Tag: Spending

"My intention was to build a bill that was reflective of members' priorities given the limitations we have," saidÂ Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

Murkowski defends budget approach against Dem criticism

Zack Colman · June 21, 2015 4:01 am

Republican Ryan Zinke is seen at the start of a U.S. House debate in Billings, Mont., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Zinke stressed the need for a smaller federal government to reduce hurdles faced by the private sector. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

GOP: Obama would sacrifice troops for IRS and EPA

John Siciliano · June 20, 2015 1:57 pm

A smokestack at a gas production facility in western Wyoming.Â The smog rules would cut the current ozone standard of 75 parts per billion to as low as 65.Â (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

Energy and Environment

Senate panel blocks Obama environmental policies

Zack Colman · June 18, 2015 5:43 pm

Senate Dems demand budget talks

Senate Dems demand budget talks

Susan Ferrechio · June 18, 2015 1:40 pm

Republicans seek to clear a spending bill Tuesday that drastically handicaps President Obama's climate agenda. (AP)

Energy and Environment

Republicans plan to block Obama’s climate agenda

Zack Colman · June 16, 2015 4:01 am

There is hope among lawmakers that there could be an agreement on a long-term patch, if not an outright solution,Â later in the year. (Getty)

Congress tries to figure out how to pay for highways

Joseph Lawler · June 13, 2015 4:01 am

"So you know, I'd like nothing better than to break open that Abandoned Mine Lands fund of money ... and get at it for the purposes that we're talking about. But it's just been impossible so far," said Rep. Rogers. (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

House GOP spending plan would block EPA power plant, water rules

Zack Colman · June 9, 2015 4:45 pm

Sen. Thad Cochran,Â chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee, right, andÂ Sen. Dick Durbin,Â the subcommittee's ranking Democrat,Â wrap up a hearing. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senate panel approves war funding measure

Charles Hoskinson · June 9, 2015 4:40 pm

"The bill before us is designed to write an end run around sequestration for the Department of Defense by exploiting a provision that exempts spending caps," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Thursday. (AP File Photo)

Reid calls on GOP to strike deal to lift spending caps

Susan Ferrechio · June 9, 2015 4:24 pm

A House plan to use the nation's emergency oil supply as a piggy bank to fund a new healthcare initiative is alarming the energy industry. (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Trading crude for cures

John Siciliano · June 8, 2015 4:01 am

The shadow of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is seen on a representation of the National Debt Clock as he speaks at a town hall meeting in Kalamazoo, Mich., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The official national debt now stands at $13.1 trillion. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Study: True size of federal government debt is $210 trillion

Jason Russell · June 3, 2015 8:26 pm

Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, speaks during a news conference urging Congressional Republicans to support sequestration relief in the upcoming budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

White House slams Senate spending bill over clean energy funding

Zack Colman · June 2, 2015 8:38 pm