White House

Budget Battles

  • Obama and Boehner Star in “War of the Words"

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    The government could teeter into default after Oct. 17, but President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner did little to settle their budgetary grudge match on Tuesday. Instead, both men played the...

  • Why the Reviled Tea Party Was Right about Obamacare

    By Liz Peek

    Before we march the Tea Party off to the Guillotine, let’s remember what fired up that unruly crew to begin with. In the midst of the economic crisis, the government went on a spending spree,...

  • Inexcusable Republican Tactics Endanger the Economy

    By Mark Thoma

    Why are the unemployed so invisible in Washington? Why has Congress all but forgotten about the millions and millions of people who want a job but cannot find one, not to mention all the people who...

  • GOP Wants to Talk, but Will We Get Any Action?

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    House Speaker John Boehner said all he wants is a “conversation” about the budget and the debt ceiling, before the week-old government shutdown is joined by what could be a recession-inducing default...

  • Obama Won’t Act on His Own to Stop Default

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    President Obama has no intention of raising the debt ceiling on his own, according to two of his top economic aides.