
The $1.1 trillion federal budget deal boosts spending by 6 percent, extends about 50 expiring tax breaks, and funds an array of goodies meant to please both California Democrats and Republicans.
by Chriss W. Street21 Dec 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The new budget deal negotiated by outgoing Speaker of the House John Boehner breaks the sequester caps to spend some $80 billion dollars, evenly divided between defense and domestic spending.
by Joel B. Pollak27 Oct 2015, 8:34 AM PST0

Following the stunning news that Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) will resign after October, Democrats will feign empathy and argue that he was a victim of extremist Tea Party conservatives in the Republican caucus. In reality, Boehner is a victim of President Barack Obama’s aggressive brand of politics, for which he had no response.
by Joel B. Pollak25 Sep 2015, 8:32 AM PST0

President Obama urged Congress to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank and pass a budget that doesn’t lock in the sequester during Saturday’s weekly address. Transcript as Follows: “Hi, everybody. Seven years after the worst economic crisis in generations, our economy continues
by Ian Hanchett22 Aug 2015, 5:28 AM PST0

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) criticized Republicans in Congress because “they waved the white flag of retreat and surrender on amnesty. I worry they’re going to do the same thing on Obamacare” on Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” When asked about
by Ian Hanchett16 Mar 2015, 9:50 PM PST0

The White House announced Thursday morning that President Barack Obama wants Congress to “fully reverse” bipartisan sequester spending limits by boosting domestic and defense spending by $70 billion in an effort to “end the era of manufactured crises and mindless austerity.”
by Wynton Hall29 Jan 2015, 7:18 AM PST0