Outside the Beltway

Contrary to the promises of December 2017, the Republican tax cuts are not paying for themselves. Instead, they are helping lead us to trillion-dollar deficits.

Don’t worry folks, we’ll make it past that mark quite easily over the course of the new Fiscal Year.

President Trump and the Republican Party have spent the last three years lying about the Federal budget deficit and the economy.

Despite having utterly mishandled both areas when they actually held power, Republicans think they can win back the House of Representatives by focusing on the budget deficit and health care reform.

As predicted, the Federal Budget Deficit has crossed the threshold back into the world of trillion-dollar deficits. This is all due to the hypocrisy of Republicans and so-called conservatives.

Thanks for nothing, Republicans.

The Federal Budget Deficit rose 27% in July, putting it on course for the $1 trillion by the end of September.

President Trump and the Congressional leadership have reached agreement on a multi-year budget deal that that busts through all remaining controls on spending.

The Federal Budget Deficit passed the $700 Billion mark with three months still to go in the Fiscal Year.

The National Debt officially topped $22 trillion, marking a $2 trillion increase since President Trump took office.

A new study reveals that the Republican tax cut package passed at the end of 2017 has not had the economic impact the GOP claimed it would.

Two years of Republican control of the Legislative and Executive Branches has put us back on a path toward $1 trillion budget deficits.

The Trump Administration appears to think that the Budget Deficit and National Debt aren’t a big deal because we can just grow our way out of the problem. This is highly unlikely to happen.

Trump has reportedly told aides that he doesn’t really care about reports of an approaching crisis of the budget deficit and national debt because he’ll be out of office before it becomes a problem.

Nearly two years into Republican control of Washington, the budget deficit is headed back up.

The Federal Budget Deficit is set to end the Fiscal Year close to $1 trillion, and to continue growing after that.

Deficits continue to rise.

The National Debt has passed $21,000,000,000,000 for the first time in history just as the nation begins its return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits.

The first estimate of economic growth in the first three months of 2018 beat expectations slightly, but it doesn’t bode well for the immediate future.

Republicans spent the eight years of Obama Administration railing against fiscal irresponsibility. Now that they have power, they’re the ones being fiscally irresponsible.

The final version of the tax bill appears to be on track for passage, but the devil is in the details.

The Senate passed a tax cut bill last night, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

By the barest of margins, the House passed its bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, but the future of that bill is highly uncertain.

The Trump Administration is out with a tax plan, but it’s seriously lacking in details.

Budget hawks in the GOP face a showdown with Donald Trump’s spending ambitions this year that will likely decide whether we’ll ever get spending under control.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

Good news for Republicans.

They’re back…….

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

The Federal Budget Deficit appears headed in the right direction, for now.

Based on the polls, the odds of some changes to America’s gun control laws will become law. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish anything, though.

President Obama seems to have given away the store when it comes to the defense sequestration cuts.

Congress and the American people have a choice to make between two not very palatable options.

Between the polls and the state of the economy, It’s rather obvious why the Obama campaign keeps trying to change the subject.

Another example of Republican foreign policy taking precedence over fiscal conservatism.

Republicans should have listened to Mitch Daniels, because he was right.

Rising fuel prices are starting to hurt the President in the polls, but it’s unclear what that means for November.

Not surprisingly, Republicans are trying to reverse the automatic cuts to defense spending agreed to in August.

Don’t believe the fear mongering about the coming decreases in the growth of defense spending.

Increasing taxes on the rich may be a fiscal policy worth talking about, but it won’t make the poor richer.

The public supports the Presidents tax plans, but will that matter on Election Day?

President Obama’s job approval numbers are even worse when you just look at the economy.