Spending

Columnists

Americans, where have you gone?

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.

Politics

John Boehner to move clean debt-limit increase

David M. Drucker -

February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Columnists

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)

Economy

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

Joseph Lawler -

February 10, 2014 5:00 am

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

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

Politics

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

Luke Rosiak -

January 30, 2014 5:00 am

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)

News

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

Seth Borenstein -

January 17, 2014 11:46 pm

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