Tag: Spending

Reps. Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Diana DeGette, D-Colo., said Trump's proposed budgets cuts are far too drastic. (AP)

Cures bill sponsors Upton and DeGette seek to save NIH funding

Robert King · April 12, 2017 3:41 pm

Flint residents still need filters to drink their tap water. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Energy and Environment

Michigan Dems push for Flint funding in spending bill

John Siciliano · April 10, 2017 8:59 pm

Officials say it's difficult to predict what this year's mosquito season will look like. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Fearing Zika, states ready for mosquito season

Kimberly Leonard · April 10, 2017 8:52 pm

Energy and Environment

EPA gives out awards for Energy Star program Trump wants to cut

John Siciliano · April 6, 2017 8:53 pm

The animal-rights organization says the government could save billions by ending animal testing. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

PETA supports NIH budget cuts

Kimberly Leonard · April 6, 2017 3:43 pm

Marsha Litt, and James Lawrence of Washington, D.C., were furloughed during the government shutdown in 2013. Two-thirds of middle-class military families are feeling as anxious about a possible government down later on this month as they did in the fall of 2013. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Two-thirds of military families anxious about government shutdown

Kyle Feldscher · April 5, 2017 12:25 pm

The government will run out of money four days after Congress returns from its Easter recess. (iStock)

As deadline looms, GOP unclear of path to keep the government open

Nicole Duran · April 5, 2017 4:40 am

Energy and Environment

Department of Energy website still boasting about programs Trump wants to cut

John Siciliano · March 31, 2017 6:41 pm

Government spending will rise, according to the budget office, in large part because of growth in Social Security, healthcare programs, and interest on the debt. (iStock photo)

Budget office warns: Debt set to double in 30 years if Congress doesn’t act

Joseph Lawler · March 30, 2017 3:32 pm

The Freedom Caucus rejected funding levels hammered out by President Barack Obama and then-House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in 2011, forcing an 11th-hour scramble to keep the lights on. In 2013 they refused to back off and the government did close for two weeks. In both cases, Republicans bore the brunt of the blame in voters' eyes. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP sweats Freedom Caucus’ potential to shut down the government

Nicole Duran · March 28, 2017 5:08 pm

Sen. Portman became the third Republican senator to call for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rob Portman wants dollar-for-dollar spending cuts for any debt ceiling hike

Joseph Lawler · March 23, 2017 9:02 pm

Obama's Medicare savings are crucial to the healthcare plan achieving a positive score from the CBO. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

It’s fiscally irresponsible to vote in favor of the House Republican bill to repeal Obamacare

Chris Jacobs · March 23, 2017 12:00 am