April 16, 2020 Rep. Massie says checks to dead people may be 'tip of the iceberg' of government waste in coronavirus stimulus Massie was the lone voice standing against the bill's expedited passage in the House of Representatives last month, criticizing the way the House was moving it along and measures he said had "no direct relation" to the pandemic, saying the bill "shouldn't be stuffed full of Nancy Pelosi's pork."
April 16, 2020 US, Canada have funded Chinese lab eyed as likely source of coronavirus outbreak According to public documents compiled by the White Coat Waste Project and shared with Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ, The Wuhan Institute of Virology has been involved with research funded by $7.1 million worth of U.S. government grants from the National Institutes of Health as it's participated in projects in collaboration with U.S. institutions.Â
April 14, 2020 Trump set to preside over record spending, deficits as coronavirus costs explode Following the passage of the $2.2 trillion CARES Act late last month, Goldman Sachs reportedly has forecast that the federal deficit will reach $3.6 trillion for 2020.
April 9, 2020 Alarm bells sound over historic deficit spending, as coronavirus bills could near $5T The U.S. government is poised to spend an unprecedented sum of money on its response to the coronavirus crisis, with a potential final price tag of nearly $5 trillion if lawmakers get the full extent of what they're seeking in as many as five separate bills. Â
April 3, 2020 What could 'Phase 4' coronavirus bill include? Here's what to expect with a potential "Phase 4" coronavirus response bill, which could be passed by the end of April.
April 1, 2020 Feds spent $10G on dog urine research 2 days after first US coronavirus death The spending happened ahead of a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill which included several provisions observers said had questionable relevance to combating the coronavirus.
March 31, 2020 Cal Thomas: People need coronavirus stimulus money but I worry about our growing national debt, too If uncontrolled and unlimited spending continues, we might have to change the nation’s abbreviation from "USA" to "ATM."
March 27, 2020 Coronavirus package contains $11 billion for three international development organizations Among the many provisions in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package that appear to have little to do with the immediate crisis at home is a nearly $11 billion pot of money for three international development groups.Â
March 26, 2020 Coronavirus bill more than double the size of FDR’s New Deal: How it compares Here's how the coronavirus stimulus stacks up against some of the most ambitious legislative efforts of the past 100 years.Â
February 12, 2020 Reporter's Notebook: Congress' budget battles spark confusion without much progress Presidents' budgets sent to Congress seem to spark more fiscal confusion than anything else.