federal budget
The latest news on federal budget
Time after time, "stimulus" deficit spending fails to create economic growth.
GOP lawmakers hit Obama on several defense cuts that promise to be election-year issues.
Obama is proposing many of the same programs Congressional Republicans have blocked before.
Despite all the political jockeying, the budget is essentially meaningless to the president, Congress.
Raising taxes on domestic energy will cost the United States jobs and actually add to the deficit.
The recovery is maddeningly slow, but how much monetary policy can help is unclear.
A CBO report suggests that government workers make more than their private sector counterparts.
New budget rules may affect how much money you get for college.
The 2012 budget preserves the Pell Grant but cuts important student protections.
Asking for more executive authority is not how Obama should go about trimming the budget.
