Tag: Spending

Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., is asking for the California National Guardsmen fix to be added to the to-do list for negotiators trying to iron out a final version of the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Vets groups back push to freeze VA spending on art

Sarah Bedford · August 19, 2016 4:44 pm

Researchers won't have enough money to start preparing testing sites in late fall, Dr. Anthony Fauci said. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Health officials say lack of Zika funding will stymie vaccine development

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 11, 2016 7:07 pm

Trump: ‘This Is the Time’ for Government to Borrow

Chris Deaton · August 11, 2016 6:34 pm

The federal deficit is on pace to post its first increase for a full fiscal year since 2011. (iStock photo)

Deficit rises to $514 billion through July

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2016 6:45 pm

Trump Emphasizes Growth and Private Investment in Economic Speech

Fred Barnes · August 8, 2016 6:50 pm

After a seven-week recess, the Senate will spend September and one week in October working in the nation's capital. The House will be in Washington even less, as it is out of session the entire month of October. (iStock photo)

The one thing Congress must do this year and two measures that will die

Joel Gehrke · August 8, 2016 4:01 am

Federal tax receipts for the first ten months of the fiscal year hit a new record in July. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

$2.67 trillion: Federal tax receipts through July hit record

Rudy Takala · August 6, 2016 4:01 am

The funds are intended to tide over states and territories until Congress provides emergency funding to fight Zika, which has now been found in more than 1,600 Americans and is spreading locally in Florida. (AP Photo)

States get more Zika funding

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 2, 2016 3:27 pm

WH: Congress needs to return and approve Zika request. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

WH: Congress needs to return and approve Zika request

Nicole Duran · July 29, 2016 6:53 pm

The First Amendment guarantees your right to join with others to advance your point of view. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)

‘Dark money’ opponents: Disclosure for thee, but not for me

Ben Hurst · July 28, 2016 4:04 am

"We have an unprecedented health threat, and we don't have the robust resources that would enable us to respond most effectively," Tom Frieden told Time magazine this week. (AP Photo)

CDC director: We’re fighting Zika with one hand tied

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 27, 2016 3:55 pm

The CDC said Thursday that the nearly $60 million will go to boosting mosquito control and monitoring and boosting labs. It also will be used to help local health departments identify and investigate Zika cases. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

CDC gives states $60 million to fight Zika

Robert King · July 21, 2016 3:22 pm