Fighting down to the last $30 billion

Mar 14, 2016
Some in Congress want to revisit last year's budget deal.
Members of Congress are at odds about how to spend $30 billion of the budget. 
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Weekly Wrap: the Fed, the budget and tax codes

Dec 18, 2015
David Gura and Jo Ling Kent join Kai Ryssdal to recap the week that was.

Budget deal brings certainty, for a few years anyway

Oct 30, 2015
Explaining what that means in the public and private sectors.

Room in Capitol to now be called 'Freedom Foyer'

Oct 27, 2015
It's all a part of the budget deal.

Congress, White House dodge spending caps

Oct 27, 2015
Congress and the White House have once again danced around sequestration.

For public good, not for profit.

We three mayors

Oct 23, 2015
Different parts of the country. Different economies. Same jobs.

Getting by in America on $2 a day

Oct 1, 2015
What the country's extreme poor want: Dignity. Respect. Jobs.
The number of people in the U.S. who are extremely poor is increasing.
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