Fiscal Cliff
  • ‘Clean’ Debt Ceiling Bill Squeaks by House

    By Robert Costa and PAUL KANE and ED O'KEEFE, The Washington Post

    The House passed a yearlong suspension of the Treasury’s debt limit Tuesday in a vote that left Republicans once again ceding control to Democrats, following a collapse in support for an earlier...

  • Has the GOP’s Debt Ceiling Fever Really Broken?

    The House will vote Tuesday night on a bill to raise the debt ceiling – a measure that will be unencumbered by any of the Republicans’ previous demands. House GOP leaders decided to hold the vote...

  • Debt Ceiling Déjà Vu: New Showdown Ahead?

    With the $1 trillion fiscal 2014 spending deal now safely behind them, Congress and the White House must once again turn to the debt ceiling. In the latest chapter of an all-too familiar ritual,...

  • The High Cost of the Pentagon’s Poor Bookkeeping

    By Scot J. Paltrow, Reuters

    The U.S. Air Force had great expectations for the Expeditionary Combat Support System when it launched the project in 2005. This accountants’ silver bullet, the Air Force predicted a year later, “...

  • Cone of Silence on Trillion-Dollar Budget Battle

    By Andy Sullivan, Reuters

    As Washington empties out for the holidays, a final budget fight will play out in the nearly empty Capitol building as congressional staffers parcel out more than $1 trillion to fund everything from...