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September 29, 2020

Senate advances stopgap funding measure to keep government open before election

The U.S. Senate moved on Tuesday聽to avert a pre-election government shutdown by voting to advance a stopgap funding measure that would keep the government open through Dec. 11.

September 11, 2020

New York students set up class in school parking lot to protest budget cuts

Students in Lansingburgh, New York, set up class in a school parking lot Thursday to protest state budget cuts and changes to reopening plans.

July 23, 2020

Fiscal conservatives revolt over price tag of coronavirus relief package

Several conservative Republicans are making their displeasure known over the price tag of the GOP's聽coronavirus relief proposal after it was revealed that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's opening salvo in the negotiations would cost about $1 trillion.聽

July 22, 2020

Biden plans, addressing issues from climate to elder care, near $10 trillion price tag

Joe Biden, through his presidential campaign, is proposing over $8 trillion in new spending on a variety of programs 鈥撀燼n ever-increasing tally that rises to around $10 trillion based on some estimates.聽

July 21, 2020

Cal Thomas: Out-of-control spending -- our leaders must heed Founders' warnings on national debt

Perhaps now is not the time in the middle of a pandemic, job losses and threats of even higher unemployment, to mention the national debt. Or, perhaps it is.

July 20, 2020

James Carafano: Cancel culture comes for Pentagon -- latest 'woke' proposal would hurt national security

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has declared they will oppose the National Defense Authorization Act on the House floor this week unless the defense budget is 鈥渕eaningfully reduced.鈥�

June 10, 2020

Medicaid spending could increase by nearly half a trillion dollars in COVID-19 fallout: study

A new study predicts that the economic fallout of COVID-19 will dramatically increase Medicaid rolls at a time when the program has mitigated states' ability to control costs -- creating a perfect storm for a "tidal wave" of聽$440 billion in new spending.

May 11, 2020

Feds spent nearly $100B on pandemic readiness, health security in decade leading up to coronavirus crisis

Over the past decade, the聽U.S. government spent nearly $100 billion on preparation for major health crises including pandemics, according to a 2018 paper on such funding --聽though the coronavirus聽outbreak still had Washington and states across the country scrambling to muster supplies and respond when it hit.聽

May 8, 2020

Trump poised to add more debt than Obama in first term

President Trump, thanks to high deficits in his first two full聽years in office followed by massive federal expenditures aimed at offsetting the economic effects of the coronavirus聽crisis,聽is on pace to add more to the national debt in his first term than did former President Barack聽Obama, whom Republicans often criticized for irresponsible spending.聽

May 4, 2020

Treasury to borrow $3T for coronavirus relief, adding more debt in 1 quarter than all of 2019

Senior Treasury Department officials said Monday the U.S. is borrowing more in the second quarter than it did in all of last year due to coronavirus relief spending and reduced tax revenue.