Each day during the month of November, the government brought in a little more than $5 billion of revenue. That’s a lot of money – but the U.S. government spent in that time more than $11 billion a day. The difference is roughly $6 billion.
Each day during the month of November, the government brought in a little more than $5 billion of revenue. That’s a lot of money – but the U.S. government spent in that time more than $11 billion a day. The difference is roughly $6 billion.
‘Shame on us’: New York Gov. Cuomo rips Anthony Weiner comeback bidComments OffNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pulled no punches in explaining what he thinks of former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s comeback bid for mayor of New York City. |
Obama nominates former campaign aide to federal personnel agencyComments OffPresident Obama says he will nominate Katherine Archuleta, a former top campaign aide, as director of the Office of Personnel Management. Archuleta would be the first Hispanic to direct the agency, which oversees and sets policies for the federal government’s civil service workforce. |
Former Rep. Tancredo running for Colorado governorComments OffFormer U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo has become the latest Republican to announce plans to challenge Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper. |
IRS watchdog takes turn in hot seat, challenged for keeping scandal from CongressComments OffIn an unusual twist to the Capitol Hill probes into the tax agency, lawmakers have started to challenge the government watchdog who uncovered the wrongdoing — questioning why he kept the findings from Congress at the height of an election year. They claimed Inspector General J. Russell George had an obligation under the law to do so, but ignored that. |
Of Drones and Dumb GovernmentComments OffPresident Obama today will announce that rather than continuing to take personal charge of the covert program that targets individuals abroad for death, including American citizens, he will shift responsibility to a new bureaucracy at the Pentagon. |
