federal budget

Obama's 2010 Budget Stresses the Answer to Almost Every Economic Ill: Education

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - February 27, 2009

Increasing the number of well-educated citizens is just what the United States needs. more >>

Obama's 2010 Budget: Class Warfare that Redefines Audacity

By John Aloysius Farrell - John A. Farrell - February 27, 2009

Leadership is in the details, and that's exactly what the Obama administration's 2010 budget provides. more >>

Obama's Threat to Charities and Universities: His Budget and Taxes

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - February 27, 2009

Barack Obama evidently wants to shift vast sums from charities to bureaucrats. more >>

President Obama Puts $4 Trillion Price Tag on New Budget

Nation & World - February 26, 2009

Obama said it will take that much money to run the country next year. more >>

Obama's 'Hard Choices' Budget Sees $1.75 Trillion Deficit

Nation & World - February 26, 2009

The president is sending Congress a budget that would boost taxes on the wealthy. more >>

Barack Obama Administration Should Cut Billions From Faith-Based Initiatives

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - January 16, 2009

It's a $15 billion start. Any other ideas? more >>

Social Insurance Programs Form 40 Percent of This Year’s Government Spending

Opinion - December 22, 2008

U.S. government's financial report puts bailouts in perspective . . . Obama faces big challenges ahead. more >>

Democrats Looking to 2010 and a Balanced Budget

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - October 18, 2008

Confident Democrats are already looking past Election Day. more >>

Past & Present: Alexander Hamilton and the Start of the National Debt

Opinion - September 18, 2008

Hamilton's big idea is still with us today. John Steele Gordon recalls the history of the debt. more >>

The Deficit and the Growth Imperative

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - September 9, 2008

Worried about the budget deficit? Cut spending and boost the economy. more >>

Can America Go Bankrupt?

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - July 29, 2008

Our fiscal tab just keeps growing. more >>

No Surprises for Bush's Lame Duck Fiscal 2010 Budget

By Paul Bedard - Washington Whispers - June 20, 2008

Bush's team has ordered nothing out of the ordinary make its way into the budget blueprints. more >>

Healthcare Costs and Social Security Could Cause Economic Woes

By Katherine Skiba - Nation & World - June 18, 2008

At a Senate Finance Committee hearing, Gene Dodaro warns that the country is on unsustainable path. more >>

War Funding Request: $70 billion

Nation & World - May 2, 2008

Bush sent lawmakers a request to give the next president room to make his or her own war policy. more >>

Maverick McCainomics Could Alter Our Fiscal Future

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - April 29, 2008

Cutting entitlement spending increases could free trillions for tax cuts and investment. more >>

Wall Street Sees Higher Investment Taxes From Obama, Clinton

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - April 16, 2008

And even McCain would be hard pressed to keep rates low. more >>

Obama: "Yes" to Higher Taxes, "Meh" to Spending Cuts

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - March 28, 2008

If he's elected, the government will be grabbing more of your capital gains. more >>

Half-Trillion-Dollar Budget Deficits Ahead

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - March 26, 2008

Such huge shortfalls might crimp plans for new government spending. more >>

Bookshelf: Business Books for the Executive's Nightstand

By Kirk Shinkle - Money - February 28, 2008

Book: Where Does the Money Go?: Your Guided Tour to the Federal Budget Crisis more >>

The No-Fun Presidency

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - February 25, 2008

A weak economy and big deficits could limit Democratic spending and tax proposals. more >>

Iraq Is Turning Into a Budget Issue

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - February 19, 2008

Dems may want to use war money for domestic spending. more >>

'Nobodys Going To Be Taking a Long, Hard Look At It'

By Kenneth T. Walsh - Nation & World - February 8, 2008

Bush's budget is merely a political document setting forth his final wish list. more >>

The President's Final Wish List