Congress

Budget Battles

  • National Parks Show Signs of Federal Budget Cuts

    By Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post

    After more than a decade of scrimping and deferring maintenance and construction projects — and absorbing a 6 percent budget cut in the past two years — the signs of strain are beginning to surface...

  • The Ryan VP Bump for Romney: Slight So Far

    By Eric Pianin

    Almost every Republican and Democratic presidential nominee going back at least 16 years received a bump in the polls immediately after his choice of VP was announced. So far, voter response to the...

  • GOP Preview: Can Romney Win as ‘The Man from Bain’?

    By Eric Pianin

    Romney intends to meet the Bain Capital controversy head on during the four days of the GOP convention next week. Meanwhile, he hasn’t gotten quite the bump he might have hoped for from his pick of...

  • Rising Gas Prices Could Take Points Away from Obama

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Gasoline prices have shot up to $3.72 a gallon – ashocking 26-cent leap in the last month that reportedly has a politically vulnerable President Obama searching for ways to lower fuel costs.

  • The One Simple Measure That Would Save Social Security

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Social Security already appears to be running aground, just two decades before the program — which accounts for about 20 percent of federal spending — is projected to crash into insolvency.