The $1.1 trillion spending bill for Fiscal 2014, signed into law late last week by President Obama, demonstrates that compromise and bipartisan cooperation are still possible in Washington -- so long as the two parties set a very low bar…
A new report by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) found that health care spending over the past four years grew at the slowest rate recorded in more than half a century.…
As the country celebrated the new year, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts completed a holiday tradition of his own by calling for more funding for the judicial system.“The budget remains the single most important issue facing the courts,” he…
Hoping to meet a Jan. 15 deadline for congressional action, lawmakers responsible for appropriations and their staffs are rushing to put together detailed spending plans for the 3-month-old fiscal year.Agreement on a compromise budget plan, which President Obama signed Thursday,…
