EconomyCommentary
New CBO Report Shows Spending on Abysmal Path
If you are looking for some grim reading, try the latest budget and economic outlook for the coming decade from the Congressional Budget Office. It… Read More
EconomyNews
Conservative Lawmakers Push Abandoned Tool as Way for Trump to Slash Spending
Conservatives who are unhappy with the $1.3 trillion spending bill signed last month by President Donald Trump want the president to ask Congress to rescind… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Failed Tax Subsidy Should Have Been Ditched. Instead, Congress Expanded It.
Hidden among the budget-busting provisions of the last omnibus spending bill is an example of the swamp at its worst. It’s a renewal of a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Omnibus Bill Was a Fiscal Disaster. Here’s How to Make Sure It Doesn’t Happen Again.
Our national debt continues to balloon out of control, growing larger than the size of our entire economy. This trend has been accelerated by Congress’… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Omnibus Spending Bill Was a Giant Giveaway to the Swamp
Last Wednesday, House leadership released a 2,232-page omnibus spending bill that keeps the federal government open through October. This bill was negotiated completely behind closed… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Threatens to Veto, Then Signs, ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill
President Donald Trump, after wavering, decided to sign a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, asserting his highest duty as president is to “keep America safe.”… Read More
EconomyNews
Congress Passes Huge Budget, but It’s Not Trump’s
The Senate followed the House by passing a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday morning that funds the government through September, after taking 11 hours… Read More
EconomyNews
11 Reactions From Conservatives Unhappy With the Massive Government Spending Bill
Conservative lawmakers are disgruntled and outraged by the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress. The Senate passed the massive package, 65-32, early Friday, following… Read More
EconomyNews
House OKs Spending Bill to Fund Government, but 90 Republicans Vote No
The House approved a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill Thursday to fund the government through September, allowing federal offices to stay open at the weekend… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Omnibus Spending Bill Amounts to a Bundle of Broken Promises
There have been three periods of unified Republican control of the federal government since World War II. We are living in the third. Our country… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress Piles Up Massive Debt, Putting Tax Cuts at Risk
Fiscal restraint is dead in Washington, and no one seems to care. The March omnibus spending deal follows through on an agreement to spend significantly… Read More
SocietyNews
Lawmaker’s Measure Targets Funding for Sanctuary Cities
An Arizona lawmaker wants to deny federal funds to sanctuary cities by amending a spending bill keeping the government running through September. The amendment proposed… Read More
EconomyNews
3 Major Problems Conservatives Have With the Government Spending Bill
Major conservative priorities have gone missing in the spending bill to fund the government through September, House lawmakers say. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of… Read More
EconomyNews
NC Lawmaker Fights Earmark for Rail, Tunnel Project
A North Carolina lawmaker is determined to derail $900 million in federal funding for a rail and tunnel project from New York to New Jersey… Read More
SocietyCommentary
New Report Shows Planned Parenthood Raked in $1.5 Billion in Taxpayer Funds Over 3 Years
A recent government report has revealed that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, received over $1.5 billion in taxpayer funds from 2013 to 2015…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Committee Could Try to Bail Out Private Pensions With Taxpayer Funds
The Bipartisan Budget Act made headlines earlier this month for raising federal spending caps by $300 billion over just two years. What is less well… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Cabinet More Conservative Than Reagan’s, CPAC Panelist Says
President Donald Trump’s Cabinet is more conservative than President Ronald Reagan’s Cabinet was in the 1980s, a top official with the American Conservative Union declared… Read More
PoliticsNews
Trump OMB Nominee, Attacked for Faith, Finally Heads for Confirmation Vote
President Donald Trump’s nominee for a key budget position, stalled by senators on both sides of the aisle, finally will get a vote next week…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes, Boost Economic Growth
Some point to the deficit as a reason to raise taxes. But new research shows that spending cuts are superior to tax hikes when it… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How Congress Can Start Rebuilding the Military Within New Budget Framework
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 raised the defense budget caps for both 2018 and 2019. For the coming year, the defense budget will be… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress Blew Through the Budget Caps, Again. Here’s What Needs to Change.
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 signed into law last week really should be renamed the Bipartisan Budget Crash Act. This spending spree takes a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Let’s Make Washington Work Like We Do
Last week, Washington, D.C., reminded us it lives by a different set of rules. That’s when Congress passed a spending bill that provided much-needed military… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Is Not What Draining the Swamp Looks Like
President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress were elected to drain the swamp, not add water. But adding water, and lots of it, is exactly… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Budget Deal Is a Betrayal of Limited Government Conservatism
Last week, Congress passed a continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded through March 23. This is the fifth continuing resolution of the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
New White House Budget Would Bail Out Obamacare
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget just released its annual budget proposal—and on health policy, it’s sending massively mixed messages. The Trump administration’s… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Goes After Automatic Raises, ‘Worst’ Employees to Drain the Swamp
Most federal employees—99.7 percent, in fact—get a “performance based” raise each year under the government’s pay system. “We’ve set up a $1 billion fund [to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Takeaways From Trump’s New Budget Proposal
President Donald Trump delivered his fiscal year 2019 budget request to Congress on Monday, officially kicking off the 2019 budget season. Congress must now do… Read More
EconomyNews
Here’s How Planned Parenthood Is Celebrating Valentine’s Day
Planned Parenthood will celebrate Valentine’s Day by staging a protest on President Donald Trump’s budget cuts, alleging that the budget proposal will be damaging to… Read More
EducationCommentary
What Trump’s Education Budget Gets Right, and Where It Can Improve
The Trump administration released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2019 on Monday, and it contains some welcome requests in the sphere of education. The… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Budget Proposal Projects Deficit Spending for Next Decade
President Donald Trump is proposing a 10-year spending plan that never produces a balanced budget, and increases deficit spending by $7.2 trillion over the next… Read More
