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Looking to protest a budget agreement that increases spending by $80 billion over two years, conservatives may be inclined to advance appropriations bills that include… Read More
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It can’t be overstated: Our current fiscal track is unsustainable and our ways of repairing it are inadequate. Or in the words of new House… Read More
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Less than five days after it was introduced, the Senate passed the 144-page, two-year budget deal that suspends the debt limit until March 2017 and raises… Read More
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Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a lame-duck Speaker John Boehner have once again linked arms with a lame-duck President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to… Read More
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Two conservative lawmakers are accusing Republican leaders of using an accounting gimmick in their budget deal—a “trick” that mimics a tactic Democrats employed to pass… Read More
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Despite overwhelming opposition from the majority of Republicans, the House of Representatives voted to pass a two-year budget deal today that raises spending caps by… Read More
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When I had just started to raise a family, and I struggled to make my small business turn a profit, I had to make decisions… Read More
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The chairman and former chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, a group of the most conservative senators, are urging their colleagues to oppose the budget… Read More
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In an interview Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, doubled down on his promise to filibuster the Boehner-Obama budget deal reached by President Barack Obama and… Read More
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If Taylor Swift decided she’d help Uncle Sam with some of those interest payments on our $18.1 trillion national debt, she’d have to do… Read More
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Halloween is looking especially scary this year. On Monday, Republican leaders in Congress declared an unconditional fiscal surrender to President Barack Obama and the left,… Read More
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Rep. Paul Ryan, the leading candidate to be the next House speaker, announced today he will support the budget deal negotiated by Speaker John Boehner… Read More
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House Speaker John Boehner’s budget deal has earned him praise from the White House and congressional Democrats, but conservatives are unhappy with the package, saying… Read More
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Once again, a massive deal, crafted in secret, unveiled at the 11th hour, is being rushed through Congress under threat of panic. Once again, we… Read More
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A founding member of the House Freedom Caucus is calling on candidates for House speaker to oppose what he considers “a monstrosity of a budget… Read More
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Washington is addicted to spending. The most recent embodiment of this fact is the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. The deal, agreed to by House Speaker John Boehner… Read More
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Speaker John Boehner stepped to the podium this morning to proclaim that he listened to the American people when crafting his budget deal with President… Read More
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Rep. Paul Ryan, the leading candidate to become the next House speaker, today criticized the massive budget deal negotiated by President Barack Obama and Speaker… Read More
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Congress has until November 3 to raise the debt limit so the government can borrow to pay its bills and avoid the risk of defaulting… Read More
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The Obama administration is trumpeting a shrunken federal deficit as new justification for more spending and an end to mandatory budget cuts. The Congressional Budget… Read More
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The debt limit is upon Congress, challenging lawmakers to address rising spending and debt with serious budget reforms. While the administration and its supporters demand a… Read More
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., are joining forces to revive a plan to cut the deficit in half as the deadline… Read More
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As pressure builds for Congress to increase the government’s borrowing cap, outgoing House Speaker John Boehner is signaling he will do what it takes to… Read More
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Important budget questions were discussed this week at a widely attended event by the Institute to Reduce Spending that featured Chairman of the House Budget… Read More
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Months after promising voters they would repeal Obamacare, House Republicans in three committees have introduced proposals to roll back specific parts of President Obama’s health… Read More
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Debt limit panic is about to hit Congress. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced last week that the U.S. government may not have enough cash on… Read More
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A government spending bill that prohibited Planned Parenthood from receiving federal dollars for one year and kept the government operating failed in the Senate today…. Read More
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Republicans riding high after passing their first budget plan in six years earlier this year are in for a familiar scare: the specter of a… Read More
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Senate Republican leaders unveiled a continuing resolution today that would fund the government for just under three months and prohibit Planned Parenthood from receiving federal… Read More
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Republican leaders have been considering using a budget tool known as reconciliation to strip Planned Parenthood of its federal funding. Reconciliation is a tactic that… Read More
