WASHINGTON — The known pricetag of the partial government shutdown has exploded to at least $4.4 billion, but the exact cost will likely be even higher when the dust settles. ...
A majority of Democratic senators on Monday rejected a fifth attempt by Republicans to pass a stopgap funding bill that would end the government shutdown – just hours after President ...
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats again voted down a stopgap funding bill on Tuesday, putting the federal government on track for a shutdown after midnight. A House-passed bill to keep the ...
Seen from the sky, the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in California’s Mojave Desert resembles a futuristic dream. Viewed from the bottom line, however, Ivanpah is anything but. The solar power ...
House Republicans on Wednesday moved forward with a stopgap spending bill that would keep the government from shutting down at the end of the month. In a 216-210 vote along ...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding a federal watchdog audit how many government workers are accepting “fraudulent unemployment benefits” while still collecting paychecks after discovering a handful of ...
The Senate took a significant step towards averting an impending partial government shutdown by passing a tranche of funding bills much earlier than usual. Senators approved three of the 12 ...
Taxpayers are stuck with a $162.9 billion tab for cost overruns in over a dozen infrastructure projects, controversial renovations at the Federal Reserve, Air Force One upgrades, and other “boondoggles,” ...
House Republicans approved a clawback package Thursday that will cut $9 billion in previously approved federal outlays for foreign aid, NPR and PBS. The so-called rescissions bill passed 216-213, with ...
Senate Republicans blasted through Democratic and internal opposition to pass President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar clawback package early Thursday morning. The $9 billion rescissions bill tees up cuts to “woke” spending on foreign ...
