Government Spending

A behind-schedule and over-budget rail project in Hawaii that got $70 million in the coronavirus stimulus package is now angling for more federal money to close a $3.68 billion funding gap.

Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes argues pulling troops from Afghanistan by September 11 is a strategic "disaster" and "major blunder on the budget side."

The U.S. budget deficit ballooned to a record $1.7 trillion in the first half of the fiscal year as a third round of stimulus checks included in President Biden's coronavirus relief package sent federal spending skyrocketing.

Progressive Democrats this week issued a litany of demands for President Biden's sprawling $2.25 trillion spending package, calling on the president to go "big" and invest hundreds of billions of dollars in left-wing priorities.

United Airlines catering workers protested the airline's plans to lay off workers despite receiving $7.7 billion in total federal bailout funds since last year.

President Biden has pitched his nearly $2.3 trillion spending proposal as a vital investment in the U.S. economy, but the proposed tax hikes that would fund the sweeping measure could kill close to 1 million jobs.

New York lawmakers struck a deal this week to establish a $2.1 billion coronavirus relief fund for undocumented immigrants and other unemployed workers who were ineligible for federal aid during the pandemic.

Mr. Cuomo has called the planned station complex a crucial piece in the state's infrastructure that will support economic growth in the city and the state

President Biden on Wednesday said he is willing to lower the proposed corporate tax increase included in his nearly $2.3 trillion spending proposal amid pushback from Republicans and some moderate Democrats.

A new analysis published Wednesday shows that Biden's $2.25T infrastructure plan could slash growth in the long term due to a slew of tax hikes.

New York is set to raise taxes on its wealthiest residents after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders reached a tentative agreement that would make the state's millionaires pay the highest income rate in the nation.  

Peebles Corporation founder, CEO and Chairman Don Peebles on the impact of New York’s latest budget plan.

President Biden and his top lieutenants have inaccurately depicted how many jobs the eight-year spending initiative will create.

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., slammed the state budget process arguing that New York is the "least free" state in the nation.

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese said on Sunday that there needs to be an "update" to the meaning of infrastructure in the modern world as he pitched President Biden's $2 trillion spending plan on "Fox News Sunday."

Attorneys general from 13 states sued the Biden administration this week over a key element of the recently enacted $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief law that prevents states from using government aid to lower taxes.

Steve Moore argues Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s ideas about spending are becoming mainstream within the Democrat Party.

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Former Obama economic adviser Larry Summers offered measured praise for President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure spending bill.

Former senior adviser to the Clintons Mark Penn weighs in on President Biden's massive spending plan.