Conservative lawmakers fail to block budget billAlexandria Town TalkAP BATON ROUGE — A bloc of conservative Republicans in the House didn't muster enough support Thursday to stall a budget bill that taps into one-time dollars to help piece together spending plans, giving the Senate a vehicle for restoring money …and [Continue]

‘We plan to put a stop to this tax avoidance scheme. There should be no financial gain from renouncing your country’ Josh Peterson The Daily Caller » Politics [Continue]

Conservative lawmakers fail to block budget billKATC Lafayette News(AP) – A bloc of conservative Republicans in the House didn't muster enough support Thursday to stall a budget bill that taps into one-time dollars to help piece together spending plans, giving the Senate a vehicle for restoring money stripped from …and [Continue]

**Written by Doug Powers Did I say narrowly? I meant massively, but you probably guessed that: President Obama’s budget suffered a second embarrassing defeat Wednesday, when senators voted 99-0 to reject it. Coupled with the House’s rejection in March, 414-0, that means Mr. Obama’s budget has failed to win a single vote in [Continue]

Obama budget voted down 99-0 in the Democratic Senate Neil Munro The Daily Caller » Politics [Continue]

Democrats controlling the Senate have rejected for the second consecutive year a budget plan passed by House Republicans. FOXNews.com [Continue]

The Ron Paul team is attempting to make clear the candidate has neither folded nor suspended his GOP presidential campaign. FOXNews.com [Continue]

OregonLive.com For Cornelius, conservative spending stretches a tight budgetOregonLive.comBy Deborah Bloom, The Oregonian Rob Drake, Cornelius city manager, said, "It's a tight budget, but I was conservative on estimates." With a comparable budget to last year, the city of Cornelius is, essentially, about maintenance. conservative [Continue]

**Written by Doug Powers About $ 6.8 billion higher to be exact: California’s budget deficit has swelled to a projected $ 16 billion — much larger than had been predicted just months ago — and will force severe cuts to schools and public safety if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, Gov. Jerry [Continue]

California’s budget deficit has swelled to a projected $ 16 billion — much larger than had been predicted just months ago — and will force severe cuts to schools and public safety if voters fail to approve tax increases in November, Gov. Jerry Brown said Saturday. FOXNews.com [Continue]