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Growing The Debt December 20, 2015

Growing the Debt: Stopgap funding bill sprinkled with $$ for local projects

Despite the bill being tiny by Washington standards -- just 35 pages -- lawmakers still managed to tuck in billions of dollars in additional spending.

Growing The Debt December 20, 2015

Growing the Debt: US resumes $1.6B in aid to Pakistan

As the national debt tops $17 trillion -- thanks to the newly sealed debt-ceiling agreement -- America's costly foreign aid tab is back in the crosshairs.