The federal budget comes back into the Washington political spotlight this week, as Congress tries to move forward on government spending for the rest of this year as well as a budget for the next. The clashing fiscal priorities of congressional Democrats and Republicans w … Full story
Jim Nussle, The Nussle Group founder, discusses whether political leaders will be able to find bipartisan middle ground on the budget.
Lawmakers are emphasizing the urgency of preventing the large federal budget cuts from going into effect, so why wasn’t there any progress all weekend? NBC’s Peter Alexander reports.
CNBC's Eamon Javers has the details from a new report on wasteful spending in the federal budget.
David Cote, Honeywell International chairman & CEO, discusses a series of possible outcomes facing the fiscal cliff dilemma, and gaining control of the Federal budget, with Sam Nunn, Nuclear Threat Initiative CEO.
Rep. Chris Van Hollen, (D-MD), discusses the necessity of a bipartisan balanced federal budget, and why it's important to close special interest tax loopholes and make targeted spending cuts.
Deputy Carsten Schneider of the opposition Social Democratic Party speaks during a debate about the federal budget in the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin, November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble presents a report on proposed benchmark figures for the 2014 federal budget during a news conference in Berlin March 13, 2013. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
