Budgets and Deficits

A bipartisan group of congressmen want the American taxpayers to know where their money is being spent.

National Security

VIDEO: Congress calls on Obama to disclose intel budgets

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Omnibus deal cuts EPA spending, ends light bulb ban

Zack Colman -

January 14, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2013, file photo shows Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Top congressional negotiators released on Jan. 13, 2014, a bipartisan $1.1 trillion spending bill that would pay for the operations of government through October and finally put to rest the bitter budget battles of last year. The 1,582-page bill was released after weeks of negotiations between House Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., and Senate counterpart Mikulski, who kept a tight lid on the details. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

News

Huge spending bill would bury budget battles

Andrew Taylor -

January 14, 2014 3:10 am

The $1.012 trillion bill adheres to the budget deal agreed upon in December by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. and will likely pass both the House and Senate with ease this week. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Politics

Congress proposes trillion-dollar 2014 federal spending bill

Susan Ferrechio -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants spending boost for roads and ports

Associated Press -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, has said in exchange for extending unemployment benefits, he wants to pay for them and include Republican-approved provisions aimed at increasing jobs. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Politics

Critical votes on federal spending, jobless pay this week in Congress

Susan Ferrechio -

January 13, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 10, 2014, photo, Stan Osnowitz, an electrician with 43 years of experience, displays tools from his work bag in his apartment in Baltimore. He has been unemployed since the end of June 2013 and lost his state unemployment benefits of $430 a week in December, but he keeps his work equipment packed and ready to go at a moment's notice. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

JOSH BOAKSAM HANANEL -

January 12, 2014 6:47 pm

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announces a child abuse and neglect initiative at the Capitol in Phoenix on Dec. 2. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Arizona governor lays out agenda for lawmakers

Associated Press -

January 12, 2014 5:00 am

News

House to extend deadline for budget talks

Associated Press -

January 10, 2014 4:22 pm

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., recently defended the pension cut in an op-ed in USA Today, saying he stands behind

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

Andrew Taylor -

January 9, 2014 5:00 am

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Tag: Budgets and Deficits

VIDEO: Congress calls on Obama to disclose intel budgets

Omnibus deal cuts EPA spending, ends light bulb ban

Huge spending bill would bury budget battles

Congress proposes trillion-dollar 2014 federal spending bill

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants spending boost for roads and ports

Critical votes on federal spending, jobless pay this week in Congress

Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options

Arizona governor lays out agenda for lawmakers

House to extend deadline for budget talks

Disabled veterans to be exempted from federal pension cuts

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