Tag: Spending

"We want to do a multi-year highway bill," said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.Â Ryan on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. At right Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

House passes five-month highway patch supported by Obama

Susan Ferrechio · July 15, 2015 8:24 pm

$4.3M OPM Contract for ‘Data Warehouse Program’ Extended Two Months

Jeryl Bier · July 15, 2015 1:29 pm

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Budget Director Shaun Donovan, left, and Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs David Agnew, speaks about a series of new actions being taken to support communities facing climate change during a meeting with state, local, and tribal leaders, Wednesday, July 16, 2014, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama administration lowers deficit estimate for 2015

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2015 8:36 pm

Transit workers participate in a rally to urge Congress to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House chairmen look to tax compliance to fund highway spending through 2015

Joseph Lawler · July 14, 2015 12:40 pm

Can Senate Republicans continue to break the gridlock?

Susan Ferrechio · July 13, 2015 4:01 am

House scraps spending bill debate over Confederate flag fight

Susan Ferrechio · July 9, 2015 6:06 pm

The National Institutes of Health James Shannon building on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House braces for NIH funding fight

Robert King · July 9, 2015 4:01 am

In a report commissioned by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute, the economists estimate that $100 billion in new infrastructure spending could generate $12.5 billion to $33.1 billion in new taxes over 20 years. That would reduce the need for tax revenues to pay for new roads, bridges, and ports. (AP Photo)

Dynamic scoring is demanded for spending on roads

Joseph Lawler · July 6, 2015 3:41 pm

A truck drives out of the delivery dock at the U.S. Post Office sort center March 25, 2009 in San Francisco.Â White House budgeteers want federal agencies to consider the costs of climate change when they submit their fiscal 2017 spending plans.Â (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

White House to agencies: Consider climate costs in next budget

Zack Colman · July 2, 2015 8:42 pm

The Marijuana Check-Up allows users of the drug, who range from content to dissatisfied with their experience, to voluntarily take stock of their use. (AP Photo)Â

NIH-funded program to reduce teen marijuana use with exercise ends

Emilie Padgett · June 30, 2015 9:15 pm

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Beltway Confidential

U.S. debt headed toward Greek levels

Jason Russell · June 30, 2015 5:01 pm

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, accompanied by Whip Dick Durbin of Ill., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss immigration reform. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Dems hoping filibuster gives them the upper hand in spending fight

Susan Ferrechio · June 22, 2015 4:01 am