Tag: Appropriations Committee

The U.S. Capitol dome is reflected in the pool around the Capitol visitors center earlier this year. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Congress: Yes to pork, no to cutting debt

Sean Lengell · August 28, 2014 9:00 am

House budget punishes IRS with 15% cut, halts Obamacare enforcement

Washington Secrets

House budget punishes IRS with 15% cut, halts Obamacare enforcement

Paul Bedard · June 17, 2014 4:05 pm

Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., left, shown here in April 2013, is outraged by the Department of Justice's conduct. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Examiner Editorial: Rep. Frank Wolf cracks constitutional whip on Justice spending

Washington Examiner · April 13, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This March 12, 2014 file photo shows Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington. Three million Americans signed up for Medicaid under President Barack ObamaÃ?s new health care law as of the end of February, the administration said Friday, offering its first full accounting of how much the safety-net health program has grown since implementation of the law. In a blog, Sebelius said: Ã?The increase in Medicaid enrollments across the country is encouraging, but more work is left to do to ensure that the millions of uninsured Americans eligible for these programs gain coverageÃ?. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP lawmakers believe over $1 billion spent to promote Obamacare

Susan Crabtree · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

President Barack Obama listens to students as he visits a classroom at Bladensburg High School in Bladensburg, Md., Monday before speaking about the economy and to announce the winners of a competition he launched last fall to bring together educators and employers to redesign the high school experience to give students access to real-world career skills and college-level courses. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jack Kingston: Washington entangles local schools with ‘competitive’ grants funded by parents’ tax dollars

Jack Kingston · April 8, 2014 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

House Republicans lay into EPA ‘land grab’

Zack Colman · March 27, 2014 12:00 am

Republican Thad Cochran told The Associated Press on Monday that he's leaning against military action but still considering President Barack Obama's arguments for it. (Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Republican Sen. Thad Cochran under fire from Tea Party opponents for fundraising with lobbyist ‘kings’

Joel Gehrke · March 4, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said of theÃÂ Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program,ÃÂ "There is no other program in the government that does what this program does in the way it does it."ÃÂ (AP/Mark Humphrey)

Energy and Environment

A federal clean energy program with GOP fans

Zack Colman · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., is furious after hearing about tourists who are visiting open-air parks being hassled by the federal government. (AP Image)

Beltway Confidential

Top spenders ‘ripped’ appropriations bill out of hands of junior congressman, Cynthia Lummis says

Joel Gehrke · January 31, 2014 5:00 am

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 14. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans’ top appropriator sees time crunch to avoid shutdown

Bloomberg News · December 14, 2013 5:00 am