CLOSE The U.S. has reached 200,000 deaths from the coronavirus. Now experts are looking ahead, and the forecast for the fall and winter isn’t good. USA TODAY WASHINGTON – The House approved a government spending bill Tuesday in hopes of averting a government shutdown that would rock the country in eight days […]
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House overwhelmingly passes bipartisan spending deal to avert government shutdown
The deal was negotiated by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a chaotic series of events over the past several days. Talks abruptly collapsed late Friday just as a deal appeared within reach, and Pelosi released a partisan bill on Monday that was swiftly rejected […]
Spending, Deficit, Debt, Revenue since 1792
Headline federal, state, local, and total US government spending. Amounts in $ trillion FY 2019 FY 2020 Federal Spending 4.45 4.79 Intergov. Transfers -0.71 -0.78 State Spending 1.91 1.98 Local Spending 2.06 2.14 Total Spending 7.70 8.12 Spending: actual budgeted guesstimated Total US government spending includes federal, […]
20 Of The Craziest Things That The U.S. Government Is Spending Money On
You are not going to believe some of the things that the U.S. government is spending money on. According to a shocking new report, U.S. taxpayer money is being spent to study World of Warcraft, to study how Americans find love on the Internet, and to study the behavior of […]
What’s in Congress’ spending bill? 5 things to know about the omnibus package
The Senate passed a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, which is 2,232 pages, with a 65-32 vote just after midnight Friday, making their deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. President Trump signed the spending bill Friday despite an earlier threat to veto the legislation. “800,000 plus DACA recipients have […]