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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Stock Buybacks Soar to Another Record
U.S. companies announced more than $346 billion in share buybacks in the second quarter of 2018, according to data released by the investment research firm TrimTabs last week, shattering the previous...
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Is the War on Poverty Over?
The White House declared this week that the war on poverty “is largely over and a success” as it pushes for stiffer work requirements for recipients of federal aid. In a paper released Thursday,...
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Former HHS Secretary Tom Price Wasted More Than $300,000 on Travel
President Trump’s former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price improperly spent at least $341,000 on travel, according to an Inspector General report issued Friday. The IG reviewed 21 trips...
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Government Revenues Drop as Tax Cuts Kick In
Corporate tax receipts in June were 33 percent lower than a year ago, according to data released by the Treasury Department Thursday, as companies made smaller estimated payments due to the reduction...
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Your Gym Membership Could Soon Be a Tax Break
A bipartisan bill passed by the House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday would allow taxpayers to claim new tax breaks for gym memberships, exercise classes and other fitness expenses, The Wall...
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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...