Tag: Spending

Beltway Confidential

Ethics investigation clouds Rep. David Schweikert’s political career

Philip Wegmann · May 31, 2018 9:38 pm

Virginia Senate passes Medicaid expansion

Robert King · May 30, 2018 6:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows: House Freedom Caucus moving to give DACA recipients citizenship

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 4:16 pm

America’s pensions are paying high management fees for a whole lot of nothing

Carol Park and Jeff Hooke · May 27, 2018 4:00 am

Republican Senate leadership holds a press conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

Senate fiscal hawks pressure McConnell with bill to cut $15B in unused funding

Susan Ferrechio · May 25, 2018 6:17 pm

White House underestimated new debt in Trump budget by $2.3 trillion: CBO

Joseph Lawler · May 24, 2018 7:02 pm

Senate votes to make lawmakers pay sexual harassment settlements

Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 6:47 pm

A sign located at the Department of Energy's headquarters in Washington, D.C., is shown.

Energy and Environment

Senate Appropriations Committee rejects Trump cuts for energy funding

Josh Siegel · May 24, 2018 6:02 pm

U.S. Army Soldiers fire on targets 300 meters away during Infantry Advanced Leader Course marksmanship training on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 9, 2018. The course, which is run by the New Jersey Army National Guard's 254th Regiment, focuses on leadership and technical skills required to prepare Soldiers to effectively lead squad and platoon size units.

National Security

House passes $717 billion defense authorization bill for 2019

Jamie McIntyre · May 24, 2018 2:28 pm

"I think because of all the loose political rhetoric floating around here, we need to make sure we explain that there is a separation between these things," Ryan said of the memo and the Russia investigation during a Jan. 30 press conference.

Beltway Confidential

GOP leaders scramble for deal to avoid immigration vote showdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 4:00 am

The fact that trolley lines can't be easily or inexpensively moved, as bus lines can, means that entrepreneurs will build bars and restaurants on trolley-served streets, which D.C.'s H Street N.E. will be if the proposed trolley line is up and operating. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

To move one passenger just one mile on the DC Streetcar in 2016 cost the city $23

Philip Wegmann · May 23, 2018 7:59 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., pause as Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

House GOP pushing for more CFPB reforms, changes to Volcker rule

Joseph Lawler · May 23, 2018 2:54 pm