AP-GfK Poll: Use default, shutdown threats to cut spending
A divided public thinks it’s worth shutting the government or halting its ability to borrow to pay bills unless President Barack Obama consents to spending cuts, an Associated Press-GfK poll has found.
Ending tax breaks eyed as a way to ease budget cuts
WASHINGTON — Democrats’ new mantra in budget talks is to close tax loopholes for certain businesses, investors and professionals as a way to raise more
Automatic spending cuts coming in 2014
WASHINGTON — The first year of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts didn’t live up to the dire predictions from the Obama administration and others who warned
Boehner: Up to Democrats to prevent budget cuts
House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday it’s unlikely the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate will prevent a wave of automatic spending cuts from beginning to strike the economy in two weeks. Yet he sounded hopeful about avoiding a partial shutdown of the government when a temporary spending bill expires next month.