Category: Pandemic spending

LIVE NOW: House Oversight Committee Holds First Hearing on Federal Pandemic Spending

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability holds its first hearing of the 118th Congress at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 1, to investigate the rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in federal COVID relief programs. The Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky) will preside over the hearing, and Michael Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability…


House Oversight Committee Holds First Hearing on Federal Pandemic Spending

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability holds its first hearing of the 118th Congress at 10:00 a.m. ET on Feb. 1, to investigate the rampant waste of taxpayer dollars in federal COVID relief programs. The Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky) will preside over the hearing, and Michael Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability…


Pandemic Spending Sent Federal Deficit to $268 Billion in January, Feds Say

OTTAWA—The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $268.2 billion through 10 months of its fiscal year as the treasury pumped out more pandemic aid. The deficit from April to January compares to a deficit of $10.6 billion over the same period one year earlier. The government says in its monthly fiscal monitor…