Spending Bill

House Passes Bill To Prevent Government Shutdown

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday to head off a government shutdown next week by temporarily extending spending on most federal p...

Obama Signs "Imperfect" Spending Bill In Private

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...

Obama Earmark Reform Remarks (FULL TEXT)

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 ...

Omnibus Spending Bill: Highlights Of What It Contains

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: ____...

House Approves $410B Bill To Boost Domestic Spending

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...

Senate Approves $25 Billion Automaker Loan In Spending Bill

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...

Senate sends big spending bill to Bush to sign

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...

Earmarks: Faster And Easier Than Ever Thanks To Innovation

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

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.

Bush Signs $555 Billion Spending Bill

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...

Bush Signs $555 Billion Spending Bill

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...