the Treasury Department
noun
: the government department that is in charge of handling a country's money
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Reports from the Treasury Department indicate that the tariffs have generated nearly $70 billion in revenue so far this year.
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 June 2025
Paul also opposes the measure's $4 trillion increase in the debt limit, a boost that the Treasury Department says is needed to avert a federal default as early as July.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
On May 5, the restart policy was put into action when the Education Department began involuntary collections through the Treasury Department's offset program, which claws back overdue debts by garnishing federal payments such as tax refunds and Social Security checks.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 3 June 2025
Elon Musk, an unelected citizen, has led a squadron of twentysomethings on a spree through the federal government, laying off tens of thousands of civil servants, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, and seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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Brittney Melton, NPR, 6 June 2025
Paul also opposes the measure's $4 trillion increase in the debt limit, a boost that the Treasury Department says is needed to avert a federal default as early as July.
—Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025
On May 5, the restart policy was put into action when the Education Department began involuntary collections through the Treasury Department's offset program, which claws back overdue debts by garnishing federal payments such as tax refunds and Social Security checks.
—Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 3 June 2025
Elon Musk, an unelected citizen, has led a squadron of twentysomethings on a spree through the federal government, laying off tens of thousands of civil servants, shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, and seizing control of the Treasury Department’s payment system.
—Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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