House passes $1.2 trillion spending bill that would avert government shutdown
3/22/24
Racing to Avoid a Shutdown, Lawmakers Weigh Skirting Their Own Rules
3/21/24
Deal to dodge government shutdown appears to stall amid GOP policy demands
2/26/24
Congress agrees on how much to spend — but not on how to spend it
2/11/24
Falling inflation, rising growth give U.S. the world’s best recovery
1/30/24
Congress Clears Stopgap Spending Bill for Biden, Moving to Avert Shutdown
1/18/24
Negotiators consider expanding expedited deportations as border talks near 'finish line'
1/13/24
A partial government shutdown could happen next week. Here's what you need to know
1/12/24
Congress reaches a deal on how much to spend for 2024 as shutdown deadline nears
1/9/24
Biden’s Economy Is Great Everywhere Except in the Polls
11/27/23
House Republicans unveil their plan to avert a government shutdown next week
11/11/23
US Senate passes three bipartisan appropriations bills
11/4/23
Federal deficit effectively doubled in fiscal year 2023
10/25/23
Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk
10/1/23
Senate moves forward on short-term deal to avert government shutdown
9/27/23
Enough is enough. McCarthy must bring the GOP rebels to heel.
9/23/23
House Republicans again fail to move Pentagon funding bill forward
9/21/23
A federal government shutdown looks more and more likely: What to know
9/20/23
House lawmakers return to looming budget and impeachment decisions
9/12/23
U.S. deficit explodes even as economy grows
9/3/23
Freedom Caucus rebels against a short-term funding bill with new demands
8/27/23
Why Are Groceries So Expensive?
8/10/23
Senate approves debt ceiling deal. Here’s how your senators voted.
6/2/23
House passes debt limit deal as lawmakers race to avert default
5/31/23
What’s in the McCarthy-Biden deal to lift the debt ceiling? Here are 6 takeaways.
5/28/23
White House and G.O.P. Strike Debt Limit Deal to Avert Default
5/27/23
GOP unites in brinkmanship over default, rejecting Biden compromises
5/24/23
Negotiators see progress on debt ceiling, as Biden’s liberal allies worry
5/17/23
7 doomsday scenarios if the U.S. crashes through the debt ceiling
5/15/23
McCarthy sees no ‘movement’ on debt ceiling after meeting with Biden
5/9/23
The truth about the national debt ceiling
5/5/23
With debt bill adopted, far-right House Republicans ready for fiscal war
4/30/23
McCarthy’s debt ceiling plan is theater unworthy of a high school gym
4/23/23
Breaking down Biden’s budget: Here’s what’s in it
3/15/23
House GOP to take early step on bill preparing for federal default
3/8/23
How the national debt grew to $31 trillion
3/6/23
White House aides have discussed Social Security tax, eyeing shortfall
2/23/23
Sen. Rick Scott amends sunset plan to exclude Medicare and Social Security
2/20/23
Why are so many Americans sour on the economy? Look at this new data.
2/15/23
McConnell slams Scott over plan to sunset Medicare, Social Security
2/12/23
Congress at stalemate on debt ceiling legislation
1/31/23
Please Don’t Feed the Debt Scolds
1/31/23
Republicans want to ‘negotiate’ over the debt ceiling? Bring it on.
1/27/23
Congress at stalemate on debt ceiling legislation
1/26/23
Biden aides want to force GOP to abandon debt limit threats
1/21/23
U.S. begins ‘extraordinary’ steps to avoid debt ceiling
1/19/23
How ‘Extraordinary Measures’ Can Postpone a Debt Limit Disaster
1/18/23
U.S. Will Hit Debt Limit on Thursday, Yellen Tells Congress
1/15/23
With McCarthy elected speaker, House GOP readies for fiscal showdowns
1/8/23
Congress passes 1-week stopgap to avert a shutdown as lawmakers finalize bigger bill
12/16/22
Biden ties Republicans to future inflation
10/20/22
U.S. National Debt Tops $31 Trillion for First Time
10/4/22
Biden signs spending bill that averts government shutdown
9/30/22
Clash over energy projects could threaten government funding bill
9/22/22
Fact check: Deconstructing Biden's claim that 'I reduced the federal deficit'
6/9/22
Senate passes government funding bill with $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
3/11/22
House passes sweeping government funding bill with $13.6 billion in Ukraine aid
3/9/22
Senate conservatives threaten to hold up government funding over vaccine mandate
3/4/22
What Biden's sweeping social safety plan might include -- and what it likely won't
10/25/21
Congress Votes to Avert Government Shutdown
9/30/21
Former GOP treasury secretaries tried defusing debt ceiling bomb in private talks with McConnell, Yellen
9/23/21
It’s clear America can afford Biden’s investments at home. Just look at how much it spent on wars.
8/31/21
Yellen pushes Congress to raise debt ceiling on ‘bipartisan basis,’ as feud with GOP escalates
8/9/21
Treasury Dept to invoke 'extraordinary measures' as Congress misses debt-ceiling deadline
8/3/21
Democrats say they have the votes to advance $3.5T budget measure
7/29/21
Democrats unveil $3.5T go-it-alone plan to fulfill Biden’s agenda
7/16/21
Senate Democrats, Republicans prepare to sell nearly $1 trillion infrastructure deal to White House
6/15/21
Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Republicans, Falling Short of a Deal
6/9/21
One Thing Missing From the Biden Budget: Booming Growth
6/4/21
Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget Aims for Path to Middle Class, Financed by the Rich
5/30/21
Biden is proposing the biggest expansion of government in decades
5/2/21
Biden’s Relief Plan Is a Trojan Horse. And, I’m OK With That.
4/15/21
Biden Seeks to Use Infrastructure Plan to Address Racial Inequities
4/2/21
White House unveils $2 trillion infrastructure and climate plan, setting up giant battle over size and cost of government
3/31/21
What used cars tell us about the risk of too much inflation hitting the economy
3/14/21
Why Italy’s debt matters for everybody
5/25/20
Citing financial cost of pandemic, House liberals demand cut in military spending
5/19/20
Record government and corporate debt risks ‘tipping point’ after pandemic passes
4/19/20
The debt reckoning has finally arrived
4/15/20
Pelosi and Schumer seek huge spending increases for hospitals, local aid and food stamps as coronavirus talks intensify
4/8/20
Trump Signs $2 Trillion Relief Bill
3/27/20
The left makes a grudging peace with massive rescue package
3/28/20
What’s in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus Senate stimulus package
3/26/20
F.A.Q. on Stimulus Checks, Unemployment and the Coronavirus Bill
3/26/20
Trump’s Reverse–Robin Hood Budget Should Be a Gift to the Democrats
2/12/20
Where wealthy Americans think the market and US economy will be at end of 2020
12/23/19
Trump administration demanded Democrats strip Ukraine aid language from spending package
12/22/19
U.S. deficit to expand by about $800 billion more than previously expected over 10 years, CBO says
8/23/19
Divided House Passes 2-Year Budget Deal to Raise Spending
7/26/19
‘We’re like Thelma and Louise’: Republicans shrug at deficits under Trump
7/24/19
Trump, congressional leaders clinch sweeping deal on budget and debt ceiling
7/23/19
GOP in disarray as budget impasse threatens shutdown, deep cuts — and default
6/16/19
The coming of Modern Monetary Theory favored by far left is ‘inevitable’
5/2/19
Trump invites a new fight with Democrats over 2020 budget; seeks $8.6 billion for wall
3/10/19
Bipartisanship: Two history-making women already showing how it's done
2/17/19
Trump declares border national emergency to bipartisan skepticism
2/15/19
Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall
2/15/19
Was the shutdown worth it? Unpacking the new border deal
2/12/19
Speaker Ryan: Trump won't sign government spending bill due to no border funding
12/20/18
Democrats fight back against Trump over border wall
12/11/18
Trump's pay freeze for federal workers may be his most cynical and self-destructive stunt yet
9/1/18
CBO Projects $1.5 Trillion Trump Tax Cut Will Cost $1.9 Trillion
4/12/18
Senate Passes $1.3T Government Spending Bill
3/23/18
Republicans are losing their religion on deficits
2/9/18
Pelosi won’t support budget deal unless Ryan promises DACA vote
2/7/18
Lawrence: Shutdown looms because Trump failed on wall
1/19/18
Republicans scramble to try to avert government shutdown as deadline nears
1/18/18
Congress clears funding bill, staving off shutdown
12/23/17
CDC gets list of forbidden words: Fetus, transgender, diversity
12/17/17
Trump's budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why
5/30/17
This isn't how to honor veterans
5/30/17
Trump’s Problematic Math: Budget Plan Adds Growth, but Doesn’t Subtract Cost
5/24/17
Hillary Clinton: Trump Budget Shows ‘Unimaginable’ Cruelty
5/24/17
Democrats celebrate as Trump caves in his first budget negotiation
5/1/17
The Trump Administration’s War on Science
3/28/17
Trump’s Budget Director: It's ‘Compassionate’ To Cut Programs That Feed The Most Vulnerable
3/18/17
Trump Budget Cuts Put Struggling Americans on Edge
3/18/17
Trump Meets Boeing and Lockheed Executives After Assailing Them on Jet Costs
12/21/16
The Record U.S. Military Budget
3/5/16
Paul Ryan Defends Compromise in Passing Spending Deal
12/23/15
Congress Passes $1 Trillion Spending Measure
12/18/15
Under Wire, House Passes Big Package of Tax Cuts
12/17/15
Senate passes Obamacare repeal, Planned Parenthood defunding bill, putting Republicans on record
12/4/15
House passes sweeping two-year bipartisan budget deal
10/28/15
Budget deal is a 2016 win-win for Dems, GOP
10/27/15
Congress passes bill to avert government shutdown
9/30/15
A standard dejection in the IRS help line
4/14/15
Dissecting Obama’s 2016 budget proposal
3/6/15
Obama wants end of sequester, seeks 7% spending hike
1/30/15
How Republicans want to change the budget math
1/5/15
New law lets some pension plans cut promised benefits
12/22/14
Sen. Warren Hits CitiGroup During CRomnibus Debate
12/15/14
‘CRomnibus’ drama could spawn sequels
12/14/14
Shutdown Averted
12/11/14
The Battle of the Deficit Bulge Has Been Won
10/9/14
What They're Saying Around the Country: Build America Investment Initiative
7/30/14
Senate Deal Is Reached on Restoring Jobless Aid
3/13/14
Obama releases his budget wish list
3/4/14
Senate Fails to Pass 3-Month Extension of Jobless Benefits
2/6/14
Defense Contractors Spread the Wealth
2/3/14
The winners and losers of the new spending bill
1/14/14
House and Senate Negotiators Agree on Spending Bill
1/13/14
Jobless Benefits Extension Clears One Hurdle, but More Remain
1/7/14
Minimalist budget deal beats another shutdown: Our view
12/14/13
House passes 2-year bipartisan budget deal
12/12/13
Congressional Negotiators Reach Budget Deal
12/10/13
U.S. Budget Deficit Falls Under $1 Trillion; Lowest Since 2008
10/30/13
Dire sequestration predictions have not materialized in 2013
10/28/13
Aid to Pakistan to Resume as Tension With U.S. Eases
10/21/13
Uncle Sam's river
10/21/13
Senate Takes Lead as House Republicans’ Talks With White House Fail
10/12/13
Obama Rejects Republican Proposal for Short Term Debt Limit Plan
10/10/13
Here are 7 debt-default doomsday scenarios
10/10/13
Many in G.O.P. Offer Theory: Default Wouldn’t Be That Bad
10/9/13
Lift ‘Threats,’ Obama Insists, Spurning Talks
10/8/13
Boehner Urges G.O.P. Unity in ‘Epic Battle’
10/4/13
Five scenarios for ending the shutdown impasse
10/2/13
Government Shuts Down in Budget Impasse
10/1/13
Obama Rejects ‘Ransom’; No Deal Near
9/30/13
Obama chides Republicans as shutdown looms
9/27/13
3 days from shutdown, Senate passes stopgap bill
9/27/13
A step-by-step guide to what’s next in the government shutdown showdown
9/23/13
Everything you need to know about the deficit
9/19/13
GOP starts spending showdown with bid to undo Obamacare
9/18/13
Congressional Budget Office Predicts Unsustainable Debt
9/17/13
Eric Cantor Looks To Entitlement Cuts For Sequester Compromise
8/4/13
House G.O.P. Sets New Offensive on Obama Goals
7/24/13
Farm Bill Fails In House
6/20/13
A 25% Cut for the Pentagon?
6/7/13
GOP Endgame -- Privatization of Government?
6/4/13
Major Errors Undermine Key Argument For Austerity Frequently Cited By Media
4/18/13
O No He Didn't
4/11/13
Highlights From Obama’s Budget Proposal
4/11/13
NASA Asteroid Landing Mission To Take Place In 2021
4/6/13
Obama dismisses balancing budget for 'sake of balance'
3/13/13
Ryan's Budget Plan Leaves Obamacare & Fiscal Cliff Taxes Alone.
3/12/13
Paul Ryan: GOP Budget Assumes Obamacare Repeal.
3/10/13
Changing Benefits Formula Could Hit Veterans Hard.
3/8/13
Boehner: 'I don't think anyone quite understands' how sequester gets resolved.
3/3/13
Sequester Deadline All But Blown, Obama Hopes For Big Deal.
3/1/13
Obama welcomes debate on taxes
2/8/13
Cuts could make USA a second-rate power, Panetta says
2/2/13
GOP holding U.S. economy hostage on debt
1/15/13
Obama On Debt Ceiling: 'We Are Not A Deadbeat Nation'.
1/14/13
Agricultural Committees Agree To Farm Bill Extension
12/30/12
Unclaimed Jobless Benefits Far Exceed Fraudulent Claims
10/25/12
Let's jump off the fiscal cliff
10/24/12
Big Bird Is a Republican
10/15/12
Test for Obama as Deficit Stays Over $1 Trillion
9/26/12
One Nation On Welfare. Living Your Life On The Dole
9/17/12
Paul Ryan's budget proposal would spread pain widely
8/14/12
The Trouble with Simpson-Bowles
8/12/12
France To Lower Retirement Age To 60 For Some
6/6/12
Voters in California Appear to Approve Pension Cuts
6/6/12
Not What You Thought
5/24/12
Five myths about defense spending
1/14/11
Congress steering economy toward 'fiscal cliff'
4/26/12
"(1) No Downside to Not Raising the Debt Ceiling Says Chris Whalen"
"(1) Tax Dispute Stalls Debt Talks"
"(1) President to meet Reid McConnell for deficit reduction talks"
"(1) Myths about Transportation Spending Dispelled"
"(1) Movement in Budget Impasse"
"(1) The Elmendorf Rule"
"(1) These are the raises Obama has handed out--truly disgusting-- while millions starve"
"(1) What If? Huge Interest Rate Risk If No Deal on Debt Ceiling David Walker Says"
"(1) Cost of Space Shuttle Program Tough to Pin Down"
"(1) The Sorry History of Debt Ceiling Negotiation"
"(1) Senate Throws Obama a Debt Lifeline"
"(1) Obama Backs Latest Bargain"
"(1) The House passes a cap cut and balance bill 234-190 which would cap spending while making it tougher to raise taxes."
"(1) Boehner and Obama Nearing Deal on Cuts and Taxes"
"(1) Days Are Numbered for Saturday Mail Delivery"
"(1) Navigating the Tax Expenditures Minefield"
"(1) House Republicans Regroup Around Boehner Plan as Senate Dems Tea Partiers Balk"
"(1) Analysts: Senate plan saves $2.2 trillion"
"(1) Inflexible GOP should listen to Reagan on debt"
"(1) Boehner Short of Support in House Delays Debt Plan Vote"
"(1) Medigap Limits Could Save Medicare Money"
"(1) Top 10 Biggest Tax Breaks: What to Cut to Trim Deficit?"
"(1) Remarks by the President"
"(1) who wins and who loses--good summations from many different biased perspectives"
"(1) The Facts about Spending Cuts the Debt and Gross Domestic Product"
"(1) Why the Debt Crisis Is Even Worse Than You Think"
"(1) Public Pension Promises"
"(1) The Mother of All Drawdowns"
"(1) The critical facts that nobody mentioned in the debt debate."
"(1) American Idiots"
"(1) A letter to concerned Americans from Howard Schultz CEO of Starbucks"
"(1) Just say no to politicians?"
"(1) Obama Vows Veto if Deficit Plan Has No Tax Increases"
"(1) Would More Infrastructure Spending Stimulate the Economy?"
"(1) Steve Forbes on why he hates the millionaire tax proposal of Obama"
"(1) House defeats Republican spending plan"
"(1) House passes GOP spending plan; new shutdown threat looms"
"(1) Calculating the Market Price of Public Sector Pension Liabilities"
"(1) How Much Does the Federal Government Really Spend?"
"(1) Who Will Regulate the Government?"
"(1) Nearly Half of U.S. Households Receive Government Benefits"
Detroit approves debt rescue plan
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President Obama unveils $3.8 trillion budget
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3/20/12
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3/18/12
Federal deficit up in February and on pace to top $1T again
3/12/12