Deficit

Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) said Monday that he does not believe Republicans want a government shutdown, but that both parties need to come together to tackle the nation’s Deficit problems.  “I'm hopeful that everyone will kind o…

Here we go. Maybe they have themselves a mini-McCain, looking to organize a Gang of 14, or actually a lesser number in the Wisconsin Senate. We saw the same thing last week in the US House, as a new GOP majority couldn't muster the spine to …

The Huffington Post's Senior Political Editor Howard Fineman, along with The Washington Post's Eugene Robinson, appeared on MSNBC's "Hardball" tonight to discuss the House GOP's recent Budget cuts and the possibility of a government shutdown. Fi…

MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday urged 14 Democratic state senators who left the state rather than vote on a bill that takes away bargaining rights for state workers to return to work, but warned a massive Budg…

You can see it happening again. Like Sisyphus struggling to push that giant boulder up the hill, the hard work of Congress cutting spending isn't going well. The effort by House Republicans to cut $61 billion in outlays is far short of their ori…

It’s easy to see the big issues at stake in the battle between the Public Sector Unions and the Republicans in Wisconsin and other states. Who will pay for the Budget Deficits that bedevil so many states? Will public workers, like so many pr…

A Republican on the House Budget Committee explained his "no" vote on the GOP budget proposal Monday: "It didn't cut enough." "It wasn't necessarily the most popular vote amongst some Republicans," Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) said on Fox News. Ca…

House Republicans, particularly those in the Tea Party Caucus, recently announced that they intend to cut $61 billion from the federal Budget over the next seven months.  They wanted $100 billion, but John Boehner decided that was a bit much.…