Tag: Budgets and Deficits

President Lyndon Johnson speaks during a televised address from the White House, Jan. 31, 1966. (AP/Marty Lederhandler)

The right and wrong approach on poverty

John Stossel · October 8, 2014 3:47 pm

The federal $486 billion in fiscal year 2014, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday, the lowest total budget shortfall since 2008. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Deficit drops below historical average

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2014 3:01 pm

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Taxpayers spend $157m for union work

Sean Higgins · October 7, 2014 7:28 pm

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2013 file photo, Ripan Bhowmik looks at cameras while shopping at Best Buy in Overland Park, Kan. Americans are expected to spend at the highest rate in three years during what's traditionally the busiest shopping season of the year, the National Retail Federation said Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Holiday sales seen rising 4.1 percent

Anne D'innocenzio · October 7, 2014 7:06 pm

Maine PUC warns of soaring energy costs

Maine PUC warns of soaring energy costs

Washington Examiner · October 7, 2014 10:05 am

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, center, stands on the deck of a Washington state ferry with Lynn Peterson, left, Washington state Secretary of Transportation, and Lynne Griffith, second from left, assistant secretary for the Washington State Ferries Division, as they ride between Seattle and Bainbridge Island, Wash., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Foxx was in town at the invitation of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to learn more about Washington's ferry system and the need for both state and federal funding. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Patty Murray presses for federal ferry support

Martha Bellisle · October 7, 2014 2:38 am

Reports show huge cash advantage for Jerry Brown

Reports show huge cash advantage for Jerry Brown

Juliet Williams · October 7, 2014 1:13 am

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, left, announces that nearly $60 million in grants have been awarded to tribal communities across the nation during a news conference Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, listens at right. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Agency awards $60 million in tribal housing grants

Mark Thiessen · October 6, 2014 11:39 pm

Mayor: Detroit can succeed under bankruptcy plan

Mayor: Detroit can succeed under bankruptcy plan

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2014 11:17 pm

President Barack Obama meets with financial regulators for a discussion on the economy and to receive an update on implementation of Wall Street Reform, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama applauds financial chiefs for Dodd-Frank implementation

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2014 6:29 pm

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GOP sharpens knives to cut political spending by labor

Sean Higgins · October 6, 2014 9:00 am

Life insurance company MetLife will challenge regulators' proposal to label it a "systemically important" financial firm and regulate it like a bank.Â (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

MetLife challenges regulators’ ‘systemically important’ label

Joseph Lawler · October 3, 2014 9:23 pm