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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Director Dr. Tom Frieden, far left, testifies as he sits on a panel with, from second from left,, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Robin Robinson, director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service, Dr. Luciana Borio, assistant commissioner for counterterrorism policy at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and John Wagner, the Acting assistant Commissioner at the Office of Field Operations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing to examine the government's response to contain the disease and whether America's hospitals and health care workers are adequately prepared for Ebola patients. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

SPIN METER: Shaky claims on Ebola budgets

Andrew Taylor · October 17, 2014 6:21 pm

Budget deficit drops to $483B, lowest since 2008

Andrew Taylor · October 15, 2014 3:43 pm

Inhofe gives final OK to $700M to fight Ebola

Andrew Taylor · October 10, 2014 3:22 pm

Lawmakers approve $700 million to fight Ebola

Andrew Taylor · October 9, 2014 6:41 pm

Report: Federal budget deficit falls to $486B

Andrew Taylor · October 8, 2014 4:38 pm

Higher judicial pay to cost $1.2B over next decade

Andrew Taylor · September 25, 2014 5:37 pm

Congress releases war funds to fight Ebola

Andrew Taylor · September 25, 2014 3:20 pm

President Barack Obama pauses during a statement in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama spoke after Congress voted to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in the fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Congress backs Obama on aid to Syrian rebels

Andrew Taylor · September 19, 2014 8:44 pm

FILE - In this undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, fighters from the Islamic State group march in Raqqa, Syria. The Islamic State group is often described as the most fearsome jihadi outfit of all: a global menace outweighing al-Qaida, with armies trembling before its advance. But while the group has been successful at seizing parts of Iraq and Syria, it is no unstoppable juggernaut. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

National Security

Reid calls for vote on training Syrian rebels

Andrew Taylor · September 10, 2014 8:48 pm

House postpones vote on short-term spending bill

Andrew Taylor · September 10, 2014 7:43 pm

House GOP to extend Export-Import Bank authority

Andrew Taylor · September 10, 2014 12:27 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a statement clarifying his remarks regarding hisÂ speech at a gala event earlier this month hosted by In Defense of Christians,Â and apologized for questioning he sincerity of his critics.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP bill would avert fed shutdown till Dec. 11

Andrew Taylor · September 9, 2014 11:29 pm