Heritage Experts React to Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Budget Resolution
On Friday, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., released the Senate Budget Committee’s budget resolution for fiscal year 2025, which is anticipated to be the source of… Read More
EconomyNews
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Roger Marshall Prescribes Solutions for Congress’ Budget Woes
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Nearly 40 Republican senators gathered Wednesday afternoon for a frank conversation about Congress’ broken budget process and the rapidly growing national… Read More
Let’s Work Toward Energy Subsidy Independence
Why are taxpayers propping up struggling energy firm SolarCity? The company’s dependence on subsidies is a great illustration of why policymakers should remove subsidies… Read More
Shh! Obama Administration Puts Brakes on XpressWest High-Speed Rail Project
Let’s call it former Transportation Secretary Ray H. LaHood’s eleventh-hour pardon of federal and California taxpayers. Once positioned by the Obama Administration as its transportation… Read More
SecurityNews
CBO Report Shows Us Worse Off After Immigration Reform (VIDEO)
If 10 guests of The Heritage Foundation each bought a bag of popcorn during one visit, and 20 guests bought the same size bag at… Read More
For the Record: Tax Increases Are Harmful, but Europe Has Pursued Them Anyway
Heritage economist Salim Furth gave testimony last week to the Senate Budget Committee, reminding the Senators that economic research shows that deficit reduction should be… Read More
Austerity and Stimulus: A Response to The Washington Post
Journalists should check with both sides before committing pen to paper, especially those at respectable outlets like The Washington Post. It would have served Post… Read More
Meretricious? Senator Whitehouse Is Projecting
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) spent eight minutes berating me at a Senate Budget Committee hearing yesterday. He disliked the facts I presented on austerity, so… Read More
Congressional Budget Office Should Forecast Long-Term Cost of Amnesty
With the Congressional Budget Office preparing to release a cost estimate for the Senate’s Gang of Eight bill in the coming days, a key Republican lawmaker yesterday insisted… Read More
A Spend-More, Tax-More, and Borrow-More Budget Would Hurt, Not Help
Congress needs to drive down federal spending toward a balanced budget, including through entitlement reforms, while maintaining a strong national defense and without raising taxes…. Read More
The No-Surprise Senate Budget: Higher Spending, Higher Taxes, No Real “Balance”
After going nearly four years without producing a budget resolution, Senate Democrats today released a plan confirming their mantra about “balanced” approaches has nothing to… Read More
Sessions and Ryan to LaHood: Halt the High-Speed Train to Vegas
Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R–AL) and House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) sent a letter yesterday to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood,… Read More
Please! No White House Lame Duck Commission
After much congressional handwringing over what budget process reform to attach to a must-pass increase in the debt ceiling, support for the legislative proposal crafted… Read More
