Entitlements

In the House version, which was unveiled Tuesday, Budget Committee Republicans introduced a bill that significantly increases DOD spending by adding $94 billion to the overseas contingency account.Â (AP Photo)

Federalism: The new name for GOP changes to safety net

Joseph Lawler · March 18, 2015 9:00 am

White House: GOP governors value politics over lives

White House: GOP governors value politics over lives

Brian Hughes · March 16, 2015 5:37 pm

Social Security robs the poor to pay the rich

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Social Security robs the poor to pay the rich

Jason Russell · March 12, 2015 9:35 pm

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Jobless claims fall to 289,000

Joseph Lawler · March 12, 2015 12:51 pm

The drugs Harvoni and Sovaldi, made by Gilead, threw Medicare for a loop when they hit the market.

Medicare spending rises to highest total since 2003

Robert King · March 11, 2015 11:11 pm

GOP targets explosion in food stamps

GOP targets explosion in food stamps

Joseph Lawler · March 2, 2015 10:00 am

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Dems’ scare tactic for 2016

Philip Klein · February 13, 2015 10:00 am

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How much does your state spend on welfare?

Jason Russell · February 12, 2015 5:29 pm

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, talks as committee chairman Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., right, listens during opening remarks before testimony from Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, during a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Social Security disability fix off to acrimonious start

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2015 5:17 pm

"Additional cuts will further erode â¦ providers' ability to provide that care," said Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill. (Getty File Photo)

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Democratic congresswoman: ‘We are at war’ over Social Security

Jason Russell · February 10, 2015 10:28 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Huge Medicaid CHIP surge boosts demand for doctors

Paige Winfield Cunningham · February 9, 2015 10:00 am

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Housing projects use tax dollars to lobby for more tax dollars

Luke Rosiak · February 5, 2015 10:00 am