Democrats say ‘no games’ on debt limit increase
January 24, 2014
With House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan saying Republicans will, once again, put changes in Obamacare in the way of extending the nation’s debt limit,
The $1.1 trillion budget deal: Too many trade-offs?
January 14, 2014
The sales job is on for a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put
Congrss “inching” towards deal on federal budget
December 5, 2013
Congressional budget negotiators are zeroing in on a modest deal to keep the federal government operating while easing the grip of the mandatory automatic spending
Republicans oppose renewing jobless benefits
December 4, 2013
Republicans controlling the House oppose a drive by Democrats to renew jobless benefits averaging less than $300 a week nationwide for the long-term unemployed, a
In wee hours of morning, exhausted Senate nears budget passage
March 23, 2013
An exhausted Senate neared approval early Saturday of a $3.7 trillion budget for next year that will let majority Democrats highlight their fiscal priorities, but
Will the Senate actually pass a budget?
March 22, 2013
Democrats controlling the Senate appear on track to pass their first budget in four years, promising a second, almost $1 trillion round of tax increases
House set to pass typical bill with huge budget cuts
March 21, 2013
A familiar budget plan to sharply cut safety-net programs for the poor and clamp down on domestic agencies performing the nuts-and-bolts programs of the government
Bernanke says economy may be hitting stride
January 9, 2011
The U.S. economy may finally be hitting its stride even if growth remains too weak to put a real dent in the nation’s jobless rate,
To spend or not to spend…that is Obama’s question
December 4, 2010
In less than three hours, the extraordinary forces tugging at Barack Obama‘s presidency — and the Republicans who will soon take more control of Congress
Obama’s jobs program stalls in Congress
April 11, 2010
The election-year jobs agenda promised by President Barack Obama and Democrats has stalled seven months before voters determine control of Congress. Democrats have no money