Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Tennessee to vote whether income tax unconstitutional

Tennessee to vote whether income tax unconstitutional

Sean Higgins · October 27, 2014 9:00 am

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D.C.’s economic boom comes at public’s expense

Jesse Hathaway · October 26, 2014 12:00 pm

Fannie Mae's settlement ends litigation involving accusations it misled investors before 2008. (AP Photos)

Fannie Mae settles lawsuit from shareholders for $170 million

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2014 9:27 pm

Democratic billionaires outdo GOP in super PAC contributions

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2014 6:11 pm

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a suicide attack in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan Aug. 30. (AP Photo)

State Dept. spent millions on TV trucks it still hasn’t touched

Sarah Bedford · October 25, 2014 2:00 pm

Sensing the Senate can be won, Republicans are changing their rhetoric on Social Security benefits. (iStock Photo)

Midterms: GOP changes its tune on Social Security

Kelly Cohen · October 24, 2014 12:26 pm

A maglev train approaches a station on July 24, 2006 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Why we’re not going to get Northeast Corridor high-speed rail

Michael Barone · October 23, 2014 9:03 pm

Treasury: Islamic State raking in millions from oil, ransoms

Treasury: Islamic State raking in millions from oil, ransoms

Joseph Lawler · October 23, 2014 3:55 pm

Falling inflation presents problem for Fed

Falling inflation presents problem for Fed

Joseph Lawler · October 23, 2014 9:00 am

One member of the Securities and Exchange Commission had colorful criticism for his colleagues Wednesday as they voted to finalize a long-delayed mortgage rule that has been significantly loosened following industry concerns that it would crimp lending. (iStock Photo)

SEC commissioner rips regulators for bowing to industry on mortgage rule

Joseph Lawler · October 22, 2014 7:00 pm

VIDEO: 2014 midterms projected to be most expensive election cycle

VIDEO: 2014 midterms projected to be most expensive election cycle

Steve Doty · October 22, 2014 4:23 pm

Smoke and flames from an airstrike by the US-led coalition rise in Kobani, Syria, as seen from a hilltop on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014 Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, and its surrounding areas, has been under assault by extremists of the Islamic State group since mid-September and is being defended by Kurdish fighters. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

National Security

Current cost of ‘Inherent Resolve’: $424 million

Kelly Cohen · October 22, 2014 11:36 am