spending

Amid the Democrats’ boostering and the Republicans’ assaults on the final stimulus package, almost no one is focusing on a key part of the bill that will be critical to making it work: accountability for how that $787 billion is spent. In fact, a look at the final bill reveals that to a large extent, [...]

Last week, CNN published a list of billions of dollars in stimulus provisions that the “Republicans’ congressional leadership” had deemed “wasteful.” The list was actually drawn up by the office of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), the Senate’s most dedicated foe of pork and earmarks.
“We passed our list onto the leadership, and they passed it on [...]

A study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project (pdf), released today, details the McCain and Obama campaigns’ ad spending last week.
Overall, Sen. Barack Obama outspent Sen. John McCain and the Republican National Committee,  $17.5 million to a combined $11 million. The Democratic nominee more than tripled McCain’s spending in the key swing states of Florida and [...]