WASHINGTON, April 4 (UPI) -- The alternative U.S. budget offered by congressional Republicans "curbs spending, creates jobs and controls the debt," a GOP spokesman said Saturday.
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- The Obama administration's top budget official defended the president's tax-and-spending plan Sunday, saying it can halve the U.S. deficit within five years.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Tuesday the United States may be facing trillion-dollar deficits "for years to come."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. federal budget deficit for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 fell $94 billion, but remained at historically high levels.
WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Thursday the growing budget deficit is a major risk factor to the U.S. economy.
WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush has proposed or passed $6 trillion in still unpaid initiatives, a report released by the Kerry campaign claimed Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- The Congressional Budget Office says astronomical public debt and widening government deficits are inevitable unless radical steps are taken.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Prospects for the economy look good in the longer term, and interest rates should rise -- despite growing budget deficits, according to the White House. President Bush's $2.25 trillion budget proposal for 2004 anticipates a deficit of $304 billion for the
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- President George W. Bush will release on Monday a $2.25 trillion budget with proposed increases in defense and homeland security. The budget forecasts major deficits.
