Topic: Federal Budget (U.S.)

As the Congressional Budget Office warned of a recession in the event of a federal fiscal stalemate, two senators appearing on CNBC’s “The Kudlow Report” did little to bridge differences.    Read More

Asked what he would be willing to give up to address the U.S. debt crisis, Rep. Paul Ryan stood his ground Tuesday and insisted it was Democrats who needed to cede ground.    Read More

With all this “fiscal cliff” talk about the US economy falling off a cliff and the 2012 presidential election it's really easy to rapid fire critiques from your living room. Well guess what, armchair politicians? You're up! It's your turn to get the debt under control with a new "Stabilize the U.S. Debt" game.   Read More

Is Tim Geithner the most politically partisan treasury secretary in history? Certainly sounds like it these days. As the government’s chief financial officer, he’s spending a lot of time firing campaign barbs at various Republicans and their policies.    Read More

President Obama’s recent criticism of the Republican budget plan misses the mark, former Reagan economic advisor Art Laffer told Larry Kudlow Thursday.    Read More

Following a stinging criticism of his federal budget proposal by President Obama, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan lashed back on Tuesday.    Read More

President Obama's health care law, now in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, will cause an implosion of the health care system and an implosion of our public debt, Ryan told Larry Kudlow.   Read More

There are a lot of really good things in Paul Ryan’s new budget, which is a stark contrast to the Obama budget. Ryan cuts spending by over $5 trillion, lowers the deficit by over $3 trillion, and brings the debt-to-GDP ratio down to 62 percent. All of these are ten-year totals.    Read More

When we keep more of our own money, our unfettered ambitions will create renewed abundance.   Read More

In contrast to Greenspan, Bernanke is not coy about his targeting of asset prices as a way to cure us of our economic woes.   Read More