British Prime Minister David Cameron came to the White House in his first official visit to the United States, greeted with all of the pomp and circumstance of a state visit, even though he is not Britain’s head of state.
President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget includes $8 billion for community colleges partnering with private sector companies in job retraining efforts, but little information is known about how effective these programs actually are.
A bipartisan bill is moving through the House to abolish the 15-person unaccountable panel tasked with cutting costs for Medicare in the 2010 health care law. The board’s decisions, which leave little opportunity for appeal, will go into effect should Medicare spending increase at a rate faster than the economy.
The Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees in May projected that Medicare’s funds will be exhausted by 2024 and Social Security by 2036, but Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on how to make the entitlements sustainable.
Experts say new government policies are needed to increase manufacturing growth.
At a hearing Wednesday, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan quizzed Jeffrey Zients, acting Office of Management and Budget director, on budget savings in President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget.
Union workers met at a House committee hearing Wenesday to discuss how their dues should be used in political fundraising.
Republicans and Democrats fought over whose method to fix the economy is better at a House Budget Committee hearing after the Congressional Budget Office director said the country is on an “unsustainable fiscal course.”
Less than 12 hours after lawmakers of opposing parties shared seats during the State of the Union, leaders from both parties returned to partisan narratives as the election season began.
The State of the Union address hasn’t even started yet, but the White House and House Republicans already plan to debate the president’s speech via social media.