U.S. House Committee on the Budget

Federal deficit shrinks at surprising rate

2013-05-14 18:56:00

WASHINGTON — The federal deficit is shrinking more quickly than expected, and the government's long-term debt has largely stabilized for the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday in a report that could strengthen the Obama...

The fights Obama picks over Medicare

2013-04-11 05:00:00

The budget that President Obama released Wednesday doesn't include the sort of headline-grabbing initiatives that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) included in his proposal for fiscal 2014, such as a dramatic overhaul of the tax code...

Obama unveils $3.78-trillion budget proposal

2013-04-11 00:00:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama laid out his vision Wednesday for $3.78 trillion in federal spending, unveiling a budget proposal for the next fiscal year that aims to reignite cooled deficit reduction talks while opening negotiations over the fate...

No debt agreement, no break

2013-03-25 00:00:00

With no deal in sight to curb our growing national debt, America is going broke. So what do our representatives in Congress plan to do about it? Take a two-week break. Are they trying to see whether their abysmal 13% approval rating can sink any lower?...

House Republicans and Senate Democrats split on tax reform

2013-03-15 09:51:00

The House and Senate budget committees presented their fiscal 2014 budget proposals this week with sharply different story lines. For House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), the point of the exercise was to chart a path to a balanced budget...

Obama meets with House Republicans in effort to rebuild trust

2013-03-13 17:00:00

WASHINGTON — President Obama delivered a pitch for cooperation, and even word of a new pope, as he met with House Republicans on Wednesday, the latest of a series of meetings in his attempt to reboot his relationship with Congress. The afternoon...

The Medicare debate we need

2013-03-14 00:00:00

One criticism of the Medicare overhaul that House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) has championed is that it would shift more and more of the program's costs onto seniors. In the latest version of his plan, Ryan acknowledges that capping...

Unbalanced on budgets

2013-03-13 00:00:00

New budget proposals this week from influential members of the House Republican and Senate Democratic leadership are the stuff of political caricatures. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), last year's Republican nominee for vice...

Letters: Sticking with Obamacare

2013-03-13 00:00:00

Re "GOP renews effort to kill 'Obamacare,'" March 11 The costs and limitations of America's healthcare system have made it unsustainable. President Obama's healthcare law addressed some of the issues effectively but failed to address others and included...

Obama kicks off week of meetings on Capitol Hill

2013-03-12 14:35:00

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s public push to restore relations with his congressional colleagues entered its second stage – the luncheon phase –� Tuesday, when he conferred with Senate Democrats for the first of four midday...

Paul Ryan drinks deeply from pool of Social Security lies

2013-03-12 11:36:00

I'd like to offer my thanks to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) for doing so much to validate my list of the five biggest lies about "entitlement" programs published on Sunday. Ryan's proposed federal budget, released Tuesday,...

House GOP debates changing Medicare sooner than they'd planned

2013-03-07 03:10:00

WASHINGTON -- As Rep. Paul D. Ryan readies the new GOP budget, House Republicans are debating whether to apply the party’s proposed Medicare changes a year earlier than planned, when Americans who are now 56� reach retirement age. No decision...

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) holds a copy of President Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book during a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

2013-04-12 00:00:00

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, presents his budget plan during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.

2013-03-12 08:53:00

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, joins with other members of the committee as he arrives for a press conference at the U.S. Capitol where he unveiled his budget plan.

2013-03-12 00:00:00