Less pork-barrel spending by Congress this year
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Waste-watchers applaud a big drop in earmarks, citing a moratorium on Capitol Hill.
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Athletes attending college through 2012-13 will find fewer restrictions to determine reimbursement for educational expenses.
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When it comes to elected officials and earmarks, the policy seems to be the less said the better.
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A decline in some prices tempered a rise in costs for medical care, gasoline and fuel oil. Housing construction fell by 6 percent.
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In the past four years, Americans have spent a growing portion of their paychecks on health care and for the most part gotten less for their money, according to government figures and several independent studies.
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In some cases, fights in Congress have slowed progress, or the U.S. government has focused on other priorities. In other cases, the cost of IT projects has been an issue.
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An influx of oil money and victories against militants have reduced the urgency surrounding reform.
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The Chinese Government will trim spending next year in an effort to slow economic growth to a more sustainable pace. Vice Finance Minister Lou Jiwei says China will reduce the
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Facts and figures on political action committee spending in the presidential race since Labor Day:
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Congress hasn't done much this year, but few bills have stirred more passion than one to protect horses from being turned into horsemeat
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Congress should eliminate a $5  billion a year farm subsidy and find less expensive ethanol  subsidies, said two former U.S. Senate majority leaders and  farm-program guardians on Wednesday.
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Perhaps not surprisingly, Americans are again expected to spend less this year on Father's Day than they did on mom's special holiday.
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Leaders of the committee writing  energy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives backed  away on Monday from controversial elements of the bill,  including new fuel economy standards for automobiles.
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Which legislators get the most pork for the tax dollars their states pay in?
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U.S. House members spent $20.3 million in tax money last year to send constituents what's often the government equivalent of junk mail Â meeting announcements, tips on car care and job interviews, surveys on public policy and just plain bragging.
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Not much is happening in Congress this year that deals with the issue of firearms, and the National Rifle Association is fine with that. The political action committee of House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), Keep Our Majority PAC, reported paying a $60,030 "PAC event site cancellation fee" to...
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U.S. consumers spent an estimated $535 more on gasoline in the past year, but some consumer goods categories benefited as people shifted away from luxuries such as dining out and stayed home, according to a new study.