Budget Battles
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Deficit Jumps in Trump’s First Fiscal Year
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Some GOP Senators Want to Slash Gas Taxes — and Federal Highway Spending
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Democrats and the Deficit: The Intraparty Fight Ahead
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Another Problem with Larry Kudlow's Deficit Whopper
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Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Top Economic Adviser, Says the Deficit Is Falling. It Is Not.
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US Interest Costs Will Match Social Security Spending by 2048, CBO Says
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A Conservative Bashes GOP Dysfunction on Spending Cuts
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Everything You Need to Know About the New GOP Budget
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3 Reasons More Tax Cuts Would Be a Terrible Idea, According to the Center for American Progress
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Congress Faces a Rocky Road to November
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Why Trump’s Spending Clawbacks Matter ... and Why They Don’t
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Trump’s Rescissions Package Will Save Only $1.1 Billion, CBO Says
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Boomers vs. Kids: Federal Spending on Children Is Falling
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Do Deficit Hawks Have a Snowball’s Chance in Hell in Today’s Politics?
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Appropriations Watch 2019: Rev Up the Minibuses
Newsletter
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How Much the US Will Save by Canceling ‘War Games’ in South Korea
When President Trump canceled joint military exercises with South Korea as part of his effort to denuclearize North Korea, he claimed that in addition to the diplomatic benefits, the move would save...
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Deficit Jumps in Trump’s First Fiscal Year
The federal budget deficit rose by 16 percent in the first nine months of the 2018 fiscal year, which began last October. The shortfall came to $607 billion, compared to $523 billion in the same...
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GOP Lawmakers Push to Make It Harder to Raise State Taxes
Republican state lawmakers are taking preemptive action to make it harder for Democrats to raise taxes and enact a progressive agenda if they score big election victories this year. The Washington...
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Here’s Who’s Winning the War Over Obamacare
The years-long battles over Obamacare aren’t over yet, but one clear winner has emerged, writes Joanne Kenen at Politico. Health-care consultants are reaping a bonanza. The ingredients are ripe for...
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State and Local Employment Still Lags
State and local governments have fewer employees than they did before the recession, Bloomberg reports . Rising steadily since it bottomed out in 2014, employment at local governments is just .01...
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Trump Administration Freezes Obamacare Payments
The Trump administration announced Saturday that it will freeze billions of dollars in payments to insurance companies participating in the federal health program established by the Affordable Care...
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Could California’s Gas-Tax Battle Decide Who Controls Congress?
California lawmakers last year passed a 12-cent gasoline tax to fund a campaign to fix the state’s roads and bridges. Now, The New York Times’ Adam Nagourney reports, a ballot measure to repeal the...