Budget Battles
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Government Has Been a Drag on the Economy – but That’s About to Change
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A Warning About the Next Economic Crisis from Leaders Who Battled the Last One
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Lawmakers Battle Over Veterans Health Funding
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Deficit Jumps in Trump’s First Fiscal Year
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Some GOP Senators Want to Slash Gas Taxes — and Federal Highway Spending
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Democrats and the Deficit: The Intraparty Fight Ahead
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Another Problem with Larry Kudlow's Deficit Whopper
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Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Top Economic Adviser, Says the Deficit Is Falling. It Is Not.
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US Interest Costs Will Match Social Security Spending by 2048, CBO Says
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A Conservative Bashes GOP Dysfunction on Spending Cuts
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Everything You Need to Know About the New GOP Budget
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3 Reasons More Tax Cuts Would Be a Terrible Idea, According to the Center for American Progress
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Congress Faces a Rocky Road to November
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Why Trump’s Spending Clawbacks Matter ... and Why They Don’t
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Trump’s Rescissions Package Will Save Only $1.1 Billion, CBO Says
Newsletter
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Chart of the Day: Public Spending on Job Programs
President Trump announced on Thursday the creation of a National Council for the American Worker, charged with developing “a national strategy for training and retraining workers for high-demand...
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Association Health Care Plans Not Gaining Traction
The influential National Federation of Independent Business long supported the expansion of association health care plans, which allow small businesses and trade groups to join together to offer...
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Senate Republicans on the Push for Tax Cuts 2.0: Meh
House Republicans are forging ahead with plans for another round of tax cuts this year. Senate Republicans say they’ve got other things to deal with, The Wall Street Journal’s Richard Rubin reports...
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Consumer Directed Health Plans: A Step in the Right Direction
Recently, the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health has been considering ways to expand consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs). These plans — which essentially balance high deductibles with...
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A Warning About the Next Economic Crisis from Leaders Who Battled the Last One
Three top officials who helped steer the U.S. through the financial crisis a decade ago warned Tuesday that, while the banking system has clearly been strengthened, policymakers might find it harder...
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Kevin Brady: We’re On Track for Tax Cuts 2.0
Republicans plan to vote on a second round of tax cuts in September, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo Wednesday morning. Brady...
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GOP Tax Cuts Aren’t Boosting Wages
Inflation-adjusted wages have fallen for three straight quarters on a year-over-year basis, according to data released by the Labor Department Tuesday. MarketWatch’s Steve Goldstein provided a chart...