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IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel unveiled a 10-year spending plan promising increased tax enforcement and improved customer service.

IRS funding in crosshairs

By David Lerman and Laura Weiss
Posted April 7, 2023 at 4:18pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pressed President Joe Biden to resume debt limit talks while pushing for $4 trillion in deficit reduction over a decade.

Debt limit pressure tactics

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 31, 2023 at 2:21pm
House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, center, says a Republican budget will be delayed as the party pushes for debt limit talks.

Spending cuts standoff

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 24, 2023 at 2:38pm
White House budget director Shalanda Young defended the president’s fiscal 2024 budget before the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

GOP’s budget attack

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 17, 2023 at 3:31pm
President Joe Biden has called for tax hikes on upper-income households to shore up Medicare and help reduce projected deficits.

Dissecting Biden’s budget

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley
Posted March 10, 2023 at 2:26pm
Senate Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said he may not draft a budget resolution this year.

Preparing for budget release

By David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted March 3, 2023 at 2:49pm
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the rule would help ensure that patients could receive timely access to care.

The politics of Medicare funding

By David Lerman and Jessie Hellmann
Posted February 24, 2023 at 2:00pm
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, center, said the government may run out of cash to pay all its bills by early June unless the debt limit is increased.

Gloomy fiscal forecast

By David Lerman and Peter Cohn
Posted February 17, 2023 at 2:26pm
House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington, R-Texas, center, promises to offer "examples" of spending cuts that could be part of a debt limit deal.

Battle lines drawn

By David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley
Posted February 10, 2023 at 1:43pm
Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, gains new clout this year as chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee.

Appropriations power shifts

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak
Posted February 3, 2023 at 6:09pm