Budget Battles
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3 Big Risks the US Faces as Debt Levels Soar
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What the War on Terror Has Cost Since 9/11
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White House Will Ask for $11 Billion in Spending Cuts: Reports
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Judd Gregg’s Six-Point Plan for Fixing the Budget Process
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Deficit Owls Say You Shouldn’t Give a Hoot About $1 Trillion Budget Shortfall
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How Congress Cheats with Our Money — and How We Can Stop It
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April Is Financial Literacy Month. Someone Tell Congress.
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When the Budget Won’t Balance, Just Get Rid of the Budget Committee?
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With Recent Laws, Congress Has Added $540 Billion to the 2019 Deficit
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Why Trillion-Dollar Deficits Matter
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Paul Ryan's Fiscal Legacy: Lots of Red Ink
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Why Almost No One Is Happy About This Week's Balanced Budget Amendment Vote
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Yellen, Democratic Economists Say Fixing Debt Crisis Isn’t All About Entitlements
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Congress Was Hoping to Ride the Tax Cuts to the Election, but Trump May Have Other Plans
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Trump Discussed Rolling Back Part of $1.3 Trillion Spending Deal
Newsletter
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White House Targets Planned Parenthood Funding
The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would withhold federal Title X family-planning funding from any facility or program that provides abortions or refers patients to abortion clinics...
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![A small group of demonstrators stand outside of of a hotel before former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, president of the The Heritage Foundation, speaks at a "Defund Obamacare Tour" rally in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Nate](http://cdn.thefiscaltimes.com/cdn/farfuture/qXYuN8hy3wLlqioNy0Ki3Z7KIRg2GE2VIoL8ZFmGPRE/mtime:1526679272/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/reuters/usa-election-obamacare_1.jpg?itok=IklKnaVD "A small group of demonstrators stand outside of of a hotel before former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, president of the The Heritage Foundation, speaks at a "Defund Obamacare Tour" rally in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. August 26, 2013. REUTERS/Nate")
GOP Efforts to Undermine Obamacare Will Raise Premiums by $1,000: Report
Recent changes to the health insurance system will increase premiums on the federal marketplace substantially in 2019, according to a new analysis from the liberal Center for American Progress. As...
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How Rising Deficits Could Cause Interest Rates to Jump
In a note to clients on Saturday, Goldman Sachs economists say that the larger deficits resulting from Congress’ recent tax cuts and spending increases could drive interest rates higher in at least a...
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Japan Hasn’t Had a Debt Crisis. Why Should the U.S. Worry About One?
In a research note published Friday, Goldman Sachs economists asked a key question about the rising U.S. deficit — one that deficit doves have raised repeatedly: Why should we worry about deficits if...
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Congress Has a Lot to Do Before Summer Break
With the tax cuts passed and the White House increasingly focused on foreign policy, Republicans in Congress have set many of their top agenda items – from Obamacare repeal to immigration reform – on...
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Rising Gas Prices Eat Into the Tax Cuts
The monthly retail sales report due Tuesday morning should shed some light on the tug of war consumers are facing between the bump in take-home pay from the tax cuts and increasing toll they face at...
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Will States Win Big with Legal Sports Gambling?
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for more states to bet on sports gambling as a source of revenue. In a 6-3 decision , the high court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a 1992 federal ban...