Congress lifts blinds on its spending
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After 2005's bribery and corruption scandals, Congress moves to list US federal expenditures on a searchable database.
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WASHINGTON Nov 18, 2004 - Congress sent President Bush an $800 billion boost in the federal borrowing limit on Thursday, spotlighting how the budget has lurched out of control in recent years and how hard it will be to afford future initiatives.
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The U.S. Congress denied the Bush administration funds to study a new generation of nuclear weapons, omitting the money from a huge mop-up spending bill it passed over the weekend, lawmakers said on Monday.
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On the campaign trail, members of Congress often promise to eliminate pork-barrel spending. After all, the federal deficit is now up to $413 billion, and the US is waging an expensive war in Iraq.
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Lawmakers unveiled a $500 billion-plus catchall spending bill Sunday, reluctantly sticking within President Bush's budget but still protecting politically sensitive domestic programs from White House cuts.
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House Republican leaders were forced yesterday to summon lawmakers back into session next month to quell an uproar over a belatedly discovered provision in a huge spending bill that would have
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Ending dual spending battles with President Bush, the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a $555 billion bill Wednesday that funds the Iraq war well into next year and government agencies through September.
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The House on Thursday passed a spending bill that covers the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and related agencies, for the budget year beginning Oct. 1. The measure contains $152 billion for social programs including special education, community health centers, Head Start and health research. The legislation faces a veto from President Bush, who complains that Democratic add-ons have made it too expensive:
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The Democratic-led Congress authorized more Iraq war spending on Friday, sending President George W. Bush a defense bill requiring no change in strategy after failing again to impose a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals.
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The U.S. Congress on Tuesday passed  $2 billion in emergency spending to help hurricane victims in  Florida, a crucial battleground state in the upcoming  presidential and congressional elections.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday, following the lead of the House of Representatives, approved $100 billion in new funds for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan without a timetable for withdrawing combat troops.
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With his poll numbers in the tank, the President seems to be gearing up for a veto fight with Congress over a long forgotten issue  -  controlling spending
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The Senate decided on Thursday to raise its committees' allowances, prompting Senate Rules Committee Chairman Trent Lott to note that lawmakers were off to a poor start after pledging to curtail spending.
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The Senate resolved a dispute late Sunday delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing the
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The House is scheduled to take up legislation this week aimed at putting new curbs on no-bid contracts and cost overruns, the first of several congressional initiatives seeking to place new limits on government contractors.
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Congress yesterday authorized an additional  $70 billion in emergency funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year, including nearly $24 billion for the Army and Marine Corps to repair and replace worn-out equipment.
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WASHINGTON - Republicans whisked a $388 billion spending bill through Congress on Saturday, a mammoth measure that underscores the dominance of deficit politics by curbing dollars for everything from education to environmental cleanups.