War Spending

Yes, We're Still Counting

Jan Herman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics


Jan Herman

At the moment the cost of U.S. wars over the past nine years is closing in on $900 billion. Health care reform would cost an estimated $900 billion to $1 trillion over the next 10 years.

Senate Passes $91.3 Billion War Funding Bill

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday passed a $91.3 billion military spending bill, shorn of money President Barack Obama wants to close the Guan...

Obama Risks Liberal Backlash On War Funding

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics


President Barack Obama plans to request new funding from Congress for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he risks a backlash from antiwar lawm...

Pentagon Wants Record Budget For 2009

New York Times | Thom Shanker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


As Congress and the public focus on more than $600 billion already approved in supplemental budgets to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and fo...

First Democratic-Led Congress In 12 Years Ends Year On A Down Note

Washington Post | Jonathan Weisman and Paul Kane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The first Democratic-led Congress in a dozen years limped out of Washington last night with a lengthy list of accomplishments, from the first increase...