Yes, the deal he struck with Kevin McCarthy could have been worse. But its long-term implications are dire.

If Republicans are serious about wanting to reduce the debt, a new report shows exactly where they could start.

In exchange for not blowing up the economy, the GOP is asking for expedited pipeline approval, and pretending it will help clean energy as well.

A couple new reports have some troubling signs on how negotiations are going.

The “budget” passed by House Republicans is terrible for the party politically.

Republicans say they won’t touch entitlements. But their top outside adviser on the debt limit fight has a long history to the contrary.

Grover Norquist’s 45-year-long reign of terror started with a simple pledge.

The president’s spending plan will never pass, but that’s not the point.

Biden’s new budget proposal will force Republicans to make their stance on Medicare funding clear for all to see.

From atop the mountains of Davos, the West Virginia senator has brought down his next big idea: Bring back the supercommittee!

His budget proposal to tax the wealth of America’s top plutocrats may face an uphill battle in Congress, but it signals a new midterm message.

A provision offering an additional $15 billion in pandemic aid fell out of an omnibus package last week, and Congress might not be able to pass a stand-alone bill.

The end of the formal ban on the practice will force Capitol Hill’s MAGA performance artists to do some real legislative work for a change.

Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling on Tuesday, but the dysfunction that drives this perennial crisis remains intact.

The press has relentlessly debated the costs of the Build Back Better Act. But the Defense Department is getting $768 billion for Christmas with nary a peep.

This is a lesson that Democratic lawmakers learned the hard way during the Obama era, only to forget it.

A negative score from Washington’s budget metaphysicians could have killed the Build Back Better Act. But when a positive one came in, barely anyone noticed.

What toddler teacher is going to stick around when she could work with 4-year-olds and make double the money?

Democrats have to prove that the government can deliver for people. If they don’t, authoritarianism wins.

Manchin says $1.5 trillion. Sanders says $3.5. So split the difference, guys. Here’s one way to do it.