by Olivia Marcus | Feb 3, 2015 | Business, Politics
WASHINGTON — In the first House Ways and Means Committee hearing following the release of President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew defended the would-be tax increases GOP leaders are already trying to kill. “It has been almost three...
by Astrid Goh & Tara Longardner | Feb 3, 2015 | Health & Science, National Security, Topics
By Astrid Goh WASHINGTON — Veteran Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald brought his message of transparency about health care benefits to a town hall Tuesday morning. Deputy VA Secretary Sloan Gibson and members from the Veterans Affairs Committee also participated in...
by Preston R. Michelson | Feb 3, 2015 | Education
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander called for the federal government Tuesday to encourage — but not mandate — educational innovation as it updates the “No Child Left Behind” law. “I hope we are not far from a conclusion from moving from hearings and discussions to...
by Ashley Gilmore | Feb 2, 2015 | Education, Politics
By Ashley Gilmore WASHINGTON— The centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s $70.7 billion education budget for 2016 – free community college education – would “make college as free and universal as high school was 100 years ago,” Education Secretary Arne Dunn said...
by Jesse Kirsch | Feb 2, 2015 | Living
LA champs visit White House from Medill Washington on Vimeo.
by Tyler Pager | Feb 2, 2015 | National Security
By Tyler Pager WASHINGTON – The Pentagon requested $534 billion for 2016 on Monday as part of President Barack Obama’s budget, $35 billion dollars above the caps set by Congress in the automatic spending cuts. In addition, it proposed $51 billion for overseas...
by Madeline Fox | Feb 2, 2015 | Business, Living
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama advocated for a six-year, $478 billion infrastructure funding plan in his 2016 budget, released Monday, as Congress faces a May deadline to extend the federal infrastructure fund. Under Obama’s plan, U.S. companies would pay a...
by Bailey Williams | Feb 2, 2015 | Business
WASHINGTON — Declining oil prices put increasing pressure on countries such as Iran, Venezuela and Russia, which are already facing economic problems, to act responsibly on the world stage, said senior foreign policy analysts on Monday. Suzanne Maloney, who...
by Shelbie Bostedt | Feb 2, 2015 | Energy, Environment
WASHINGTON – Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Monday proposed $29.9 billion in spending for his department in 2016, a 9 percent increase from the current year, with a focus on renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency. Following the release of President...
by Olivia Marcus | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama released his $3.99 trillion budget Monday, pushing for a fiscal agenda he’s dubbed “middle-class economics.” The budget would increase taxes on wealthy Americans and corporations in order to provide middle-class tax relief and fund...
by Medha Imam | Feb 2, 2015 | National Security
WASHINGTON-President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a 6 percent increase in the State Department budget — to $50.3 billion — as a way to combat increasing security threats around the world through diplomacy. The administration wants $7 billion to respond...
by Adam Mintzer | Feb 2, 2015 | Politics
WASHINGTON- Bipartisan legislation aimed at combatting suicides among military veterans is headed for a vote in the Senate this week after winning unanimous approval in the U.S. House last month. The bill, called the Clay Hunt Act for a Marine veteran who took...
