Tag: Spending

Maggie Barcellano plays with her three-year-old daughter, Zoe, at Lakeway City Park in Lakeway, Texas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. Barcellano enrolled in the food stamps program to help save up for paramedic training while she works as a home health aide and raises her daughter. Working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps, a switch from a few years ago when children and the elderly were the main recipients. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa)

The new face of food stamps: Working-age Americans

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

FILE -This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows a bipartisan group of Senator arrive on Capitol Hill in Washington for the Senate vote to approve a $1.1 trillion spending package, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, a bipartisan compromise that all but banishes the likelihood of an election-year government shutdown. From left are, Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas. Talk about words more costly than gold. The giant federal budget bill that Congress passed late Thursday will cost taxpayers nearly $3 million per word, or if you want to really think big almost $700 million per page. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GO FIGURE: Fed budget comes to $3M per word

Seth Borenstein · January 17, 2014 11:46 pm

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and GOP leaders finish a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, following a weekly House Republican Conference meeting. From left are, House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va. The Republicans tied the recent stagnant employment reports to the policies of President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Analysis: Budget bill shows conservative restraint

David Espo · January 15, 2014 7:51 am

Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is the latest Republican to complain about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's heavy-handed tactics in running the Senate. (Getty images)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Tom Coburn blasts Harry Reid: We have a czar running the Senate

Charlie Spiering · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Spending bill delays some flood insurance hikes

Spending bill delays some flood insurance hikes

Andrew Taylor · January 14, 2014 9:28 pm

Bill would provide $25m more for embassy security

Bill would provide $25m more for embassy security

Deb Riechmann · January 14, 2014 8:40 pm

Budget pact would keep Saturday mail delivery

Budget pact would keep Saturday mail delivery

Washington Examiner · January 14, 2014 5:48 pm

Energy and Environment

Omnibus deal cuts EPA spending, ends light bulb ban

Zack Colman · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Only the Defense Department, which has awarded nine contracts totaling $1,231,606, has spent more than State on Facebook contracts, according to USASpending.gov. (AP File)

State Department’s Facebook spending highlights lack of transparency in contracting data

Michal Conger · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Study: $112 billion in new regulations in 2013

Joseph Lawler · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, speaks with Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., on Capitol Hill on Nov. 13, 2013, at the start of a Congressional Budget Conference. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Lawmakers put finishing touches on spending bill

Associated Press, Andrew Taylor · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

The federal government can cut spending by taking advantage of low-hanging fruit. (Photo: Thinkstock)

A New Year’s resolution on spending cuts the federal government could keep

Veronique de Rugy · January 2, 2014 5:00 am