Tag: Spending

Fifty-six percent of Americans now believe the country's economic and political systems are stacked against them -- the highest number in 22 years, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. (iStock Photo)

Earmarks never went away — they changed addresses

Sarah Bedford · September 26, 2014 9:00 am

HHS Seeks Birth Control… For Deer

HHS Seeks Birth Control… For Deer

Jeryl Bier · September 25, 2014 10:04 am

FILE - In this April 11, 2014 file photo, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, left, and his Republican rival, businessman Bruce Rauner, shake hands after they appeared together at the annual meeting of the Illinois Education Association in Chicago. Illinois has seen a roughly 30 percent increase in the number of TV ads and the money spent to air them this election cycle compared to four years ago, according to an analysis by the non-partisan Center for Public Integrity. That jump has been fueled by the neck-and-neck race between Rauner and Quinn. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Illinois among top in US for campaign ad spending

Sara Burnett · September 24, 2014 5:16 am

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Outside election spending nears $230m

Kelly Cohen · September 22, 2014 4:11 pm

GOP heads into midterms without detailed conservative manifesto

GOP heads into midterms without detailed conservative manifesto

Joseph Lawler · September 19, 2014 9:02 am

Deficit hawks face a serious problem in advancing their message: Declining deficits and debt. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)

Fiscal hawks’ problem: Shrinking debt

Joseph Lawler · September 15, 2014 9:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released a statement clarifying his remarks regarding hisÂ speech at a gala event earlier this month hosted by In Defense of Christians,Â and apologized for questioning he sincerity of his critics.Â (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP bill would avert fed shutdown till Dec. 11

Andrew Taylor · September 9, 2014 11:29 pm

After all his complaints about Republican obstruction this year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., expressed frustration last night after Republicans helped guarantee a floor vote on a measure he supports. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid is mad that Republicans didn’t obstruct his bill

Ashe Schow · September 9, 2014 2:57 pm

Feds to Spend $500,000 for New Art at Customs and Border Protection Facility in San Diego

Jeryl Bier · September 8, 2014 11:34 am

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

Congress’ task: Act fast on spending, return home

Donna Cassata · September 6, 2014 8:43 pm

In 2008, governments at all levels were responsible for about $1.4 trillion, or 41 percent, of the nation's health spending. But by 2023, governments will be spending $2.5 trillion, or 48 percent, of the national total. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

CHART: Government share of U.S. health spending surging under Obamacare

Philip Klein · September 3, 2014 8:00 pm

Health care spending in Massachusetts on the rise

Health care spending in Massachusetts on the rise

Bob Salsberg · September 2, 2014 7:50 pm