Entitlements

Doug Cole, a volunteer with the Broad Street Presbyterian Church Food Pantry in Columbus, Ohio, stocks the shelves before helping patrons Friday, Feb. 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)

Majority of Americans support welfare spending restrictions

Kelly Cohen · April 16, 2015 6:02 pm

The only one of the amendments that could be passed with a simple majority is offered by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. (Getty Images File)

Senate races to avoid doctors’ pay plunge

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 14, 2015 5:22 pm

Chris Christie will propose broad-based reforms to Social Security today in New Hampshire, he said in an interview with Yahoo News Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Chris Christie proposes raising Social Security retirement age

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2015 3:51 pm

Sen. Mike Lee is co-sponsoring a bill to reduce the federal gas tax from 18.4 cents per gallon to 3.7 cents per gallon. (AP)

Lee wants ‘paygo’ rules for Medicare payment reform

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 13, 2015 10:42 pm

The Water Resources Development Act authorizes all sorts of projects on the taxpayer dime, often, dredging harbors to accommodate larger yachts. (AP Photo)Â

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All money not taxed is a ‘handout’? Actual handouts aren’t?

Timothy P. Carney · April 12, 2015 6:16 pm

House Minority Leader Chuck Hunter, D-Helena, objects to during the House Floor session Tuesday April 7, 2015, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. A House committee tried to kill the last-standing Medicaid expansion bill Tuesday by heavily amending it and giving it an unfavorable report. (AP Photo/The Independent Record, Thom Bridge)

Montana House passes Medicaid expansion

Robert King · April 11, 2015 5:43 pm

The New Jersey governor, who revealed he has no regrets about not running in 2012 amid calls to do so, said he's finally ready for a White House run. (AP Photo)Â

Christie to propose entitlement reform

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 9, 2015 2:29 pm

Americans for Prosperity are trying to drive home the message that expanding Medicaid will hurt more than it will help. (AP Photo)

Meet the group blocking Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 9, 2015 3:55 am

A small provision in Medicare's policy will lead to 15 million Americans facing more than 50 percent increases in their monthly premiums next year.Â (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Medicare payments to rise

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 6, 2015 9:31 pm

These savings can be made by adopting more than 600 measures proposed by a nonprofit advocacy group. (iStock Photo)

‘Prime Cuts’ report lists 601 ways to cut $639b in wasteful federal spending

Ethan Barton · April 5, 2015 9:00 am

A woman and her daughter counts out Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) coupons, more commonly known as Food Stamps, while shoping for groceries in the GrowNYC Greenmarket in Union Square on September 18, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Missouri considers banning purchase of soda, chips with food stamps

Luke Rosiak · April 4, 2015 2:29 pm

A federal mandate for paid sick leave will be a major campaign topic in the 2016 elections. (iStock Photo)

GOP support for sick leave reveals its election-time popularity

Joseph Lawler · April 2, 2015 9:00 am