Read more federal spending stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19305/federal-spending.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:34:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70652/congress-votes-to-boost-own-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith local governments around the country tightening their belts, Congress is loosening theirs. The House last week approved a 5.8% bump in the legislative budget, and the Senate is poised to do so as well. That’ll bring Capitol Hill’s annual budget to $4.7 billion, Politico reports. Expenditures include...http://www.newser.com/story/70652/congress-votes-to-boost-own-budget.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68003/dont-fear-debt-failed-reform-is-scarier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPaul Krugman isn't surprised that the projected $9 trillion deficit over the next decade is being greeted as a sign of economic apocalypse—and that commentators think it proves health care reform should be scuppered. In fact, he writes in the New York Times , it's good to run a deficit...http://www.newser.com/story/68003/dont-fear-debt-failed-reform-is-scarier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 6:19:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64866/tarp-watchdog-bailouts-may-cost-us-24t.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe special inspector overseeing Treasury’s TARP program says federal assistance to banks and other financial entities could end up costing taxpayers $23.7 trillion, Bloomberg reports. Aside from the $700 billion bailout, Neil Barofsky says in testimony prepared for told Congress tomorrow, other trillion-dollar federal programs could balloon. “TARP has...http://www.newser.com/story/64866/tarp-watchdog-bailouts-may-cost-us-24t.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 15:41:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63097/feds-showing-more-love-for-uglier-endangered-species.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen you’re an endangered species jockeying for federal funding, good looks are historically a plus. That may be changing, the Washington Post reports. In the past, researchers note, “there has been a very heavy bias toward ‘charismatic megafauna’—relatively large, well-known birds and mammals.” But in recent years, smaller, less...http://www.newser.com/story/63097/feds-showing-more-love-for-uglier-endangered-species.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 13:28:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61292/obama-promises-600k-stimulus-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Barack Obama promised today to deliver more than 600,000 jobs through his $787 billion stimulus plan this summer, with federal agencies pumping billions into public works projects, schools, and summer youth programs. Obama is ramping up his stimulus program this week, promising an accelerated pace of federal spending...http://www.newser.com/story/61292/obama-promises-600k-stimulus-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 7:49:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56664/obama-to-cabinet-cut-100m-from-budgets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFacing pressure over spending, President Obama will unite his Cabinet today for the first time and ask members to find $100 million worth of potential budget cuts over the next 90 days, the Washington Post reports. Though it’s a tiny sum compared to a $3.5 trillion budget outline, the...http://www.newser.com/story/56664/obama-to-cabinet-cut-100m-from-budgets.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 7:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52239/angry-mccain-slams-obama-over-earmarks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats were hoping they could sneak the $410 billion omnibus spending bill from last fall quietly through the Senate and onto the president’s desk, to make way for the 2010 budget. But John McCain is having none of it. “If it seems like I’m angry, it’s because I am,” McCain...http://www.newser.com/story/52239/angry-mccain-slams-obama-over-earmarks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 7:18:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51904/alaskans-erupt-over-jindal-volcano-jab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlaskans of all stripes are incensed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s disparaging comments Tuesday about the necessity of volcano monitoring, the Anchorage Daily News reports. It’s “a matter of life and death in Alaska,” Sen. Mark Begich wrote the Republican. Even Gov. Sarah Palin’s office weighed in. “Of course Alaskans...http://www.newser.com/story/51904/alaskans-erupt-over-jindal-volcano-jab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Feb 2009 14:57:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50972/dont-like-the-stimulus-dont-take-the-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHere’s a clear way for political leaders to oppose spending in the stimulus package: “refuse to take the money,” Paul Begala writes for CNN. Case in point: South Carolina’s governor, who opposes the plan, shouldn’t help his struggling state with federal cash. Instead, he can follow his own advice and...http://www.newser.com/story/50972/dont-like-the-stimulus-dont-take-the-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Feb 2009 14:21:01 CST