Both the House and Senate have passed identical versions of H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009. It now goes to the president for his signature. The bill spends about $920 per U.S. family.
This bill is mostly to fund war spending, but, as the AP reports, it “also branches off to provide money for programs [...]
Along with an economic stimulus package, the details of which are unknown, one of the big initiatives coming out of the new Obama administration is likely to be a draw-down in troops from Iraq.
The good folks at Harris Interactive are touting what they’ve learned recently about public opinion in that area. A majority of people [...]
. . . and someone in Congress wants them to pay their own way.
H.R. 6812 would prohibit United States foreign assistance to countries with budget surpluses.
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I was struck this morning by a news report on the record budget deficit: $482 billion. That’s about $4,800 per U.S. family or $1,500 per person. The report cited an administration official as saying that the deficit was being driven to an all-time high “by the sagging economy and the stimulus payments being [...]
I’ve been thinking for months about starting this blog, but one of the things that really got me moving was a recent comment on a bill that increased the number of Iraqi and Afghani translators and interpreters allowed into the United States. Our service members call them “‘terps” for short.
Whether you’re good, bad, or [...]