Entitlement Reform

Stacks of paperwork awaiting members of the House Agriculture Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, as it meets to consider proposals to the 2013 Farm Bill. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Beltway Confidential

House to vote separately on food stamps, farm bill

Ashe Schow · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, Fla., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

House panel issues subpoenas for VA training conference documents

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

By the Social Security Administration's own figures, the national Disability Insurance Trust Fund is on a path to go broke in less than three years. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Social Security disability fund to go broke in 2016

Rob Nikolewski · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

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Examiner Editorial: Congress can’t afford to ignore civil service disability fraud

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is already a big name in the GOP despite being in the Senate only six months. (AP File)

Ted Cruz would be a formidable 2016 presidential contender

Hugh Hewitt · July 8, 2013 4:00 am

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There is NO right to strike against the public

Daniel DiSalvo · July 5, 2013 4:00 am

Social Security is crucial to the fiscal picture of immigration reform. (Thinkstock)

Immigration reform won’t make Social Security solvent

Byron York · July 1, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama's latest "Climate Action Plan" is another example of the chief executive's penchant for using regulatory decrees to do things Congress refuses to approve. Critics contend the Obama plan will force coal-fired power plants - which supply about 40 percent of the nation's electricity - to shut down permanently. Higher utility rates will result. - (AP Photos)

Examiner Editorial: Obama puts ideology ahead of democracy to impose his agenda

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2013 4:00 am

In a recently released report, Medicare's payment advisory commission Ã¢â¬â MedPAC Ã¢â¬â offers Medicare premium support. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Premium support could inject competitition into Medicare

Yevgeniy Feyman · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

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Farm bill defeat in House is chance to start entitlement reform

Veronique de Rugy · June 28, 2013 4:00 am

How amnesty will make entitlement reform harder

Beltway Confidential

How amnesty will make entitlement reform harder

Conn Carroll · June 3, 2013 4:00 am

Three reasons young Americans should care about the fiscal cliff debate

Red Alert Politics

Three reasons young Americans should care about the fiscal cliff debate

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2012 3:03 pm