10 Things Americans Spend More on Than Elections
The $6 billion tab of 2011-12 election cycle political expenditures had barely been tallied before anti-free speech groups began calling for additional campaign finance reforms…. Read More
White House Speeds Toward Fiscal Cliff, Declining House Republicans’ Request for Terms
Late Monday afternoon, the House Republican leadership lofted its latest offering to address the fiscal cliff. The kindest conservative response possible to this proposal is… Read More
Lunch with Heritage Google+ Hangout on the Fiscal Cliff
While we are poised on the edge of a “fiscal cliff,” there are things the President and Congress can do to move us away from… Read More
Can the President Raise the Debt Ceiling by Himself?
As the federal government once again approaches the debt ceiling, partisans are again pulling out the heavy artillery: Don’t bother negotiating with Republicans on taxes… Read More
Is a Tax Cut Always a Good Thing?
According to Friday’s Washington Post, the Administration is considering a new, short-term tax cut. Should conservatives cheer? As a matter of principle, there are at… Read More
Morning Bell: Heritage Experts Analyze Final Presidential Debate
Last night’s debate between President Obama and Governor Romney was supposed to focus on foreign policy. It turned into a wide-ranging conversation on everything from… Read More
Morning Bell: Welfare Spending Shattering All-Time Highs
It’s been a pretty big year for welfare—and a new report shows welfare is bigger than ever. The Obama Administration turned a giant spotlight on… Read More
Sequestration: Spending Cuts Needed, but Get the Policies Right
Tonight’s presidential debate is a good opportunity for President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney to tell the nation what they would do about our spending… Read More
Congressional Budget Office Confirms FY 2012 Deficit Exceeds $1 Trillion
Fiscal year 2012 concluded with a $1.1 trillion deficit, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s monthly budget review released today. It marks the fourth year… Read More
National Education Standards, Title I Portability Shape First Presidential Debate
Last night’s presidential debate included quite a few specifics on education policy from both President Obama and Governor Romney. President Obama’s call for more federal… Read More
Morning Bell: 10 Questions for the First Presidential Debate
Tonight’s debate between President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney is supposed to focus on domestic policy, with a major concentration on the economy…. Read More
FY 2013 Appropriations Tracker Update: Continuing Resolution Spends Even More
Members of Congress left plenty of unfinished business as they hustled out of town last weekend, but they did manage to boost spending through another… Read More
Obama Ducks Responsibility for Washington’s Spending Binge
In a recent “60 Minutes” interview, host Steve Kroft primed President Obama with this statement: “Most Americans think we’re spending too much money.” To which… Read More
The Dire Effects of Sequestration
It’s hard to imagine a worse time to cut defense spending. While new threats emerge around the world, sequestration, mandated by the Budget Control Act… Read More
Obama: Don’t Worry About $16 Trillion Debt
Last night on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman, President Obama suggested that “we don’t have to worry about [the debt] short term.” Excuse… Read More
Six Reasons States Should Be Skeptical of Medicaid Expansion Cost Estimates
As states weigh their options regarding the Obamacare expansion of Medicaid, many have sought out cost estimates to assist them. However, in a new paper,… Read More
Heritage Foundation “Cut Government Spending” Goal Gains Ground
As the public debate swirls over whether and how to limit the size and cost of the federal government, The Heritage Foundation’s longstanding efforts to… Read More
Back to School: Some Surprising Education Numbers
As children head back to the classrooms, let’s look at two important figures to consider this school year: 308,000 and $11,400. 308,000: Number of members… Read More
VIDEO: House Conservatives Answer Your Questions
House conservatives gather this morning to take your questions about taxes, sequestration and a range of other issues facing Congress in the coming weeks and… Read More
Comparing Spending Predictions on the Supreme Court Ruling on Medicaid
It is clear that the costs associated with the Supreme Court ruling on Medicaid expansions will be a difficult and contentious topic. Some claim that… Read More
A Billion Here, a Billion There: The State Department’s Wacky Budget Process
Even by U.S. government standards (not a high one these days), the State Department’s budget process is a mess. In almost every budget cycle, billions… Read More
Repealing Obamacare to Preserve Civil Society
The Supreme Court decision yesterday on the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare, or ACA) offered only one hope of answering social issue concerns about the sweeping… Read More
How to Reform Food Stamps—and Improve the Farm Bill
The farm bill is currently making its way through the Senate amidst heated debate. But don’t let the title fool you. Nearly 80 percent—of the… Read More
Georgia’s Defense Reforms Are an Example for NATO
Georgians live in a dangerous neighborhood. This is obvious to anyone looking at a map of the Caucasus. Iran is its neighbor to the south…. Read More
Fix Entitlement Programs to Save the American Dream
The latest installment in a National Public Radio (NPR) series considers how entitlement programs impact Americans’ opportunities. This is a welcome discussion, because growing entitlement… Read More
CBO Stimulus Report Begs the Question
Imagine I told you that if you were to spin around in place 1,000 times really, really fast in the opposite direction to the earth’s… Read More
Morning Bell: Believe it. Obama’s A Big Spender.
There are some things that are so apparent that they’re not even worth mentioning. What goes up must come down. The earth is round. President… Read More
The Truth about President Obama’s Skyrocketing Spending
Spending has skyrocketed under President Obama, but of late some are claiming that the opposite is true. Case in point: MarketWatch columnist Rex Nutting wrote,… Read More
What U.S. Civilian and Military Leaders Are Saying About Defense Cuts
Under current law, the U.S. Department of Defense faces significant spending cuts over the next 10 years—cuts that America’s civilian and military leaders have candidly… Read More
Setting Obama’s “Great Fiscal Restraint Record” Straight
The Obama Administration is piggybacking on claims made by MarketWatch’s Rex Nutting that Obama has not gone on the spending spree everyone thinks he has… Read More
