Audit questions Calif. corrections dept. report of jobs saved with federal stimulus money State auditors said that California corrections officials overstated how many ...
Obama intends to crack down on improper expenditures that cost taxpayers It is maddening enough when you learn that 5Êpercent of federal spending ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense spending in coming years must rise roughly 6 percent on average from the record sum sought by President Barack Obama this year just to meet current plans, Congress's budget office said Wednesday. An average of $567 billion ...
Report says stimulus money doesn't solve Wisconsin's transportation funding needs The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says in its 20-year plan released this week that federal economic stimulus money does not solve immediate or long-term funding needs. The report says that the state's ...
ALBANY (Reuters) - New York's fiscal logjam appeared to worsen on Tuesday after a top Democratic Senator rejected returning to session until a deficit-cutting pact was reached. And the one bright spot in state coffers --- Wall Street's recovery -- threatened to ...
Foreign demand for long-term US financial assets rises in September, China boosts its holdings Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets rose in September as China and other countries boosted their holdings of Treasury securities. Continued strong foreign demand for U.S. debt ...
THE DIVIDE: Can Senate live with strict language in the House bill? WASHINGTON As the health care debate morphs momentarily into an argument over whether federal money should be used for abortion, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids every move is being watched. ...
Activists, medical community to Obama: More funding needed to fight AIDS in rural South When Robin Webb lived in New York City, he was treated by HIV specialists and had access to counseling and nutritional programs. Now he lives in Mississippi, where ...
Newspaper's analysis finds federal stimulus has brought Michigan few private-sector jobs The federal stimulus funding that has reached Michigan so far has created few private-sector jobs and some recipients of the cash have overstated the number of jobs created or protected, an ...
President Barack Obama on Sunday vowed to take "serious steps" to cut the huge US budget deficit, which is complicating America's economic recovery hopes and threatening his own political prospects. Obama told Asia-Pacific leaders at a summit here that he intended to ...
Shifting gears, Obama eyes domestic spending freeze, cuts to 5 percent in deficit-cutting bid The Obama administration, mindful of public anxiety over the government's mushrooming debt, is shifting emphasis from big-spending policies to deficit reduction. Domestic agencies have been told to brace ...
With red ink rising, Obama eyes domestic spending freeze in deficit-cutting bid The Obama administration has alerted domestic agencies to plan for a freeze or even a 5 percent cut in their budgets, part of an election-year push to rein in record ...
