Tag: Budget

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trapped in a vicious cycle. Every day this week, he has unveiled a new strategy to move forward on funding the government. And every day, he ...

If President Joe Biden avoids a recession before the 2024 election, one segment of the population will be a key reason why: immigrants. A spike in legal immigration in the ...

House GOP hardliners blocked debate on their party’s defense spending bill on Tuesday, making Pentagon funding the latest casualty of a civil war between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his conservative ...

I have been honored to receive appointments from presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush (41), and Bill Clinton with unanimous Senate confirmation each time. I have also held government positions ...

As House Republicans began ripping apart their party’s latest spending proposal on a conference call their own leaders held to promote it, the plan’s two main defenders had to hang ...

The White House is leaning into a fight over debt reduction, believing it has the upper hand in a political battle that has long favored Republicans. In a memo to ...

Progressives were thrilled when Joe Biden said this past spring that he would explore new ways to kill off the debt ceiling for good. Now they fear they’re getting the ...

Republican defense hawks thought they had found a back-door way to boost defense spending after the debt ceiling deal effectively flattened the Pentagon’s budget. The speaker has other plans. Those ...

House lawmakers appear on track Wednesday to approve legislation increasing the nation’s debt limit, a significant step after Speaker Kevin McCarthy tamped down rumblings of a conservative rebellion. Though Republican ...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy hunkered down in a mostly desolate Capitol building on Monday to build support for his debt limit compromise, dogged by claims of promises he made to become ...