Tag: Spending

Beltway Confidential

New poll: Teachers have no idea how much their schools spend

Jason Russell · August 18, 2015 4:01 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is traveling to the Cuban capital to raise the U.S. flag and formally reopen the long-closed U.S. Embassy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Cuba policy critics demand Senate block State’s funding

Susan Crabtree · August 14, 2015 1:54 pm

The Export-Import Bank's chairman and president, Fred Hochberg, indicated he's hopeful that Congress will reauthorize the bank when it gets back, and saw a July Senate vote as a good sign. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Finance and Economy

No layoffs at Export-Import Bank despite losing authorization

Pete Kasperowicz · August 13, 2015 3:33 pm

The Government Accountability Office announced Tuesday that the Marine Corps did not properly account for nearly $1 billion in transactions. (AP Photo)Â

Pentagon unable to account for nearly $1 billion spent

Barbara Boland · August 5, 2015 5:02 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks at a press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 30, 2015. Pelosi said she believes Democrats will be able to uphold a presidential veto if Republicans vote against a nuclear deal with Iran. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Critical spending bills unresolved until Congress returns

Susan Ferrechio · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

The U.S. Navy launches a Trident II, D-5 missile from the submerged submarine USS Tennessee in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, on Dec. 4, 1989. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Does Washington have the stomach to pay for its nukes?

David Brown · August 3, 2015 4:01 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, R-Ga., told Primo that he would support a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution but that approval of such an amendment seems unlikely in the near future.Â (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Why a constitutional amendment is the best way to fix the budget

Jason Russell · July 28, 2015 9:14 pm

Enrollment in Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid expansion in various states are two factors that contributed to the increased spending. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Healthcare spending rises due to Obamacare, better economy

Robert King · July 28, 2015 8:20 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Boehner says stopgap funding bill inevitable

Susan Ferrechio · July 23, 2015 4:47 pm

Obama to veto bill stripping ‘sanctuary cities’ of federal funds

Nicole Duran · July 23, 2015 1:59 pm

About 40 percent of the financing the Export-Import Bank ships to foreign companies is to subsidize the purchase of Boeing jets. (Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Boeing and GE — the top two recipients of Ex-Im Bank subsidies — were the top spenders on lobbying

Timothy P. Carney · July 22, 2015 7:56 pm

Paul said Planned Parenthood has "absolutely zero respect for the sanctity of human life," referring to an undercover video released by an anti-abortion group this week. (AP Photo)Â

Rand Paul: Defund Planned Parenthood

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 17, 2015 6:41 pm