Biden and GOP Tangle Over Social Security and Medicare
Rabble-rousing Republicans keep giving President Joe Biden wins. In a particularly tumultuous moment in his State of the Union address Tuesday night...
Republicans Plot Their Debt Ceiling Showdown Strategy
Republicans are threatening to use the need to raise the nation’s $31.4 trillion debt limit as leverage in negotiations over the federal budget, with...
McCarthy Agrees Not to Cut Social Security, Medicare in Debt Talks, Manchin Says
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, the West Virginia centrist, played a key role in an evenly divided Senate over the last two years. Democrats may have...
Column of the Day: Republicans Have No Viable Plan to Balance the Budget
Led by newly empowered firebrands, Republicans in the House are working on a plan to slash spending and balance the federal budget within 10 years...
New $2.5 Billion Aid Package for Ukraine Includes Armored Combat Vehicles
The U.S. is sending another $2.5 billion worth of military equipment and supplies to Ukraine, the State Department announced Thursday. “Pursuant to a...
Rule Change Could Boost House Member Pay by $34,000: Report
House members can now claim reimbursement for meals, lodging and incidentals when they are in Washington, D.C. on official business, according to a...
2022 Deficit Topped $1.4 Trillion, Treasury Says
The federal budget deficit for calendar year 2022 totaled $1.42 trillion, according to data released Thursday by the Treasury Department. Treasury’s...
First-Quarter Budget Deficit Rose to $418 Billion: CBO
The federal budget deficit was an estimated $82 billion in December, the Congressional Budget Office reported Tuesday, bringing the total deficit for...
Arrington Picked to Chair House Budget Committee
As we mentioned yesterday, Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) was picked by the House Republican Steering Committee to lead the Ways and Means Committee. That...
House Republicans' Next Big Fight
As messy and dramatic as it was, last week’s lengthy fight over the House speaker’s gavel was supposed to be the easy part. Now, newly elected House...