Tag: Spending

Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Granite City, Ill., on Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of the stimulus legislation. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

‘Sheriff Joe’ Biden to deliver a speech defending the stimulus

Charlie Spiering · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

The law requires stimulus recipients to submit quarterly reports to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. Those who don't are classified as "non-compliers." (Thinkstock)

Recipients of stimulus funds fail to report what they do with the money

Kelly Cohen · February 19, 2014 5:00 am

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Getting a grip on the realities of the federal budget

Scott Rasmussen · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner: "We'll let his party give him the debt ceiling increase that he wants." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Washington Secrets

Poll: Public rejects ‘clean’ debt deal, wants spending cuts

Paul Bedard · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Americans, where have you gone?

David Limbaugh · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The road the country has been on for the past five years is now beginning to come to an end. The Federal Reserve, which pumped $3 trillion into the economy to keep the Great Recession from worsening, is withdrawing its financial lifeline amid signs of fresh economic growth. The nation's gross domestic product is inching up and annual federal budget deficits are heading down. How Washington policymakers respond to the improvements in the economy may even sow the seeds for more cooperation in Washington. "The president's policies are not working," Boehner declares.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John Boehner to move clean debt-limit increase

David M. Drucker · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

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Regular people lose when the privileged profit from government

John Stossel · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Janet Yellen reacts to applause by staff members after she was sworn in as Federal Reserve Board chair, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Yellen is the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

The week ahead in economics: Middle class spending, Janet Yellen testifies and job openings

Joseph Lawler · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

Gavel and scales

Without contribution limits, Texas legal reform group expects more spending from ‘bully’ attorney

David Yates · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

EXography: 65 of 70 biggest spenders are Democrats, led by Congressional Black Caucus members

EXography: 65 of 70 biggest spenders are Democrats, led by Congressional Black Caucus members

Luke Rosiak · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Appropriate Appropriations? tracks every bill introduced by every congressman and the amount of spending attached to it, as marked up by Cato's innovative Deepbills project.

Beltway Confidential

‘Appropriate Appropriations?’ leaves Washington’s big spenders nowhere to hide

Mark Tapscott · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

The pork Congress approves is just the tip of the spending iceberg

The pork Congress approves is just the tip of the spending iceberg

Luke Rosiak · January 30, 2014 5:00 am