Tag: Sequester

Senate Dems demand budget talks

Senate Dems demand budget talks

Susan Ferrechio · June 18, 2015 1:40 pm

Republicans seek to clear a spending bill Tuesday that drastically handicaps President Obama's climate agenda. (AP)

Energy and Environment

Republicans plan to block Obama’s climate agenda

Zack Colman · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

WH accuses GOP of playing politics with cybersecurity

National Security

WH accuses GOP of playing politics with cybersecurity

Susan Crabtree · June 11, 2015 7:04 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Reid calls on GOP to strike deal to lift spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:24 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Dems threaten to block defense bill over sequester

Susan Ferrechio · June 5, 2015 4:01 am

Soldiers salute during a deployment ceremony in South Burlington, Vt., Friday, Sept. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

GAO: Pentagon must figure out how to live with budget cuts

Charles Hoskinson · May 28, 2015 2:42 pm

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas speaks during a news conference. From left: Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Cornyn, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell of Ky. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress adds to deficit even as balanced budget passes

Joseph Lawler · May 11, 2015 9:00 am

Republican leaders quietly try to end sequestration

Republican leaders quietly try to end sequestration

Susan Ferrechio · April 30, 2015 9:01 am

"We've got to, got to, got to get after these headquarters," Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said. (AP Photo)Â

National Security

House looks for Pentagon to ‘balance the workforce’

Tara Copp · April 23, 2015 11:28 pm

Boehner signals desire to lift sequester caps

Boehner signals desire to lift sequester caps

Susan Ferrechio · April 23, 2015 4:56 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is joining the small crowd of Republicans calling for a reversal of budget cuts at the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo)

Newt Gingrich calls for doubling National Institutes of Health budget

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 1:08 pm

The F35 Joint Strike Fighter (Getty Images)

GOP now faced with reconciling Senate, House budgets

Joseph Lawler · March 27, 2015 7:32 am