Tag: Spending

"I am a frequent flier on Southwest and United," Perry said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry defends his flight record on Capitol Hill

John Siciliano · October 12, 2017 5:31 pm

Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., says "Congress should pay for these emergency packages by cutting spending in other areas that are less of a priority." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Mark Walker: Pay for hurricane aid with spending cuts

Pete Kasperowicz · October 12, 2017 11:37 am

President Trump warned that Puerto Rico will soon need to start helping itself. He tweeted that the federal government cannot keep FEMA employees and first responders on the island "forever." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump: Puerto Rico’s infrastructure was a ‘disaster before the hurricanes’

Anna Giaritelli · October 12, 2017 11:34 am

A faulty census will lead to a dubious reapportionment of congressional districts among states, and an even more dubious redistricting. (iStock by Getty Images)

A few cents, a lot of sense, and the Census

Washington Examiner · October 12, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Democrats are asking the National Institutes of Health to resume conducting research on gun violence after funding lapsed early this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate Democrats ask Trump administration to renew gun research at NIH

Kimberly Leonard · October 11, 2017 7:15 pm

The administration has noted the federal funding has gone to programs that have signed up very few people in Obamacare, and the cuts are to ensure proper stewardship of taxpayer dollars. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Obamacare sign-up groups plan to cut services, staff after funding cuts

Robert King · October 11, 2017 2:47 pm

Congress has tried for years to fix the funding mechanism for fighting forest fires but has failed to find consensus. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)

Energy and Environment

California wildfires force Congress to consider funding reforms

Josh Siegel · October 11, 2017 4:01 am

Vice President Mike Pence flew from Las Vegas to Indianapolis, then left the game shortly after arriving after NFL players didn't stand for the national anthem. He then flew to Los Angeles. (Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic via AP)

Democrats grumble about costs of Mike Pence’s NFL ‘stunt’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 9, 2017 12:35 pm

Beltway Confidential

Will the NFL’s reception in Los Angeles persuade cities and owners to resist relocation?

Eric Peterson · October 8, 2017 4:01 am

Chao traveled on a government-owned Gulfstream IV, as well as two leased Cessnas, seven times over the last eight months according to reports. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao latest to face scrutiny on air travel

Melissa Quinn · October 5, 2017 6:48 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the latest Cabinet-level official to be found to have used a chartered flight. Perry took a private chartered flight to visit a uranium-processing facility in Ohio the day before HHS Secretary Tom Price resigned. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry is the latest to board flight scandal

John Siciliano · October 5, 2017 3:14 pm

For all the stories we saw about Trump's budget deal, very few hinted at the dishonest accounting tricks behind the granite façade of the Treasury Department. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The accounting fraud behind the debt ceiling

Sheila Weinberg · October 5, 2017 4:01 am