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Figures on government spending and debt 10/22/2012 04:25pm • Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit Oct. 19 16,156,921 Statutory debt limit 16,394,000 Total public debt outstanding Oct. 19 16,196,052 Operating bal Figures on government spending and debt 10/19/2012 04:00pm • Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Total public debt subject to limit Oct. 18 16,159,031 Statutory debt limit 16,394,000 Total public debt outstanding Oct. 18 16,198,174 Operating balance Moran Asks McDonnell to ‘Prod’ GOP on Sequestration 10/19/2012 09:45am • Three Democratic members of Congress from northern Virginia, including Rep. Jim Moran, have sent a letter to Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) in support of avoiding the “economic disaster” of sequestration through a “balanced approach to deficit reduction.” The letter asks McDonnell Countries ranked by gov't debt as percent of GDP 10/12/2012 04:31pm • The United States is hardly the only rich country struggling with high government debts. Here's a ranking of wealthy countries by central government debt as a percentage of gross domestic product as of March 31, according to FactSet. GDP is the broadest measure of economic activity. Country Ce College loan debt crushing; Students learning topics that may not be relevant 09/25/2012 12:28pm • Peter Coy, economics editor, Bloomberg Business Week. Read more. Moran, Murray Campaigns Spar on ‘Recession’ Remark 09/24/2012 02:45pm • The congressional campaign of Patrick Murray (R) blasted the campaign of incumbent Rep. Jim Moran (D) over the weekend for what is — at least for now — a factual statement. “We are not in a recession,” Moran campaign spokesman Austin Durrer was quoted as saying, according t Va. Gov.: Nats, Metro 'regional issue'; Goode no good for GOP 09/24/2012 11:59am • WASHINGTON - Finding the money to keep Metro open for Nationals postseason games is a regional issue, says the governor of Virginia, who has instructed his delegate to the transit governing board to find a solution. "It's obviously a money issue, an unplanned expense," Gov. Bob McDonnell said on W Republican Candidate Murray Is Back on the Attack 09/21/2012 03:55pm • Editor’s Note: See previous profiles of Rep. Jim Moran (D) and Jason Howell (I). (Updated at 4:05 p.m.) Republican congressional candidate Patrick Murray says he has a better chance this time around, his second shot at unseating longtime 8th District Rep. Jim Moran (D). He is more well known Notices masquerade as parking tickets in D.C. 09/21/2012 03:31pm • Ed. Note: WTOP originally reported the Rhode Island Row development as being in Petworth. It is in the Brentwood neighborhood of Northeast D.C. Mark Segraves, wtop.com WASHINGTON - When is a parking ticket not really a ticket at all? Many drivers in our area are learning the answer to that Inova Fair Oaks Hospital to launch cancer center 09/14/2012 10:04am • Inova Fair Oaks Hospital will break ground Friday on a $31 million medical office building that will house a radiation oncology cancer center, becoming the fourth hospital within the Inova system to provide radiation therapy. The 10,000-square foot center will be housed in the bottom floor of the 11 E Street Cinema: The Movie Music of Bruce Springsteen 09/14/2012 07:01am • Jason Fraley, WTOP film critic WASHINGTON - Back in the early '70s, when The Boss was still a debt-ridden employee caught in a legal battle with producer Mike Appell, Bruce Springsteen's lyrics were overly dense and complicated. The struggling E Street artist sat on an unfinished "Born to Run" a German court ruling's impact on Europe's debt crisis 09/12/2012 01:07pm • Bill Watts, European bureau chief, MarketWatch Blowing past tolls in Md. but never forced to pay 09/11/2012 11:46am • Andrew Mollenbeck, wtop.com GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Toll road cheaters are not just blowing through the E-ZPass lanes, they're skating by without paying the penalty. The Washington Post reports that Maryland isn't doing much to crack the whip on thousands of drivers, and that leaves millions of Couples hold off on having kids 09/11/2012 12:59am • WASHINGTON - Officially, the recession is over, but the lingering economic impact has more people waiting to start families. It costs about $235,000 to raise a child from birth to age 17. When inflation is factored in, the cost jumps to $295,000, according to government figures. Middle-class c Analysis: Feds fail to catch 117,000 collecting both disability, unemployment 08/31/2012 12:03pm • The government is letting people double dip into jobless and disability benefits, costing taxpayers $850 million Phillip Swarts, WashingtonGuardian.com As many as 117,000 Americans simultaneously collect unemployment benefits and federal disability each year, a form of double-dipping that inves