Tag: Spending

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman speaks to reporters gathered at the Seib-Wessell breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (Melissa Golden for The Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Furman: White House to Give Congress Wide Berth on Budget

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

The project has broad support on both sides of the aisle, despite its financial maladies. The Corps estimates the project will yield $640 million in economic benefits annually, largely through reduced transportation costs. (AP Photo/Paducah Sun, John Wampler)

Energy and Environment

Costs overflow for Kentucky dam

Zack Colman · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

U.S. manufacturing grew strongly in October, a sign that the government shutdown and debt limit fight earlier in the month did not derail the tepid-but-resilient private-sector recovery. (AP Photo)

Report: Manufacturing grew strongly during the shutdown and debt limit fight

Joseph Lawler · November 1, 2013 4:00 am

‘Unethical behavior’ drove wasteful spending at Veterans Affairs conference

‘Unethical behavior’ drove wasteful spending at Veterans Affairs conference

Mark Flatten · October 30, 2013 4:00 am

$15 million spent by the National Park Service to supplement D.C. area concert venues including Wolf Trap in Vienna, Va., which generates up to $30 million in revenue every year. (AP Photo)

Report shows wasteful spending by Park Service as treasured monuments deteriorate

Susan Ferrechio · October 29, 2013 4:00 am

The RNC is taking a drastically different approach to spending its money in the upcoming mid-term elections next year, putting up more money early on in the campaigns to build the party's grassroots rather than stockpile its cash until the final days of the election as it has been in the past.

RNC changes spending strategy to focus on early grassroots

Rebecca Berg · October 28, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama speaks about the importance of education in providing skills for American workers in a global economy, Friday, Oct. 25, 2013, during a visit at Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) in Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama warns GOP against further spending cuts

Susan Crabtree · October 25, 2013 4:00 am

Roll Call: Continuing resolution sets high bar for Eisenhower Memorial construction

Roll Call: Continuing resolution sets high bar for Eisenhower Memorial construction

Washington Examiner · October 24, 2013 4:00 am

Report: U.S. Spent $3.7 Trillion on Welfare Over Last 5 Years

Daniel Halper · October 23, 2013 12:39 pm

Critics say the bill establishes a new system that would allow the public and outside groups to request project funding that would likely lead to an increase in the $60 billion backlog of unfinished waterway projects.

Energy and Environment

Waterway projects bill says reform, but critics see more federal overspending

Susan Ferrechio · October 23, 2013 4:00 am

Corporate welfare should be the first spending on the chopping block. Corporate welfare costs taxpayers nearly $100 billion a year, according to a study by the Cato Institute.

In budget fight, GOP should target corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · October 22, 2013 4:00 am

Smithsonian faces $65M cut in Congress’ budget

Smithsonian faces $65M cut in Congress’ budget

Brett Zongker · October 21, 2013 9:18 pm