foundering director of Brookings Global Economy and Development Program, sits with Vinod Khosia, left, founder of Khosia Ventures, left, and other business, labor and academic leaders during an economic discussion with Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., in Pittsburgh, Thursday, June 26, 2008. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Too early to tell if new financial rules are good enough: Fed governor

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2014 9:07 pm

The federal government will lose an estimated $33.6 billion in corporate tax revenue without legislation to stop U.S. businesses from shifting their headquarters overseas, according to Congress' official tax scorekeeper. (iStock Photo)

Federal tab for corporate inversions rises to $33 billion

Joseph Lawler · December 3, 2014 7:25 pm

Obama lays out tax reform demands

Obama lays out tax reform demands

Brian Hughes · December 3, 2014 6:06 pm