Tag: Spending

Major joint replacement accounted for $6.6 billion in Medicare payments in fiscal 2013, according to new Medicare data released Monday.Â (iStock)

Joint replacement tops Medicare payments

Robert King · June 1, 2015 3:17 pm

Nearly two thirds of the new overhead created by Obamacare, $172.2 billion, goes to increased private insurer's administrative costs and profits due to rising enrollment. (AP Photo)Â

Obamacare to add nearly $300 billion in overhead: Study

Robert King · May 27, 2015 3:14 pm

The Highway Trust Fund, which draws its funding from a federal gas tax, was set to dry up May 31. (AP Photo)

Senate passes temporary transportation bill

Sarah Bedford · May 24, 2015 5:48 pm

An employee of the Market Basket supermarket chain walks down an empty isle Thursday July 24, 2014, in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo)

Americans splurging less, spending more on essentials

Kelly Cohen · May 21, 2015 1:23 pm

"No issue is more deserving of our undivided attention than protecting the dignity of human life," said Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., vice chairwoman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dozens of Republicans reject 1 percent cut to congressional funding

Pete Kasperowicz · May 19, 2015 10:04 pm

Recent developments have given Yucca Mountain supporters hope that the stalemate hanging over the project is almost over. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Senate spending bill lacks funding for Yucca nuclear waste storage

Zack Colman · May 19, 2015 6:30 pm

Are balanced budgets possible in democracies?Â (iStock)

Are balanced budgets possible in democracies?

Dan Hannan · May 18, 2015 9:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Boehner: Train crash ‘not about funding’

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2015 4:22 pm

Republicans are against Amtrak, Pelosi says

Republicans are against Amtrak, Pelosi says

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2015 4:18 pm

Cost of earmarks rising despite congressional ‘moratorium’

Beltway Confidential

Cost of earmarks rising despite congressional ‘moratorium’

Jason Russell · May 13, 2015 1:00 pm

"The reason to get this budget done is so that the appropriators can get started," Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi said Thursday on the House floor. (AP Photo)Â

Senate passes budget agreement

Joseph Lawler · May 5, 2015 10:26 pm

Class action alleges Wells Fargo didn%u2019t use federal funds to help homeowners

Class action alleges Wells Fargo didn%u2019t use federal funds to help homeowners

LocalLabs News Service · May 4, 2015 2:43 pm