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By By JAMES DAO, on May 19th, 2013 The secretary, Eric Shinseki, is being held accountable for his overwhelmed agency’s problems dealing with claims for disability compensation.
Continue reading Shinseki Faces Mounting Criticism Over Backlog of Benefit Claims
By By ANNIE LOWREY, on May 17th, 2013 The plan includes limiting the deductions and exclusions high-income families can claim, increasing taxes on tobacco products and adopting a new minimum tax on income over $1 million.
Continue reading Obama’s Budget Would Cut $1 Trillion From Deficit
By By ANNIE LOWREY, on May 14th, 2013 The Congressional Budget Office slashed its projections of the current-year fiscal deficit because of bigger-than-expected tax receipts and payments from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Continue reading C.B.O. Cuts 2013 Deficit Estimate by 24%
By By ASHLEY PARKER, on May 8th, 2013 Senator Marco Rubio disputed a Heritage Foundation analysis released Monday that found the legislation offering a pathway to citizenship would produce a “lifetime fiscal deficit” of at least $6.3 trillion.
Continue reading Rubio Says Heritage Foundation Analysis on Immigration Is Flawed
By By JONATHAN WEISMAN, on May 6th, 2013 The federal budget cuts known as sequestration are being felt across the country, with some programs coping, some struggling and others closing their doors.
Continue reading Sequester Leads to Creative Stopgap Measures
By By ASHLEY PARKER and ALLISON KOPICKI, on May 1st, 2013 A New York Times/CBS News Poll found broad support for background checks on gun buyers and a path to citizenship for immigrants, but discord about which party would address those issues best.
Continue reading Americans’ Unity on Big Issues Doesn’t Bridge Partisan Rift
By By ALLISON KOPICKI, on May 1st, 2013 About one-third said the automatic cuts to military and domestic programs would have no effect on the economy one way or the other, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.
Continue reading Almost Half of Americans Say Budget Cuts Will Hurt Economy
By By THOMAS KAPLAN, on April 27th, 2013 The agency said it expected its operations to be back to normal by Sunday evening, a move that would bring the air traffic control system back to full strength a week after staff reductions began causing extra delays
Continue reading F.A.A. Says Air Traffic Staffing Is Returning to Normal
By By MATTHEW L. WALD, on April 24th, 2013 Michael P. Huerta told skeptical Republicans on a House appropriations subcommittee that sequestration had forced the agency to run like a starving airline.
Continue reading F.A.A. Chief Michael Huerta Comes Under Fire on Capitol Hill
By By MATTHEW L. WALD, on April 23rd, 2013 With many air traffic controllers on unpaid leave, lawmakers criticized the agency for how it was handling the automatic budget cuts required by sequestration.
Continue reading Furloughs Caused 1,200 Flight Delays on Monday, F.A.A. Says
By By MATTHEW L. WALD and JAD MOUAWAD, on April 22nd, 2013 Pilots, gate agents and others blamed budget cuts, but the F.A.A. said it was too soon to assign blame for delays of up to two hours.
Continue reading Flights Delayed Amid Furloughs of Air Controllers
By By PATRICK McGEEHAN, on April 11th, 2013 New York City officials and military representatives are preparing for a Fleet Week that will be significantly reduced if it occurs at all.
Continue reading Fleet Week Is Threatened by Federal Budget Cuts
By By ANNIE LOWREY and MOTOKO RICH, on April 10th, 2013 President Obama used his spending plan to sketch out an economic future for the United States built on manufacturing, education, alternative energy, infrastructure and science.
Continue reading Obama’s Economy of Tomorrow, Driven by Factories and Schools
By By JACKIE CALMES, on April 10th, 2013 In his $3.7 trillion budget proposal on Wednesday, President Obama has included changes to Medicare and Social Security intended to produce a compromise with Republicans.
Continue reading Obama Budget Seeks Deal in Mix of Cuts and Spending
By By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, on April 9th, 2013 The American Conservative Union is quietly working with business lobbyists to tame the activists pushing Congress to adopt some of the most austere spending limits in decades.
Continue reading American Conservative Union Fighting Spending Cuts
By By TAMAR LEWIN, on April 9th, 2013 On Tuesday, student advocacy groups are releasing an issue brief charging that the government should not profit from loans, while more and more students bear a crushing debt burden.
Continue reading Student Loan Rate Set to Rise, Despite Lack of Support
By By JACKIE CALMES, on April 8th, 2013 President Obama’s second-term priorities — the deficit, gun safety and immigration — may hinge on his ability to inject himself into negotiations to just the right degree.
Continue reading White House Memo: Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda
By By JAMES DAO, on April 6th, 2013 Facing a persistent backlog of disability claims for wounded veterans, and criticism, the Obama administration says its new budget will include significant increases for veterans programs.
Continue reading Administration Seeks to Increase Spending on Veterans Programs
By By MATTHEW L. WALD, on April 5th, 2013 The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it would halt the closings, part of a $637 million spending reduction at the agency, until June to allow for safety analyses.
Continue reading F.A.A. Will Delay Closings of Airport Towers Forced by Sequestration
By By MICHAEL D. SHEAR, on April 5th, 2013 Speaker John A. Boehner accused President Obama of holding entitlement programs hostage for tax increases while some liberals vented their own anger over the plan.
Continue reading Obama Budget Is Dismissed by G.O.P. and Attacked by Left
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