federal spending

Obama's Budget: Shortchanging Women's Health?

By Deborah Kotz - On Women - May 8, 2009

Some reproductive rights activists are angry over what's been left out. more >>

In First 100 Days, Obama Moves Too Fast, Spends Too Much

By Mary Kate Cary - Mary Kate Cary - April 29, 2009

Too much, too fast from the new president. more >>

Tea Party Day Is Good News for the Future of Conservatives, Republicans

By Mary Kate Cary - Mary Kate Cary - April 15, 2009

Today's protests could have a ripple effect through American politics for some time to come. more >>

Fed Plans to Spend Up to $800 Billion to Jump-Start Lending Markets

By Amanda Ruggeri - Nation & World - November 25, 2008

The Federal Reserve is targeting consumer credit and mortgage loans amid more bad economic news. more >>

New Study Might Spell the End for Federal Reading Program

By Eddy Ramírez - On Education - November 21, 2008

Schools receiving federal money for reading instruction haven't made significant progress, study finds. more >>

Why AIG Is Devouring the Bailout Fund

By Rick Newman - Rick Newman - November 10, 2008

The huge insurer’s worsening problems reflect a threat to all consumers. more >>

After the Bailout: Is Obama Depressing the Market?

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - October 7, 2008

A shaky Wall Street might be worried about future tax and spending plans. more >>

Obama, McCain, and Defense Stocks

By Kirk Shinkle - Money - September 29, 2008

These stocks could suffer no matter who wins. more >>

Past & Present: Alexander Hamilton and the Start of the National Debt

Opinion - September 18, 2008

Hamilton's big idea is still with us today. John Steele Gordon recalls the history of the debt. more >>

A Heap of Hawaiian Luxury for Lawmakers and Many of Their Wives

Nation & World - July 18, 2008

Eight lawmakers took off for the tropics for a conference on U.S.-China relations. more >>

Taxpayers and Private Groups Pay for Congress's Globe-trotting Over Memorial Day

By Katherine Skiba and Johannah Cornblatt - Nation & World - July 16, 2008

One of the benefits of being a member of Congress is lavish trips, sometimes on the taxpayers' dime. more >>

Attacking McCain's (Budget) Hawkishness

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - June 2, 2008

Jonathan Chait doesn't seem to think much of the candidate's plans to cut spending. more >>

Maverick McCainomics Could Alter Our Fiscal Future

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - April 29, 2008

Cutting entitlement spending increases could free trillions for tax cuts and investment. more >>

Obama: "Yes" to Higher Taxes, "Meh" to Spending Cuts

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - March 28, 2008

If he's elected, the government will be grabbing more of your capital gains. more >>

Budget Cutters Could Target the Military

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - March 6, 2008

Hey, that's where the money is. more >>

Iraq Is Turning Into a Budget Issue

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - February 19, 2008

Dems may want to use war money for domestic spending. more >>

Make Congress Suffer

By Bonnie Erbe - Bonnie Erbe - December 17, 2007

Lawmakers should be penalized for inability to curb spending and modify the alternative minimum tax. more >>

After months of the president and members of Congress bickering over the federal budget, the White House said today it was encouraged by concessions Democrats made over the weekend in crafting a $500 billion-plus catchall spending bill. While the bill mainly sticks with the president's proposed budget, it also shifts money to social programs the president wanted to cut. more >>

Giuliani Shows His Claws on Spending

By James Pethokoukis - Capital Commerce - December 3, 2007

But budget-cutting without entitlement reform may be useless. more >>