WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are moving to protect Capitol Hill's budget even as they're working to slash other programs like education,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans controlling the House pressed ahead Tuesday with slashing cuts to domestic programs far deeper than the cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other
WASHINGTON (AP) — The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago, a
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House budget office is recalculating how to apply automatic spending cuts for a handful of agencies, freeing up almost
WASHINGTON (AP) — The likely deadline for Congress to prevent the government's first default will be later than earlier thought, a Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans and Democrats gridlocked Tuesday over competing proposals to ease the impact of across-the-board spending
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised,
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised,
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee to run the White House budget office appears heading toward easy Senate confirmation after back-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans for years have criticized Democrats controlling the Senate for failing to pass a budget.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before it is unveiled, President Barack Obama's new budget is opening to poor reviews from liberal allies entrenched in
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as it adds fuel to battles over taxes and Social Security, President Barack Obama's budget will reprise lots of smaller
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has soundly rejected a balanced budget plan authored by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a huge stopgap spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, sidestepping any
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has moved to provide more money to keep meat and poultry inspectors on the job.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's No.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate ally of President Barack Obama said Thursday that Democrats won't push controversial ideas like additional money to
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said Wednesday that the balanced-budget blueprint he's releasing next week will look a
WASHINGTON (AP) — A stingier definition of inflation across the government would cut the deficit by $340 billion over the coming decade according t
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have killed a plan backed by President Barack Obama to replace $111 billion in government spending cuts this y
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and tea party Republicans have killed a GOP plan to give the president more flexibility to apply automatic government s
















