Tag: Spending

Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

On Baltimore riots, Dems assail lack of spending

Hugo Gurdon · May 3, 2015 2:17 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is joining the small crowd of Republicans calling for a reversal of budget cuts at the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo)

Newt Gingrich calls for doubling National Institutes of Health budget

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 1:08 pm

HHS Announces $201 Million for Obamacare Navigators

Jeryl Bier · April 17, 2015 1:04 pm

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell speaks at the Center for American progress in Washington D.C., on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Here’s some good news about Medicare

Paige Winfield Cunningham · April 15, 2015 4:35 pm

Eugene Dodaro, the comptroller general, highlighted waste during a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee on Tuesday. (AP File)

Accountability official tells Senate cutting duplication saved $20 billion in four years

Sarah Bedford · April 14, 2015 7:09 pm

As government spending grows, special interest lobbyist paydays get bigger, too

As government spending grows, special interest lobbyist paydays get bigger, too

Luke Rosiak · April 14, 2015 9:00 am

Obama’s ‘dark money’ order

Obama’s ‘dark money’ order

Brian Hughes · April 10, 2015 9:00 am

Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf testifies before the Senate Budget committee on Capitol Hill November 15, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Budget office: Deficit increases in first half of 2015

Joseph Lawler · April 8, 2015 8:49 pm

Homeland Security is pouring money into projects that may not protect the nation as intended. (AP Photo)

Nuke smuggling detection may have gaps despite $350 million in research grants

Ethan Barton · April 8, 2015 7:05 pm

Republican candidate for the 5th District Congressional race Mick Mulvaney gestures during his debate with Congressman John Spratt Friday, Oct. 15, 2010, at ETV studio with moderator Mark Quinn in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, Pool)

House conservative slams GOP budget in op-ed

Susan Ferrechio · March 30, 2015 5:52 pm

The talks between Obama and Boehner about a so-called "grand bargain," which would have included entitlement cuts, now seem like a distant memory. (AP)

Entitlement reform: Dead or alive?

Brian Hughes · March 30, 2015 10:00 am

Obama hunkers down for future spending fights

Obama hunkers down for future spending fights

Brian Hughes · March 27, 2015 9:00 am