Entitlements

Block-granting Medicaid would allow states to innovate and provide better quality coverage to those in need. (AP Photo/Christian K. Lee)

Beltway Confidential

Why we need Medicaid block grants

Hadley Heath Manning · January 31, 2017 8:31 pm

"Mr. Trump must make it clear to the American people that he will keep the promises he made during the campaign and veto any legislation that cuts Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid." (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Sanders’ weapon against GOP entitlement reform: Trump

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2017 10:39 pm

"I don't think President-elect Trump wants to meddle with Medicare or Social Security," Priebus said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Priebus affirms: No meddling with entitlements under Trump

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2017 6:34 pm

House Freedom Caucus will begin examining proposals in January. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservatives to push entitlement reform despite Trump

Nicole Duran · December 21, 2016 5:01 am

Johnson called the plan the "start of a fact-based conversation" on how to fix Social Security's finances. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Key GOP lawmaker introduces Social Security reform plan

Joseph Lawler · December 9, 2016 12:10 am

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said House lawmakers will take up a 2017 budget early next year, but not before Inauguration Day. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

GOP’s ‘aggressive’ 2017 agenda: Obamacare, border, taxes, entitlements

Susan Ferrechio · November 29, 2016 5:15 pm

Bernie Sanders said people are nervous about possible entitlement cuts under a Republican-led Congress and presidency. (AP Photo)

Sanders calls on Trump to repeat Social Security pledge

Susan Ferrechio · November 21, 2016 6:16 pm

How have Clinton and Trump failed to capture the enthusiasm of the youth vote? (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Beltway Confidential

Millennial discontent could cost Democrats at the ballot box

Hadley Heath Manning · November 2, 2016 4:36 pm

The results indicate the dramatic differences between the views of academic economists and the current campaign rhetoric on entitlements. (AP Photo)

Economists see entitlement cuts or middle-class tax hikes as inevitable

Joseph Lawler · October 25, 2016 10:10 pm

Trump, Clinton rule out Social Security ‘grand bargain’

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2016 3:35 am

Neither candidate takes the national debt as seriously as they say they do, Hillary Clinton showed hypocrisy on abortion and Donald Trump may or may not be afraid of Chris Wallace. (AP Photo)

Debate no. 3: Clinton’s hypocrisy on the unborn; Trump’s afraid of Chris Wallace

Jason Russell · October 20, 2016 3:31 am

Trump, Clinton dodge debt reduction questions

Trump, Clinton dodge debt reduction questions

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2016 3:08 am