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Government spent over $1.028 trillion on welfare in FY 2011 - TheDC

| Caroline May

Congressional Research Service finding doesn’t include Social Security, Medicare

Senator McCaskill claims Senate Dems passed budget in August, when they didn't - The DC

| Hal Libby

‘This is Fox News and a talking point by the political right that we haven’t passed a budget’

Sessions marks three years without budget: 'Deliberate plan' by Democrats - TheDC

| Caroline May
Senate Republicans Hold News Conference To Discuss Budget

Sessions marks three years without budget: ‘Deliberate plan’ by Democrats

Senate Dems fail to prepare formal budget for 2013 - TheDC

| Neil Munro
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Sen. Sessions: ‘It is a lack of will… and a lack of ability for the Democratic Party to unify around a vision for America’

CBO: Government workers paid more than private sector counterparts - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson
Senate Republicans Hold News Conference To Discuss Budget

Those with only a high school diploma much more richly rewarded in government than in the private sector

Sen. Sessions on Obama, Reid: 'We have no leadership' - TheDC

| Neil Munro
Senate Republicans Hold News Conference To Discuss Budget

Sen. Sessions on Obama, Reid: ‘We have no leadership’

Senator: Appropriations bill promising $1B cut will increase spending by more than $9B - TheDC

| Alexis Levinson
Spending Showdown

‘It just cannot be contended that this is serious work toward reducing our deficit’

Senators call on Reid to unveil Democrat budget proposal - TheDC

| Amanda Carey
Democrats Jobs

Republicans eager to debate proposal, which has not been made public

In budget debate, Sessions sees pattern of secret negotiations - TheDC

| Amanda Carey
Spending Showdown

Ranking member of the Budget Committee calls for openness in debt limit talks

Senate Republicans, Democrats stall on producing a budget - TheDC

| Amanda Carey
Meet the Press Conrad

Both sides in no hurry to bring a budget to Senate floor, despite August 2 deadline

Senate Budget Committee approves contentious OMB nominee - TheDC

| Amanda Carey

Despite Republican concerns about lack of budget experience, Heather Higginbottom is one step closer to becoming Deputy OMB Director

Oops! OMB nominee strays off message [VIDEO] - TheDC

| Amanda Carey

Heather Higginbottom, nominee for OMB Deputy Director, admits administration was not accurate about the budget and deficit

Sessions condemns Dems' 'do nothing' budget [VIDEO] - TheDC

| Jeff Poor

Ranking GOP Budget Committee member urges colleagues to vote down budget proposed by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, which would hike debt interest $644 billion

Ryan: Obama punted budget, it's 'Debt On Arrival' - TheDC

| Mary Katharine Ham

House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan says Obama punted on budget crisis

Bernanke delivers grim warnings on nation's fiscal standing - TheDC

| Jon Ward

As deficit and debt aggressively climbs, Bernanke warns of ‘catastrophic’ consequences of default

Sessions, eager to fight Obama on spending, looks to Gingrich as model - TheDC

| Jon Ward

Sen. Jeff Sessions says the GOP should fight Obama on spending the same way that Newt Gingrich fought Bill Clinton

To cut costs, Congress should fully fund auditing programs

| Joanne Butler

Auditing saves taxpayers money by cutting government waste.

Tax breaks for employer health plans a target again - AP

| wrahn

Budget proposals have urged shrinking or eliminating tax breaks that help make employer health insurance the leading source of coverage in the nation

Millions face tax increases under Dems budget plan - AP

| admin

Lefty group Tax Policy Center, estimates about 30 million Americans face an average $3,700 increase in tax liabilities

Congress blows off its budget deadline

| Gretchen Hamel

It’s time Congress faced real consequences for not doing the job they were hired to do; creating a budget is one of Congress’s fundamental responsibilities