Experts fear homeland security windfall could be misspent

Without a national plan, experts and some members of Congress fear the President's multi-billion dollar budget for homeland security will be misspent.

• David Baumann and Siobhan Gorman
• February 8, 2002

Budget, appropriations agreements could be elusive

• David Baumann
• January 22, 2002

OMB director tries to repair damaged relationship with lawmakers

• David Baumann
• November 30, 2001

New Senate budget chair quickly makes waves

• David Baumann
• July 16, 2001

Passing spending bills may not be as hard as it looks

On Capitol Hill, passing the 13 annual appropriations bills is never easy. But this year, some lawmakers have a simple solution to stalemates: Spend whatever's left of the surplus.

• David Baumann
• July 2, 2001

Office of Management and Budget

• Neil Munro and David Baumann
• June 29, 2001

OMB chief pledges to keep appropriations process orderly

Despite Democratic control of the Senate, OMB chief Mitch Daniels is optimistic that the appropriations process will remain orderly.

• David Baumann
• June 8, 2001

Bush takes his turn at axing lawmakers' pet projects

In his zeal to take on pork-barrel spending, George W. Bush looks a little like another southern ex-governor--Jimmy Carter. And look how much success he had.

• David Baumann
• April 16, 2001

Deep within OMB

• David Baumann
• March 5, 2001

Administration discovers--surprise!--that Congress likes pork

• David Baumann
• March 2, 2001

Daniels brings private and public sector experience to OMB

• David Baumann
• February 5, 2001

Don't rule out more budget train wrecks, says former OMB chief

• David Baumann
• February 2, 2001

House conservatives lose spending battles

House conservatives lose spending battles

• David Baumann and National Journal
• October 16, 2000

OSHA runs into repetitive problem in House

OSHA runs into repetitive problem in House

• David Baumann and National Journal
• June 20, 2000

Undersupply of Oversight

• David Baumann
• June 1, 2000

Is House budget panel cutting waste or wasting time?

Is House budget panel cutting waste or wasting time?

• David Baumann
• March 27, 2000

Biennial budgeting effort gains momentum

Biennial budgeting effort gains momentum

• David Baumann
• February 28, 2000

Budget Breakdown

• Richard E. Cohen and David Baumann
• October 1, 1999

A Guide to the Gimmicks

• David Baumann
• October 1, 1999

Congress gets the shutdown jitters

Congress gets the shutdown jitters

• David Baumann
• September 23, 1999