Romina Boccia

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Romina Boccia focuses on federal spending and the national debt as director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.

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    A Proposed ‘Health Defense Operations’ Slush Fund Won’t Protect US From Future Pandemics

    Romina Boccia | Justin Bogie | Marie Fishpaw | Frederico Bartels
    In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has already approved more than $2.4 trillion in new deficit-increasing measures, from new spending to tax relief. Now, Congress is considering a new slush fund to exempt certain spending from budgetary restraints in the name of combating future health crises. Instead, lawmakers should review agency missions and…
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    5 Key Provisions in Democrats’ COVID-19 Bill That Will Hurt Our Economy

    Romina Boccia | Lindsey Burke | David Ditch | Adam Michel | Rachel Greszler
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    This Is How Big the COVID-19 CARES Act Relief Bill Is

    Romina Boccia | Justin Bogie
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    Lawmakers Need to Reform Postal Service, Not Provide Massive Bailout

    Romina Boccia | David Ditch | James Gattuso
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    Feminists’ ‘Equal Pay Day’ Compares Apples and Oranges

    Romina Boccia
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    Sen. Tom Coburn Stood Tall for Taxpayers

    Romina Boccia
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    Hotels Look to Government to Help Quash Airbnb Competition

    Romina Boccia
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    How Washington Wastes Your Tax Dollars on Art

    Sen. Rick Scott | Romina Boccia
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    I Grew Up in West Germany. Here’s How Different Life Was in the East.

    Romina Boccia
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    What This Bipartisan Social Security Fix Tells Us About Prospects for Reform

    Romina Boccia
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    Problematic Women: No, Taylor Swift, You Need to Calm Down

    Lauren Evans | Inez Feltscher Stepman | Romina Boccia
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    Ignoring the Debt Will Come Back to Bite Us

    Romina Boccia | Hannah Nine
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    Here’s a Promising Plan to Finally Get a Grip on Federal Spending

    Romina Boccia | Benjamin Paris
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    The Debt Is Mounting. Here’s How to Rescue Our Children’s Future.

    Romina Boccia
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    Trump’s Proposed Budget Adopts 61% of Heritage Proposals

    Romina Boccia | David Ditch
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    Averting the Next Fiscal Train Wreck

    Romina Boccia | Benjamin Paris