Tag: Spending

It's pretty clear from context that Hatch was lamenting that "billions and billions" in waste made it harder to afford CHIP funding. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

No, Sen. Orrin Hatch didn’t say he wanted poor people to die

Becket Adams · December 4, 2017 8:06 pm

We can't keep acting like irresponsible drunks ringing up debts with the future as though the bills will never come due. (iStock photo)

Beltway Confidential

The GOP tax victory is like a night of binge drinking

Caroline D'agati · December 4, 2017 6:55 pm

The legislation would allow for emergency CHIP funding to states until the end of the year as Congress has yet to fully fund the program. (Matthew Staver/Bloomberg)

Short-term funding bill includes help for children’s health insurance

Robert King · December 4, 2017 6:42 pm

"We're glad the White House has reached out and asked for a second meeting," the two Democrats said in a statement. "We hope the President will go into this meeting with an open mind, rather than deciding that an agreement can't be reached beforehand." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi agree to Trump meeting

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2017 6:11 pm

Blake Farenthold will repay Treasury for harassment claim

Susan Ferrechio · December 4, 2017 1:56 pm

Only at one location -- Kabul airport -- was any of the U.S.-bought screening equipment even being used. (U.S. Army)

Beltway Confidential

Most of the $12 million in screening equipment US sent to Afghan border lies unused

Timothy P. Carney · December 1, 2017 4:45 pm

The total national debt is now approaching $20.6 trillion, and that will likely be the rough debt ceiling in place on Dec. 9. (Bloomberg)

Your government will run out of money in March or April

Pete Kasperowicz · November 30, 2017 7:20 pm

In the last three years, USPS losses on inbound international mail have come to more than $315 million. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Competing internationally means fixing our mismanaged Postal Service

George Landrith · November 30, 2017 5:01 am

Janet Yellen’s last warning: The national debt ‘should keep people awake at night’

Pete Kasperowicz · November 29, 2017 4:50 pm

President Trump remains at odds with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., over an end-of-the-year funding deal and has expressed as much over social media. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via Bloomberg)

Trump decries Democrats for holding defense funding ‘hostage’ after latest North Korea missile test

Diana Stancy Correll · November 29, 2017 2:52 am

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer abruptly cancel their meeting with President Trump scheduled for Tuesday, after Trump tweeted that he doesn't see a deal emerge from the meeting. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer cancel White House meeting over Trump tweet

Susan Ferrechio · November 28, 2017 4:45 pm

It makes sense for those who benefit to pay. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Energy and Environment

Attorneys general oppose Trump administration plan to raise national park fees

Josh Siegel · November 22, 2017 7:46 pm