House Budget Committee

2013 deficit estimate lowered to $642 billion

By Andrew Taylor | May 15, 2013

The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago.
Heritage study sets off immigration bill squabble

By Erica Werner | May 6, 2013

A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally.
Budget battle: 3 plans on the table, what now?

By Nancy Benac | April 25, 2013

First the Republican-led House approved a federal budget that's heavy on spending cuts. Then the Democratic-controlled Senate approved one that leans more toward tax increases. Then at last, President Barack Obama put out his own budget plan, two months late, coming down someplace in between.
Upper-income seniors face Medicare hike

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | April 12, 2013

President Barack Obama’s new plan to raise Medicare premiums for upper-income seniors would create five new income brackets to squeeze more revenue for the government from the top tiers of retirees.
Obama, GOP in ‘great conversation’ on the Hill

By Andrew Taylor | March 14, 2013

President Barack Obama said he had "a great conversation" with Senate Republicans on Thursday, the third stop in his ice-breaking tour of the Capitol this week on the budget and other topics.
Missouri Senate, House panels defeat Medicaid expansion

By David Lieb | March 14, 2013

Missouri's Republican-led Legislature dealt a triple defeat Wednesday to a Medicaid expansion plan as Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon continued to travel the state trying to rally support for an enlarged health-care program for lower-income adults.
GOP budget targets Obamacare, Medicaid

By Andrew Taylor | March 12, 2013

House Republicans unveiled their latest budget outline on Tuesday, sticking to their plans to try to repeal so-called Obamacare, cut domestic programs ranging from Medicaid to college grants and require future Medicare patients to bear more of the program's cost.
Obama, Republicans cooperate on spending–for now

By David Espo | March 6, 2013

The Obama administration and congressional Republicans are quietly working in tandem to blunt the impact of short-term spending cuts that kicked in with dire White House warnings a few days ago, with both sides eager to pocket the full savings for deficit reduction as they pivot to a new clash...
Obama presses GOP to halt automatic spending cuts

By Jim Kuhnhenn, Julie Pace | February 19, 2013

Staking out his ground ahead of a fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama lashed out against Republicans, saying they are unwilling to raise taxes to reduce deficits and warning that the jobs of essential government workers, from teachers to emergency responders, are on the line.
Obama to press GOP on averting sequester

By Julie Pace | February 19, 2013

Facing yet another fiscal deadline, President Barack Obama is urging congressional Republicans to accept more tax revenue in order to avert looming, across-the-board budget cuts due to take effect in less than two weeks.