Tag: Spending

Tax subsidies help pay for an estimated $18 billion advantage against private sector rivals like Fed Ex, as well as the Postal Service's First Class mail delivery monopoly.

$18 billion in special privileges boost Post Office against rivals like FedEx, UPS

Ethan Barton · March 26, 2015 9:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., center, holds-up a synopsis of the House Republican budget proposal as he announces the plan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House passes $3.8 trillion spending plan

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2015 11:07 pm

Jeff Flake turns government waste into a basketball bracket

Jeff Flake turns government waste into a basketball bracket

Kelly Cohen · March 25, 2015 4:07 pm

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 20, 2015, during the second-annual White House Student Film Festival. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama vows not to sign bills that keep spending caps in place

Joseph Lawler · March 21, 2015 10:39 pm

The late Sen. William Proxmire started the Golden Fleece Award being revived by the Citizens for the Republic. (AP)

Washington Secrets

Report: SBA funded Rolex, Lamborghini, beach clubs, wineries

Paul Bedard · March 18, 2015 7:26 pm

Who Is Minding the Store?

Who Is Minding the Store?

Geoffrey Norman · March 17, 2015 6:38 pm

Obama pans GOP budget

Obama pans GOP budget

Brian Hughes · March 17, 2015 4:51 pm

Cost of Cars for President’s Australia Visit: $1.37M

Jeryl Bier · March 17, 2015 12:07 pm

House GOP previews balanced budget, Obamacare repeal

House GOP previews balanced budget, Obamacare repeal

Joseph Lawler · March 16, 2015 7:02 pm

White House: GOP governors value politics over lives

White House: GOP governors value politics over lives

Brian Hughes · March 16, 2015 5:37 pm

Compared to historical averages from 1965 to 2014, spending is rising much faster than revenues. (Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The federal government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem

Jason Russell · March 2, 2015 6:41 pm

‘Bad policy’: White House slams GOP leadership over Homeland Security funding

‘Bad policy’: White House slams GOP leadership over Homeland Security funding

Brian Hughes · March 2, 2015 6:30 pm