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March 5, 2010
3/05/10 Snyder, IntelDaily, The 2009 Financial Report Of The U.S. Government Is Out - America's Economic Goose Is Cooked
February 12, 2010
2/12/10 Hayes, Nation, The Breakdown: Stimulus Wins and Losses
2/12/10 Sirota, ITT, Beyond Budget Brainwashing
February 11, 2010
2/11/10 Fekete, Asia Times, When money refuses to flow uphill
February 5, 2010
2/05/10 Hayes, Nation, The Breakdown: Defense Spending and the 2011 Budget
February 2, 2010
2/02/10 Vanden Heuval, Nation, No Defense for This Budget
January 23, 2010
1/23/10 Tiron, The Hill, CBO: Troop Surge in Afghanistan to Cost $36 Billion Over the Next Three Years
January 19, 2010
1/19/10 Fletcher, WP, Obama to seek $1.35 billion more for Race to the Top program
January 12, 2010
1/12/10 BBC, Federal Reserve makes record $52.1bn profit
January 11, 2010
1/11/10 Calmes, NYT, Obama Weighs Bank Fee to Help Cut the Federal Deficit
1/11/10 Kapralos, GlobalPost, Non-Christians Need Not Apply
January 4, 2010
1/04/10 Grieder, Nation, Looting Social Security, Part 2
December 27, 2009
12/27/09 Lightman, McClatchy, Federal spending rose 4 percent, despite Obama pledge
December 25, 2009
12/25/09 Goldfarb, WP, US Promises Unlimited Financial Assistance to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
December 24, 2009
12/24/09 Kellman, AP, Congress raises debt ceiling to $12.4 trillion
December 18, 2009
12/18/09 Swanson, IntelDaily, Look Who Just Funded the Escalation
December 10, 2009
12/10/09 Sullivan, Reuters, House passes $447 billion spending bill
12/10/09 Rampell, NYT, Many See the VAT Option as a Cure for Deficits
November 18, 2009
11/18/09 Cohen, CNN, White House reports billions of improper payments in 2009
November 17, 2009
11/17/09 Public Record, Nearly 15,000 Enter Into Settlement With IRS Over Foreign Accounts
11/17/09 Whoriskey, WP, Revamped GM loses $1.2 billion
November 14, 2009
11/14/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Regulators Seize Another Recipient of TARP 'Healthy Bank' Bailout
November 13, 2009
11/13/09 Raum & Taylor, AP,
October 25, 2009
10/25/09 Taylor, McClatchy, Costs for U.S. project in Afghanistan balloon, benefit hyped
October 19, 2009
10/19/09 Al Jazeera, US treasury faces bonds lawsuit
October 8, 2009
10/08/09 LaFranchi, CSM, US to give Pakistan $1.5 billion a year - with strings attached
October 7, 2009
10/07/09 BBC, US deficit 'hits record $1.4tn'
October 4, 2009
10/04/09 Gannon, AP, Billions in US aid never reached Pakistan army
October 3, 2009
10/03/09 Sahadi, CNN, 47% will pay no federal income tax
September 29, 2009
9/29/09 Labaton, NYT, F.D.I.C. Moves to Replenish Bank Fund
September 28, 2009
9/28/09 Martenson, Federal Reserve Buys More Than 100% of Mortgages Issued in 2009
September 25, 2009
9/25/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, U.S. Intelligence Budget: $75 Billion, 200,000 Operatives. Fusion Centers Will Have Access to Classified Military Intelligence
September 21, 2009
9/21/09 Shankman, ProPublica, Is a $350 Million Map Excessive? stimulus plan
September 18, 2009
9/18/09 ElBoghdady, WP, Housing Agency's Cash Reserves Will Drop Below Requirement
September 17, 2009
9/17/09 Pincus, WP, DNI Cites $75 Billion Intelligence Tab
September 16, 2009
9/16/09 Kawak, BaselineScenario, Voodoo Cost Savings
September 13, 2009
9/13/09 Freeman, CommonDreams, Bush's Economic Performance: A Final Tally
September 12, 2009
9/12/09 Leys, TruthOut, Health Care vs. Warfare: The Future Costs of the Afghanistan War
August 26, 2009
8/26/09 Kiel, ProPublica, Subprime Companies Line Up for Gov't Mortgage Plan
August 25, 2009
8/25/09 Andrews, NYT, U.S. Raises Estimate for 10-Year Deficit to $9 Trillion
August 9, 2009
8/09/09 Adams, McClatchy, Where did that bank bailout go? Watchdogs aren't entirely sure
August 7, 2009
8/07/09 Lawder, Reuters, Geithner asks Congress for higher U.S. debt limit
July 30, 2009
7/30/09 AP, Figures on government spending and debt
July 28, 2009
7/28/09 Litvinsky & Lobe, IPS, U.S.: Better Balance Between Climate and Military Spending Urged
July 20, 2009
7/20/09 BBC, US 'exposure to crisis $23.7tn'
July 17, 2009
7/17/09 Levine, CNN, Defense Department paid millions in wages to invalid accounts
July 14, 2009
7/14/09 Tron, The Hill, Obama's Veto Threat Over F-22 Divides Democrats
July 13, 2009
7/13/09 BBC, US budget deficit at $1 trillion
July 7, 2009
7/07/09 Coutts & Kile, ProPublica, How Big is AIG's Bailout ... Really?
7/07/09 Stiglitz & Bilmes, Capital Times, Adding Up the True Costs of Two Wars
July 2, 2009
7/02/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Senate Already Passed A Budget That Can Pay For A Public Option
June 26, 2009
6/26/09 Morris, MoJo, Mission Impossible
June 25, 2009
6/25/09 Morris, MoJo, The Axis of Pork (Part I: The Hidden Defense Budget; Part II: Operation Overrun; Part III: Where's My Flying Tank?)
June 23, 2009
6/23/09 Morris, MoJo, Operation Overrun Defense budget
June 22, 2009
6/22/09 Morris, MoJo, Shock and Audit
June 18, 2009
6/18/09 Scahill, RebelReports, "The Responsible Left:" Funding Obama's Expanding Wars $100 Billion a Vote
June 14, 2009
6/14/09 Lightman, McClatchy, Congress will pass war spending, but not without fight over photos
June 8, 2009
6/08/09 Pelofsky, Reuters, U.S. war funding bill brims with unrelated extras
June 1, 2009
6/01/09 Epstein, ProPublica, Another Tiny ($2.3 Billion) Accounting Mistake
6/01/09 Taylor, AP, Tentative Deal Struck for Funding War
May 30, 2009
5/30/09 Appelbaum & Irwin, WP, Congress's Afterthought, Wall Street's Trillion Dollars
May 29, 2009
5/29/09 Berrigan, ITT, Defense Budget Shell Game
May 24, 2009
5/24/09 Raum, AP, Fix is hard for Medicare, Social Security finances
May 18, 2009
5/18/09 Burghardt, IntelDaily, FBI "Going Dark." Budget Request for High-Tech Surveillance Capabilities Soar
May 15, 2009
5/15/09 Hook, LAT, Obama's extra war funding wins House approval
May 13, 2009
5/13/09 Renner, TruthOut, Actual Bailout May Exceed $10 Trillion
May 12, 2009
5/12/09 Reuters, U.S. credit rating at risk: former agency chief
May 7, 2009
5/07/09 Shachtman, Wired, Pentagon's Black Budget Grows to More Than $50 Billion (Updated)
5/07/09 Sahadi, CNN, Weeding the budget of $17 billion
May 6, 2009
5/06/09 Silva, LAT, White House calls for $17 billion in budget savings
May 4, 2009
5/04/09 Talev, McClatchy, Obama calls for crackdown on offshore tax havens
April 29, 2009
4/29/09 CNN, Congress approves $3.44 trillion budget resolution
April 28, 2009
4/28/09 CNN, Budget resolution 'a major accomplishment,' negotiators say
April 27, 2009
4/27/09 Sirota, ITT, 'Reform' To Nowhere
April 10, 2009
4/10/09 Barnes, LAT, Obama requests $83.4 billion more for war spending
April 2, 2009
4/02/09 CNN, U.S. House passes $3.55 trillion budget for fiscal year 2010
March 26, 2009
3/26/09 Nichols, Nation, Shouldn't Congress Hold the Pentagon to Account?
March 21, 2009
3/21/09 Obama, Transcript, President Barack Obama on the Federal Budget: Four Principles
March 20, 2009
3/20/09 AP, Congress Budget Estimate Shows Much Bigger Deficits
3/20/09 Zunes, FPIF, The Budget's Foreign Policy Handcuffs
March 17, 2009
3/17/09 Bender, Boston Globe, Gates Readies Big Cuts in Weapons
March 13, 2009
3/13/09 Zagaroli, McClatchy, Here's another earmark: More privacy for red wolves to breed
March 1, 2009
3/01/09 BBC, America's trillion dollar question
February 26, 2009
2/26/09 Nasaw, Guardian, Obama's budget projects estimated $1.75tn deficit
2/26/09 AP, Official: Obama budget sees $1.75 trillion deficit
2/26/09 AFP, Pentagon moves to impose secrecy on budget talks
February 25, 2009
2/25/09 Levey, LAT, Medicare cuts, tax hike on wealthy to pay for healthcare plan
February 24, 2009
2/24/09 Baumann, MoJo, Barney Frank to Obama: Cut Military Spending
2/24/09 CNN, Cost overruns have military facing 'train wreck,' McCain says
February 2, 2009
2/02/09 Lardner, AP, Commission gets grim report on wartime spending
2/02/09 Bowers, OpenLeft, Defense Spending To Increase by 8% in 2010
January 28, 2009
1/28/09 Ward, Charleston Gazette, Coal Wins Big in Senate Stimulus Package
January 7, 2009
1/07/09 Reuters, Budget deficit seen hitting $1.2 trillion
January 6, 2009
1/06/09 Shalal-Esa, Reuters, Gates projects Pentagon needs $70 billion more for wars