Budget Battles
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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
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Trump’s 2019 Budget Underestimated New Debt by $2.3 Trillion, CBO Says
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Why Some Republicans Are Resisting Trump's Spending Cuts
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Mulvaney: Democratic Criticism of CHIP Clawbacks Is Pure Hypocrisy
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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
Newsletter
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Why Trump’s Space Force May Have Trouble Getting Off the Ground
President Trump’s surprise announcement about the creation of a new “Space Force” branch of the military is already meeting resistance in Congress and the Pentagon. According to The Hill , senators...
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Bill Clinton’s Surplus Miracle, 20 Years Later
Standing behind a podium in the Rose Garden, President Bill Clinton delivered a bold prediction 20 years ago. “Well ahead of the most ambitious schedule, America has balanced the budget,” he declared...
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Why the Social Security Disability Fund Is Looking Healthier
The Social Security trustees’ report released earlier this month estimated that the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds will run out of reserves in 2032, four years later than expected. The...
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Special Tax Break Zones Defined for All 50 States
The U.S. Treasury has approved the final group of opportunity zones, which offer tax incentives for investments made in low-income areas. The zones were created by the tax law signed in December...
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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/xq70YwrmBoQ123CFTcWyy7Ev9nrP8ZesEb5Zg0g0P3M/mtime:1529446284/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")
Last Chance to Repeal the Affordable Care Act?
A conservative group released a proposal Tuesday to repeal the Affordable Care Act in August and give control over health care to the states, The Wall Street Journal reports . The proposal from the...
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Forget Tax Cuts: Trump’s Immigration Policy Is Drowning Out GOP Issues
Republicans had planned to focus on the tax cuts this week as we approach the six-month anniversary of the Trump administration's major legislative achievement, the passage of the tax bill in...
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New Rules for Health Care Plans for Small Businesses
Fulfilling an executive order signed by President Trump last fall, the Labor Department on Tuesday released new rules expanding the use of association health plans, which allow self-employed...