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Budget

Apr 2014

Bad news from Obama: The GOP’s budget is either a stinkburger or a meanwhich

Allahpundit Apr 02, 2014 4:41 PM

Post-partisan

Sarah Palin: Paul Ryan’s new budget is a joke

Allahpundit Apr 02, 2014 2:41 PM

“If we can’t balance the budget today, what on earth makes us think it will happen at some future date?”

Harry Reid: Uhm, Paul Ryan’s budget? Can I get a K-O-C-H-T-O-P-I-A?

Erika Johnsen Apr 01, 2014 12:41 PM

[Shakes fists at sky.]

Mar 2014

California: By the way, that bullet train isn’t actually going to be as fast as we said it would be

Erika Johnsen Mar 28, 2014 5:21 PM

Trainwreck.

States are using a loophole to negate Congress’s food-stamp savings

Erika Johnsen Mar 27, 2014 2:41 PM

So much for that.

We must continue spending to supply our military with Tomahawk missiles, says … Rand Paul?

Allahpundit Mar 25, 2014 8:01 PM

“I believe in a strong national defense. I believe in Ronald Reagan’s policy of ‘Peace through Strength.'”

NYT: Virginia Gov. McAuliffe learning the hard way that “jollity” and “bipartisanship” are not the same thing

Erika Johnsen Mar 24, 2014 12:41 PM

Blame it on the alcohol.

Washington: Where no-brainer laws that should have been in place originally go to die

Dustin Siggins Mar 20, 2014 4:41 PM

A vast wasteland of good intentions, lost in the annals of time.

State Democrat: Vermont already struggling with financing its single-payer system

Erika Johnsen Mar 18, 2014 1:21 PM

Oof.

Video: Gates sees defense cuts as showing a lack of seriousness by US

Jazz Shaw Mar 09, 2014 3:31 PM

Back when the world was a safer place

Why won’t the White House explain how off-budget ObamaCare money got spent?

Ed Morrissey Mar 08, 2014 10:01 AM

Confidence.

Classic Obama: FY2015 budget would hike taxes by $100 billion on the one industry that’s thriving

Erika Johnsen Mar 05, 2014 7:21 PM

How telling.

White House releases FY2015 budget readout — $2.7 trillion off from CBO projections

Ed Morrissey Mar 04, 2014 12:41 PM

Boxer: “Absolutely no way we’re going to cut spending.”

Feb 2014

Oh, good: Senate Democrats back to not producing an actual budget this year

Erika Johnsen Feb 28, 2014 5:21 PM

TGIF, amirite?

Video: Hagel announces plan to shrink army to pre-World War II levels

Allahpundit Feb 24, 2014 5:51 PM

“You can’t carry a large land-war Defense Department when there is no large land war.”

Obama to propose changes to forest fire funding, because climate change

Erika Johnsen Feb 23, 2014 2:01 PM

Typical.

Are California Democrats abandoning Gov. Brown’s beloved high-speed rail boondoggle?

Erika Johnsen Feb 20, 2014 8:41 PM

Abandon ship?

Newest GOP debt-ceiling demand: Undoing cuts to military benefits that they agreed to two months ago

Allahpundit Feb 06, 2014 5:01 PM

“Right now, Jesus himself couldn’t be the speaker and get 218 Republicans behind something.”

CBO: Actually, ObamaCare is kinda’ like a tax, and it’s going to result in 2 million fewer workers by 2017

Erika Johnsen Feb 04, 2014 12:41 PM

Gee, whiz.

Jan 2014

USDA: Record 20 percent of American households used food stamps in 2013

Erika Johnsen Jan 22, 2014 2:01 PM

…Progress?

Cavuto: Why do we willingly fork over more money to known spending addicts and expect a different result?

Erika Johnsen Jan 17, 2014 6:31 PM

Insanity.

And the nominees for Least Fiscally Solvent State in America, are…

Erika Johnsen Jan 14, 2014 5:21 PM

Most unfortunately, the government issue of unsustainable promises — and the unaffordable list of long-term liabilities thereby incurred — is …

Bipartisan omnibus spending bill emerges

Ed Morrissey Jan 14, 2014 9:21 AM

Oh, goody.

Sanity: California lawmaker submits a plan to put high-speed rail back on the ballot

Erika Johnsen Jan 13, 2014 9:01 PM

Enough is enough.

California Gov. Jerry Brown knows just what to do with a state budget surplus

Erika Johnsen Jan 09, 2014 7:21 PM

“Wisdom and prudence”?

No, Obama won’t be getting a budget out on time this year, either

Mary Katharine Ham Jan 07, 2014 9:21 PM

It’s helpful to mark these milestones every year. While President Obama lectures his opposition about unprecedented obstruction and lack of …

Boehner “open” to extending unemployment benefits

Jazz Shaw Jan 05, 2014 6:31 PM

If we pay for it

Dec 2013

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Dec 28, 2013 8:31 PM

Benefits.

Mia Love: I probably would have voted for that lame budget deal

Allahpundit Dec 18, 2013 7:21 PM

“However, does it go far enough to address our problems? Absolutely not.”

Done: Senate passes Ryan/Murray budget bill, 64/35

Allahpundit Dec 18, 2013 5:21 PM

Deal.

Germany just lowered some retirement ages and raised pension spending. For real.

Erika Johnsen Dec 17, 2013 8:01 PM

What.

Coburn: This is what $30 billion in government waste looks like

Erika Johnsen Dec 17, 2013 6:21 PM

$haking my head.

Paul Ryan on the budget deal: Hey, we might fight on the debt ceiling instead

Allahpundit Dec 16, 2013 11:41 AM

“We don’t want nothing out of this debt limit.”

Open thread: Sunday morning talking heads

Allahpundit Dec 15, 2013 8:01 AM

Deal.

McCain: I’m inclined to vote with Democrats for cloture on this Boehner/Ryan budget deal

Allahpundit Dec 13, 2013 5:11 PM

Maverick.

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Dec 12, 2013 10:41 PM

Strain.

Open thread: House to vote on Boehner/Ryan budget deal soon; Update: 332-94; Update: Boehner votes yes

Allahpundit Dec 12, 2013 5:05 PM

Embrace the suck.

Crunching the budget deal numbers

Steve Eggleston Dec 12, 2013 2:41 PM

Or, “How to Turn $16 Billion in ‘Spending Cuts’ into up to $22 Billion in Spending Increases”.

Paul Ryan to Rubio: Try reading the budget bill before you criticize it, okay?

Allahpundit Dec 12, 2013 12:11 PM

“Look, in the (Republican Senate) minority, you don’t have the burden of governing.”

Quotes of the day

Allahpundit Dec 11, 2013 10:41 PM

Split.

Oh my: Mitch McConnell reportedly voting against Boehner/Ryan budget deal

Allahpundit Dec 11, 2013 3:31 PM

Conservative.

Boehner: These conservative groups who are objecting to the budget deal are “ridiculous”

Allahpundit Dec 11, 2013 1:54 PM

“They’re using the American people for their own purposes. This is ridiculous.”

Budget deal on the horizon … or not

Ed Morrissey Dec 03, 2013 2:41 PM

Under the radar.

Nov 2013

Rubio on his anti-bailout bill: The insurance industry under ObamaCare is headed for a death spiral

Allahpundit Nov 20, 2013 8:01 PM

Endgame.