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In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, file photo, the American flag flies above the Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

TARP’s final price tag is $33 billion: CBO

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks following a closed-door strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Sen. McConnell says Republicans will have a &quot;discussion draft&quot; of a GOP-only bill scuttling former President Barack Obama's health care law by Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP sources: Senate GOP would halt Obamacare penalties, taxes

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

The lower stream of income to the U.S. Treasury is one reason administration officials say the government will run out of room under the federal debt ceiling earlier than expected. (Associated Press/File)

Tax revenue down with Republican rate cuts expected

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

West Virginia editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks during a news conference in Juneau, Alaska. For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, File)

McConnell faces a challenge passing health care in Senate

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2017, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. pauses while meeting with the media to discuss healthcare on Capitol Hill in Washington. For McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

McConnell juggling diverse demands on Republican health bill

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah talk to a reporter as he steps onto the Capitol Subway on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

GOP senators say tough report complicates health care bill

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., center, arrives for a GOP caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

23 million more uninsured with GOP health bill, analysts say

By ALAN FRAM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press

Republicans said the Congressional Budget Office made bad predictions about how Americans would have responded to legislation moving toward the repeal of Obamacare. (Associated Press/File)

Buddy Carter expects CBO score for new health care bill ‘will be just fine’

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y., center, flanked by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 23, 2017, following a Democratic policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The Latest: Report disputes claim on pre-existing conditions

Associated Press

President Trump and congressional Republicans are on a "rescue mission" to save the country from the 2010 Affordable Care Act, which is quickly losing insurers. (Associated Press/File)

GOP health care plan would leave 23 million uninsured, erase more than $30B in taxpayer savings: CBO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, after the House pushed through a health care bill, in this Thursday, May 4, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

CBO score on health care legislation expected the week of May 22

By Sally Persons - The Washington Times

The sun is rising in the morning sky above a landscape with a wind energy park near Jacobsdorf, Germany, in this Dec. 31, 2016, file photo. U.N.-backed report says global investments in renewable energy fell by almost a quarter last year amid a drop in prices and lower spending in some markets. The United Nations Environment Program said Thursday, April 6, 2017, that overall investments reached $241.6 billion last year, down from $312.2 billion in 2015. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP,file)

Renewable energy tax cut rewrite may be uphill battle for GOP

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Coverage should be a choice

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Trump is working with Mick Mulvaney (left), director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and other members of his team to prepare for a government shutdown in case Congress can't reach a budget deal by the end of the week. (Associated Press/File)

Debt to double over next 30 years, economy sputtering: CBO

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration on Ross Perot's fiscal warnings The Washington Times

Ross Perot knew about debt problems

By Richard Berman

Luis Rios helps a customer buy health insurance in Utah, where officials are reviewing the effects of the House Republicans' plan. (Associated Press)

Obamacare ‘death spiral’ argument rebutted by CBO report

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump listens during a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

AP FACT CHECK: A Washington week of bluster

By CALVIN WOODWARD and JIM DRINKARD - Associated Press