washingtonpost.com > Politics 2010 Budget Blueprint: Agency by Agency President Obama’s budget blueprint includes spending proposals to be dispersed among federal government agencies. Below you’ll find a list highlighting his suggested spending for each one. For the complete budget blueprint go here. AGRICULTURE $26 Billion — up 6% (from 2009) The Agriculture Department budget calls [...]
Archive for January 4th, 2010
4 Jan
Breaking Down the Deficit
Federal Budget SOURCE: AP/Paul Sakuma A woman drops her federal tax return in the mail slot at a post office in Palo Alto, CA. In 2009, federal receipts were $419 billion below 2008 levels, a 17 percent drop, which was the largest decline from one year to the next in more than 70 years. By [...]
4 Jan
There is little support in Congress for extending health insurance through Medicaid or subsidies to the millions of illegal immigrants in the United States.
Health-Care Reform 2009 The Washington Post homepage Senate health-care bill would still leave millions uninsured By Perry Bacon Jr. Saturday, January 2, 2010 Even as Democrats seek the biggest expansion of health coverage in decades, as many as 23 million people could still be without insurance by 2018, illustrating the complexity of achieving the long-held [...]
