House Passes Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday to head off a government shutdown next week by temporarily extending spending on most federal p...
WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday to head off a government shutdown next week by temporarily extending spending on most federal p...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama, sounding weary of criticism over federal earmarks, defended Congress' pet projects Wednesday as he signed a...
AP/MSNBC | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics
President Barack Obama plans to sign a massive spending bill to keep the federal government running, even though it is stashed with the very kinds of ...
AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics
Highlights of the $410 billion omnibus spending bill funding 12 Cabinet departments and lesser agency budgets for 2009: ____...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Democratic-controlled House pushed through a $410 billion measure Wednesday that boosted domestic programs, bristled with earma...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination of a long-standing ban on drilling off...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 10.28.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination of a long-standing ban on drilling off...
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Its earmark season on Capitol Hill, and this year, thanks to technology, it will be even easier for members of Congress to get their earmark requests sorted out and submitted.
AP | Ben Feller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
President Bush, still voicing concern about special project spending by Congress, signed a $555 billion bill Wednesday that funds the Iraq war well in...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
President Bush, still voicing concern about special project spending by Congress, signed a $555 billion bill Wednesday that funds the Iraq war well in...
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics