Tag: Budgets and Deficits

The Congressional Budget Office says aÃÂ number of government credit programs cost taxpayers more than is shown in official budget figures, including federal student loans andÃÂ Export-Import BankÃÂ credit guarantees. (Thinkstock Image)

CBO: Many government loan programs are more expensive than shown in budget

Joseph Lawler · May 26, 2014 9:00 am

Benefits still coming to widows and children of veterans from Spanish-American War, World War I — even the Civil War

Washington Examiner · May 25, 2014 5:32 pm

Many liberals respond to the Export-Import Bank fight by shrugging, rolling their eyes, and saying "what an odd fight to pick." (AP Photo)

Export-Import Bank costs taxpayers $2 billion a decade

Timothy P. Carney · May 24, 2014 10:00 pm

Quinn wants Illiana project as top state priority

Jason Keyser · May 24, 2014 3:17 pm

State argues right to sell high-speed rail bonds

Juliet Williams · May 23, 2014 9:59 pm

The 2020 census may still have a hefty price tag despite efforts by the Commerce Department to cut costs, a new report shows. (AP Image)

Census Bureau struggles to cut costs for the 2020 headcount

Kelly Cohen · May 23, 2014 3:29 pm

National Security

House defies Pentagon on defense spending

Donna Cassata · May 23, 2014 12:12 am

Mikulski uses accounting tricks to close $4B gap

Andrew Taylor · May 22, 2014 9:10 pm

FILE - In this May 31, 2013, file photo, sandbags are piled around the Parlor City Pub and Eatery in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where workers placed a cardboard cutout of a man drinking beer. Congress is on the cusp of passing its first infrastructure bill of the year. The Senate is expected to vote Thursday, May 22, 2014, on a $12.3 billion water resources bill that authorizes 34 water projects, from managing flood risks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and environmental restoration in Louisiana to dredging Boston Harbor. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley, File)

Senate approves $12.3 billion water bill

Henry Jackson · May 22, 2014 8:34 pm

Highlights of the House $601 billion defense bill

The Associated Press · May 22, 2014 8:16 pm

The Pentagon proposed retiring decades-old aircraft programs, including the A-10 Warthog, above, a close air support plane, and the U-2 spy plane of the Cold War era. (AP Photo/Jon Adams)

National Security

House passes $601 billion defense bill that spares planes, ships from Pentagon cuts

Associated Press · May 22, 2014 5:28 pm

GAO finds federal contractors being suspended more often

Washington Examiner · May 22, 2014 1:03 pm