Mick Mulvaney

Mulvaney was supposed to be their guy on the inside, the budget guy balancing the books for once. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Mick Mulvaney backs down: White House to support ‘clean’ debt ceiling

Philip Wegmann · August 3, 2017 6:52 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney warned Wednesday that Republicans will be hurt politically if they fail to get anywhere on their promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, and said the Senate needs to try again as soon as it can. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Mick Mulvaney: Healthcare failure will ‘haunt’ GOP

Pete Kasperowicz · August 2, 2017 12:20 pm

"Yes. I think what you're seeing there is the president simply reflecting the mood of the people," Mick Mulvaney said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Mick Mulvaney to Senate: Don’t take up any issues before healthcare

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2017 1:47 pm

Republicans say they will seek to lower tax rates as much as possible by paying for them by eliminating tax breaks. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican tax reform: Less ambitious, more realistic

Joseph Lawler · July 29, 2017 4:01 am

The OMB director said the Trump administration has not given up on Obamacare repeal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Mick Mulvaney: ‘Healthcare discussion still very much alive’

Kimberly Leonard · July 28, 2017 3:36 pm

"The government should honor all of its obligations and the debt limit should be raised," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mnuchin: No plans to prioritize federal payments if debt ceiling isn’t raised

Joseph Lawler · July 27, 2017 3:55 pm

Veterans listen as President Trump speaks before signing an Executive Order on "Improving Accountability and Whistleblower Protection" at the Department of Veterans Affairs on April 27. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

All the president’s deadlines

Sarah Bedford · July 23, 2017 4:01 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney dismissed an upcoming CBO analysis widely expected to conclude that more Americans will be uninsured under a proposal to dismantle Obamacare. He said that the score wasn't fair because it used methodology from former Obamacare architect Jon Gruber. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Former CBO directors strike back at criticisms of agency

Robert King · July 21, 2017 3:11 pm

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney predicted Thursday a White House proposal on tax reform will be released in September or October. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Mick Mulvaney: Tax reform proposal coming ‘very early in the fall’

Anna Giaritelli · July 20, 2017 11:48 am

In the last two days, Trump has called for repeal and replace, full repeal, and letting Obamacare collapse under its own weight. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump to Republicans: If you don’t repeal Obamacare, you’re fired!

W. James Antle III · July 20, 2017 4:01 am

Budget Director Mick Mulvaney faulted slowing tax revenue collection and the spending priorities of the Obama administration for the rise in the deficit projection. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump administration revises deficit projection up to $702 billion

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2017 9:21 pm

Janet Yellen says it would be "challenging," while the Congressional Budget Office sees Trump's policies raising growth only one-tenth of a percentage point. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Official Washington doubts Trump’s 3 percent growth target

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2017 4:01 am