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GOP seeks upper hand as prospect of automatic budget cuts stirs fears
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCongress faces more government funding headaches in 2024 as lawmakers stare down what could be...
Federal budget deficit expected to soar to $2.6 trillion in 2034, CBO says
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe federal budget deficit will balloon from $1.6 trillion this fiscal year to $2.6 trillion in...
Despite (Many) Past Failures, Some Politicians Are Again Pushing A Bipartisan Debt Panel
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAmid the daily political infighting on Capitol Hill, some high-profile Republicans are feeling a...
Fact-check: Did Biden administration cut deficit by $1.5 trillion?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDeclaring this a record sidesteps the highly unusual circumstances that made it possible — the...
Trump Added More to the National Debt Than Obama and Bush
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyDonald Trump’s final tab is in. Legislation...
The GOP’s Big Idea To Stop Spending Has Been Tried Before, And It Only Sort Of Worked
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThroughout the on-and-off negotiations over whether to raise the debt limit, congressional...
Is Joe Biden Pushing a Backdoor Cut to Social Security Benefits?
Motley Fool· 1 year agoPresident Joe Biden was adamant in his State of the Union address last month about his support of...
The debt-ceiling solution will be phony spending cuts
Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoRepublicans, led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, insist on government spending cuts as a condition...
Biden unveils sweeping budget blueprint for next term
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPresident Biden on Monday rolled out his sweeping, $7.3 trillion budget request for 2025, with a set...
Kevin McCarthy Says Republicans Will 'Protect' Social Security. What’s That Mean?
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWASHINGTON — Some Republicans have said that once they controlled the House of Representatives, they...