Katy O'Donnell

Staff Writer, Budget, Taxes, and Trade

Katy O’Donnell covers the federal budget, taxes and trade as a staff writer for National Journal. She graduated in 2009 from Dartmouth College, where she was the editor-in-chief of The Dartmouth and earned a B.A. in English. Before joining the National Journal, O'Donnell worked for the Concord Monitor and interned at the Baltimore Sun. She grew up in Baltimore, Md.

Katy O'Donnell's Latest Posts

BUDGET

A Tale of Two Budget Plans

By Katy O'Donnell

Below is a comparison of key numbers in President Obama’s fiscal 2013 budget request and the House-passed fiscal 2012 budget authored by Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., last April, the latest broad ...

McConnell Anticipates Another Failed Budget

By Katy O'Donnell

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fired off the standard Republican talking points about President Obama’s fiscal priorities on Sunday in anticipation of the release of the president’s fiscal year...

Ron Paul 'A Little Bit Disappointed' After Maine

By Katy O'Donnell

Presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, on Sunday waved off the suggestion that his narrow loss to Mitt Romney in Maine Saturday night was especially disappointing given his dogged efforts in the state. Rat...

SUNDAY SHOWS

Lew: 'Congress Needs to Get Its Work Done'

By Katy O'Donnell

In a line the Obama administration has made clear will be one of its campaign slogans, new White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew on Sunday signaled the way the White House will play both the extension of the payroll tax cut and the ...

Rand Paul Mocks Obama at CPAC

By Katy O'Donnell

Sen. Rand Paul's speech on Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference drew cheers and standing ovations as the Kentucky Republican invoked Ronald Reagan and the importance of "believing in something"...

''The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde''

COVER STORY: ROMNEY’S POLICIES

The Advisers That Romney Ignores

By Jim Tankersley

Even on the economy, Mitt Romney’s signature issue, it’s hard to know where his heart lies—and how he would govern in the White House. While he has assembled an all-star cast of economic advisers, he has thus far been willin...

Raising Medicare Age Would Save $148 Billion, CBO Says

By Meghan McCarthy and Katy O'Donnell

Raising the Medicare eligibility age to 67 would save $148 billion but would slightly increase the number of people without insurance, the Congressional Budget Office reported on Tuesday.

CONGRESS

But House GOP Congrerence Needs to Sign Off

By Matthew Cooper and Major Garrett

The showdown's over--almost.

CONGRESS

House Punts Vote to Reject Senate Payroll Deal Until Tuesday

By Major Garrett

House Delays Payroll Package Votes Until Tuesday

By Shane Goldmacher, Katy O'Donnell, Kelsey Snell and Major Garrett

House Republican leaders abandoned plans to vote Monday night and into T...

SUNDAY SHOWS

Boehner: House Opposes Senate Payroll Tax Bill

By Major Garrett and Katy O'Donnell

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, made clear Sunday morning that the two-month payroll tax extension the Senate passed Saturday is a non-starter in the House.

SUNDAY SHOWS

Huntsman Defends His Position

By Katy O'Donnell

GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman defended his campaign’s seeming lack of traction with conservative voters Sunday morning while taking jabs at frontrunners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

House GOP Spending Proposal: By the Numbers

By Kelsey Snell

House GOP leaders filed a package of spending legislation worth more than $915 billion. The bundle of three appropriations bills would boost government spending by over $5 billion next year with a heavy focus on defense spending. ...

CONGRESS

Reid Wants Passage of Payroll-Tax Package Before Recess

By Billy House

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is insisting that he will not permit any “rushing for the exits” this week by lawmakers wanting to recess for the year until Congress passes a bill to extend the payroll-...

SUPER COMMITTEE

Hensarling Hasn't Given Up Hope on Super Committee

By Billy House

Super committee Cochair Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, said on Thursday that he has not given up hope on the panel reaching agreement on a deficit plan.

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