by Jane Richey | Apr 3, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters Tuesday that the White House didn’t mislead the public about the dangers of the sequester as he was questioned on the issue by Ed Henry of Fox News. Henry pressed Carney on the administration’s warnings about...
by Jane Richey | Mar 13, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
And Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio said he’s heard the president before but that it was good for his members to hear it. “Republicans want to balance the budget, the president doesn’t. Republicans want to solve our long-term debt problem. The president doesn’t. We...
by Jane Richey | Feb 26, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
President Barack Obama won’t have to worry about his paycheck if the spending sequestration included in the Budget Control Act that he signed into law in 2011 begins taking effect this Friday. A report published last month by the Congressional Research...
by Jane Richey | Feb 26, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Why would federal agencies cut their most vital assets instead of trimming around the edges? After all, the sequestration cuts are only 2.4 percent of federal spending. Take a couple of examples. President Obama said that “Air traffic controllers and airport security...
by Jane Richey | Feb 25, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility
Trying to head off the looming sequestration budget cuts (most of which aren’t cuts at all), President Obama yesterday released a guide of how each state will be affected. He’s putting particular emphasis on education cuts. As the Washington Post darkly warns, “The...