How Much Are You Paying for Ukraine Aid? Economist Crunches the Numbers
4/23/24
A Conservative Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2025
4/8/24
Cattle Tracking Provision Inside Spending Bill Can Be Used by ‘Green Agenda’ to Limit Beef Supply
3/23/24
Congress rushes pork-stuffed bill
3/22/24
Chip Roy: $1.2T spending bill funds open borders and mass releases
3/21/24
Biden Shrinks the U.S. Military
3/12/24
How large does fraud have to be to get the media's attention?
3/11/24
Congress Passes Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
2/29/24
Lawmakers scramble to avert government shutdown
2/26/24
Biden announces student loan forgiveness for 153,000 borrowers
2/22/24
‘Bidenomics’ Is So Bad It’s A Punchline, But Americans Aren’t Laughing
1/30/24
Congress Has 40 Days to Cut Spending and Close the Border
1/20/24
House Passes Bill Keeping Government Open as Border, Spending Fights Rage
1/18/24
GOP Negotiator James Lankford Tries to Solve Border ‘Rubik’s Cube’
1/13/24
GOP Lawmakers Insist on Closing Border or Shutting Down Government
1/12/24
Congressional Negotiators Reach Agreement on $1.6 Trillion Government Spending Level for 2024
1/11/24
T-Minus Six Days Till Government Funding Deadline
11/11/23
Spending Reform: The House Takes the Lead
11/4/23
Speaker Johnson's Priorities, Budget Process, & Weekly Plan
10/28/23
Fact Check: Did the Federal Budget Deficit Double in Just One Year Under Biden?
10/∞/23
Why Conservatives in Congress Voted Against the Spending Bill
10/8/23
Spending more money helps deficits?
10/2/23
Kevin McCarthy fires back at Matt Gaetz: He’s planned this since the beginning
10/1/23
Here’s what is wrong with the Senate’s spending deal
9/27/23
Spending fight
9/23/23
House won’t work through weekend with shutdown deal elusive, defense bill beaten again
9/21/23
GOP’s ‘Dysfunction Caucus’ Stymies McCarthy as Government Shutdown Looms
9/20/23
Biden Raised Taxes, but Tax Revenues Are Way Down This Year. Here Are 5 Reasons Why.
9/17/23
“No” on the Appropriations Minibus (H.R. 4366)
9/12/23
2024 Spending Fight – Policies & Priorities
9/3/23
House Freedom Caucus: No Security, No Funding
8/27/23
Biden Budget Blueprint
8/12/23
‘Bidenomics’ Has Been A Disaster
8/10/23
America’s Debt Rating Downgrade Shows Washington Is Still Building Back Bankrupt
8/6/23
Uncontrolled spending is the cause of government deficits
6/7/23
Senate Approves Deal Raising Debt Ceiling, Averting U.S. Default
6/1/23
House Approves Debt-Ceiling Deal Struck by Biden and McCarthy
5/31/23
Kevin McCarthy: This deal has 'historic reductions in spending'
5/27/23
In Case of Emergency, Don’t Break the 14th Amendment
5/27/23
Media’s Coverage Of The Debt-Limit Fight Is Intolerably Dishonest
5/24/23
Stupid Debt-Ceiling Tricks
5/24/23
The GOP Can Win on Work Requirements and Welfare
5/17/23
The Democrats' Debt Ceiling Position Makes Zero Sense
5/15/23
Senate Republicans Show They Have Votes To Block Debt Ceiling Bill
5/9/23
Debt Ceiling Debate - How to Cut Spending
4/23/23
6 Charts Show Crucial Facts About Spending, Taxes, Deficits Missing From Biden’s Budget
3/15/23
The Dumbest Way to Save Social Security
2/21/23
Federal Revenue Did Well Under the Trump Tax Cut
2/20/23
CBO released first budget in 9 mos, frightening
2/18/23
‘Greatest Threat to Our Future Is Our National Debt,’ McCarthy Warns Before State of the Union
2/7/23
Heritage President Speaks to Media on Biden-McCarthy Debt Limit Negotiations
2/6/23
Sen. Manchin Responds To Pressure From Dems To Spend More Money
1/31/23
CBO projections have been optimistic since 2000, despite what Krugman says
1/31/23
Despite His Threat, Biden ‘Will Negotiate’ on Debt Ceiling, Sen. Rand Paul Says
1/26/23
Debt, Not the Debt Limit, Is the Real Fiscal Crisis
1/20/23
The Hard Reality of a Debt-Ceiling Showdown
1/18/23
Okay, GOP: What’s the ‘ask’ on the debt showdown?
1/17/23
McCarthy Renews Calls for Spending Cuts to Raise Debt Ceiling
1/15/23
Congress averts partial government shutdown with short-term funding bill lasting 1 week
12/16/22
Clyburn says Dems knew spending would cause inflation
10/20/22
Congress Passes Spending Bill with $12 Billion in Ukraine Funding, $3 Billion for Biden’s Afghans
9/30/22
Republicans have a chance to force Biden's hand on border
9/27/22
Congress to Spend $62M+ Demolishing Monuments Including World Renowned Jewish-American Artist’s Gravesite at (Anti-Slavery) Confederate Monument.
9/22/22
The Problem With Lame-Duck Legislating
9/22/22
Blowing economic smoke to hid reality prior to elections
9/20/22
Biden’s Agenda Doesn’t Give Priority to Inflation, Despite Rhetoric
8/13/22
Biden's Real Deficit
6/9/22
Basic Economics.
4/1/22
Democrats Pass $1.5 Trillion Omnibus Spending Bill After Democrat Disarray
3/11/22
8 Ways Massive Omnibus Spending Bill Is a Mistake
3/10/22
IRS Record Tax Collection: $565,135,000,000 in First Two Months of FY 2022
12/14/21
10 Absurdly Wasteful Items Tucked Into Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Monstrosity
10/25/21
Understanding the Danger America Faces From the Radical Spending Bill Democrats Want to Jam Through
10/25/21
House aligns with Senate and votes to avoid government shutdown with short-term funding bill
9/30/21
Bernie Sanders Runs Out of Billionaires
8/30/21
Fed Chairman Powell Navigates the Inflation Debate
8/23/21
Sinema Opposes $3.5 Trillion Budget, Throwing Wrench In Democratic Plans
7/29/21
Democrats To Ram $3.5T Biden Agenda Through Senate Without Bipartisan Support As Inflation Skyrockets
7/16/21
Come On, Man! Biden Detonates the Infrastructure Talks
6/9/21
President Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Senate GOP Group
6/9/21
Biden ends infrastructure talks with Capito amid disagreements on spending
6/9/21
Biden Buries Bad News of a Bloated, Reckless Budget and Hopes You Won’t Notice
6/7/21
Average Americans are forgotten
6/4/21
5 Ways to Understand Biden’s $6.4 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Agenda
6/1/21
Biden's $6T Budget Calls for Controversial Tax Increase & He Drops Student Loan Forgiveness
5/30/21
Wink, Wink ...
4/2/21
Socialism Arrives in USA! Dems Set for Spending Spree
3/31/21
Time to Start Talking About America's Coming Bankruptcy
3/8/21
More spending and more debt could quickly become a severe drag on the American economy
8/10/20
Proof Dems want economy / jobs to fail in order to win election
6/23/20
... “refresh” the world ...?
5/25/20
On Coronavirus Debt, Heed the Wisdom of Scarlett O’Hara
5/25/20
10 Bad Policies in the "HEROES Act”
5/19/20
Democrat Governors Want to Federal Bailouts for States
4/21/20
Fed Expands Corporate-Debt Backstops, Unveils New Programs to Aid States, Cities and Small Businesses
4/9/20
Coronavirus relief bill contains nearly $12 billion in questionable spending
3/31/20
Don’t Call It a Stimulus
3/26/20
What's in the $2T coronavirus stimulus relief package
3/26/20
Extreme precautions ordered in House ahead of stimulus vote, as concerns mount of 'rogue' member delaying vote
3/26/20
McCarthy blasts Pelosi for boasting over coronavirus bill wins: 'That is an outright lie'
3/26/20
Trump’s Budget Is a Brilliant Answer to Democrat Socialism
2/12/20
We’re Going Broke
12/23/19
Two Spending Bills Passed by Senate
12/22/19
Federal Deficits to Grow More Than Expected Over Next Decade, CBO Says
8/23/19
It's not compassionate to bankrupt America.
7/26/19
Hill Conservatives Sound Alarm Over Spending Deal
7/24/19
Are You Mad About the Budget Deal?
7/23/19
A Blueprint for Balance
7/23/19
Restoring Responsible Government by Cutting Federal Aid to the States
6/22/19
Trillion dollar “minibus” spending bill debated in the House
6/15/19
Conservative Lawmakers Fight the Swamp
5/31/19
Trump to demand $8.6 billion in new wall funding, setting up fresh battle with Congress
3/10/19
The Budget Deal Explained
2/15/19
Considering the President’s Next Move on the Wall
2/12/19
Trump Blindsided the Swamp - and the Media Blamed Me
12/21/18
The President Tells Me It’s Money or Nothing
12/20/18
Trump Pounces on Chuck & Nancy in the Oval Office
12/11/18
It's The Spending
9/19/18
Senate Approves Biggest and Fastest Spending Bill in History
9/19/18
Trump sets pay freeze for federal workforce in 2019, citing budget problems
9/1/18
Mulvaney on potential storm clouds ahead for Trump economy
8/19/18
Debt Powered Turkey, Until it Backfired
8/19/18
Trump: Troops to see ‘biggest pay increase’ in a decade
8/14/18
Trillion-Dollar Plan
7/30/18
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Trump Tax Cuts Are Boosting Growth And Mostly Paying For Themselves
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4/12/18
Did Trump Pull a Fast One on the Spending Bill?
3/26/18
Freedom Caucus Letter to Trump: Omnibus ‘Outright Rejects’ Promises We Made to Voters
3/23/18
Senate passes $1.3 trillion spending bill, averting another government shutdown
3/23/18
Feds Collect Record Revenue After Tax Cut
2/13/18
Trump Budget Proposal Calls for Passage of Graham-Cassidy Obamacare Repeal Bill ‘ASAP’
2/12/18
Analyzing Government Spending
2/12/18
5 Things to Know About Congress’ Latest Budget-Busting Deal
2/12/18
Donald Trump Signs Bloated Bipartisan Spending Bill
2/9/18
Congress Ends Shutdown, Allows Spending Increases
2/9/18
Senate leaders announce budget agreement
2/7/18
Hypocrisy on the Hill
1/19/18
Do Democrats really care about Dreamers?
1/18/18
"Be Who You Are, Unless You Suck"
1/18/18
DC forecast: Gathering winter storm over wall vs. DACA, possible shutdown
1/7/18
Pelosi Lists 8 Things She'd Rather Spend Trump's 'Immoral' Border Wall Funding On
1/5/18
National debt in focus as Trump pushes infrastructure plan
12/30/17
Ali Velshi Schooled on Net Neutrality
12/18/17
Unfunded Liabilities and Debt Will Destroy Hartford, Connecticut & the Country
12/12/17
9 Key Takeaways From Trump’s First Budget
5/30/17
Secretary Shulkin on the future of the Veterans Affairs
5/30/17
Mnuchin testifies on Trump budget at House hearing
5/24/17
Bill to Avoid Shutdown Funds Planned Parenthood Through September
5/1/17
Trump Eliminates 19 Agencies in Budget
3/18/17
Celebrities react to Trump's proposed budget cuts for the arts
3/18/17
Democrats use scare tactics to slam Trump's proposed cuts
3/18/17
Insidious Decline!
2/8/17
'BIG WIN FOR TAXPAYERS' Boeing CEO vows to build affordable Air Force One after Trump complaints
12/21/16
Trump’s Rise Shows GOP Voters Less Worried About Debt
5/11/16
GDP: Health Services Are 29 Percent of Growth
3/1/16
Congressional GOP’s Budget Hits Reality Hard
2/11/16
House Passes $622 Billion Tax Measure
12/17/15
Consumer Credit Card Debt Near ‘Unsustainable’ Levels
12/16/15
Senate Passes Reconciliation Bill 52-47, Parts Of Obamacare, Planned Parenthood Gutted
12/4/15
Budget talks hit snag over environmental issues, refugees
12/3/15
House Speaker Paul Ryan Warns of Budget, Guantanamo Confrontations With White House
11/17/15
Budget Bill Prevents ‘Dramatic’ Medicare Premium Hike
10/28/15
Popular Social Security Claiming Strategy Gutted in Budget Bill
10/28/15
The Best Possible Deal
10/28/15
America, this is the worst budget deal since the 1990's calamity
10/27/15
Shocking Stats Show How Much More Government Employees Make Than Average Americans
10/13/15
Congress approves temporary spending bill, averting partial gov't shutdown
9/30/15
Federal Government Cost Overruns
9/22/15
Why Congress Should Pull the Plug on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
8/31/15
How Free Market Environmentalism is Transforming Parks
8/8/15
The GOP's Fiscally Unsound Health Proposals
7/22/15
Obama, Hillary, and the Progressives Will Make the U.S. into Another Greece
7/15/15
What Can We Expect From a Growing US National Debt?
6/29/15
The House Funds Transportation and Housing
6/14/15
Characteristics of Over-Indebted Economies
5/16/15
Bipartisan Medicare Reform: Debt and Deficits, All the Way Down
4/22/15
The IRS: A Federal Welfare Agency
4/14/15
Obama and Members of Congress Want Unrestrained Discretionary Spending Power
4/9/15
The Lee-Rubio Tax Plan: A Step in the Right Direction
4/9/15
Obama Gives Congress Much Work to Do to Offer a Better Budget
3/31/15
Congressional Budget Resolutions Shoot for the Sky; Miss Low-Hanging Fruit
3/25/15
House Republicans seek ObamaCare repeal in new budget plan
3/17/15
A Dynamic Analysis of Obama's Budget Proposal Shows Productivity Will Be Disrupted
3/6/15
Pentagon spent $504,816 on Viagra last year
2/8/15
106 Ways to Cut the Budget
2/6/15
Health Care Spending in the President's Budget
2/5/15
Austerity in 2009–2013
2/4/15
Obama's Budget Is Full of New Taxes
2/4/15
Obama's Proposed Budget: More Taxing, More Spending
1/30/15
A New Way to Score Tax and Spending Bills
1/1/15
Spending Projections for Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security
12/16/14
Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill, averting partial gov't shutdown
12/14/14
House passes vital $1.1 trillion budget deal, legislation now moves to Senate
12/11/14
The Federal Deficit is Now Smaller than the Average Since the 1980s
10/9/14
Obama's Top Three Measures to Reduce the Deficit
9/16/14
When Spending More Can Save Money
9/12/14
Obama Launches Private-Public Partnership to Address Infrastructure Construction
7/30/14
Federal Tax Revenue Sets Record
6/18/14
Federal Budgets Do Not Accurately Reflect Costs
6/11/14
Mandatory Spending on the Rise
4/22/14
Another Big-Government, Big-Spending Budget from President Obama
4/18/14
Ten Agencies Doing One Task
4/16/14
The Pros and Cons of Ryan’s 2015 Path to Prosperity Budget
4/8/14
Bipartisan group of senators reach deal on extending unemployment benefits
3/13/14
A Quick Guide to Obama's 2015 Budget
3/9/14
The Pentagon wants fewer soldiers, more technology
3/9/14
Obama's 'super-sized' $4 trillion budget wouldn't tame national debt
3/4/14
Where to Cut Government Spending
2/27/14
The Best of Ron Paul so Far This Year
2/17/14
Congress Is Getting Tougher on the VA
2/10/14
Top 10 Ways Congress Wasted Your Money in 2013
1/12/14
Fraud Still a Problem in Extended Unemployment Benefit Programs
1/9/14
Jobless-Aid Bill Advances in the Senate
1/7/14
Top 10 Examples of Government Waste in 2013
1/4/14
Budget deal a step backward: Opposing view
12/14/13
House overwhelmingly approves two-year budget plan on a bipartisan vote
12/12/13
A Budget Deal That Breaks Budget Control Act Caps is the Wrong Approach
12/10/13
Quantitative Easing Saved $1 Trillion in Debt
11/19/13
Government Cell Phone Service Cost Taxpayers $2.2 Billion
11/18/13
Combating Crowd-Out
11/12/13
The United States Balance Sheet is scary!
11/2/13
Congress aiming low in new budget talks, as Reid dismisses entitlement reform as 'happy talk'
10/28/13
Growing the Debt: US resumes $1.6B in aid to Pakistan
10/21/13
Obama and Reagan Agree: Divest the Tennessee Valley Authority
10/17/13
Reid, McConnell Meet in Bid to End Impasse
10/12/13
Republicans take stopgap debt-ceiling fix to Obama, partial shutdown unresolved
10/10/13
The Public Weighs In on the Shutdown
10/10/13
Tensions Ratchet Up in Debt Battle
10/8/13
FINALLY, THEY CAN AGREE ON SOMETHING: White House backs furlough-pay bill
10/4/13
BREAKING NEWS:
House Vote Extends Budget Standoff
9/30/13
Senate Rejects House Spending Measure as Shutdown Looms
9/30/13
Spendthrift Nations
9/26/13
Shutdowns and debt limits: Making sense of the fiscal deadlines ahead
9/23/13
House GOP Ties Government Funding to Health Law
9/18/13
CBO: Deficit to Improve Before Getting Much, Much Worse
9/17/13
Obama can save entitlements through reform - but will he?
8/3/13
What Caused Detroit’s Bankruptcy? Big-Government Liberalism
7/24/13
Subsidized Loans Drive College Tuition, Student Debt to Record Levels
7/17/13
Cost of Public Projects Is Rising -- Pain Will Be Felt for Years
7/9/13
House defeats farm bill amid bipartisan opposition
6/20/13
Government Subsidizes Unions through "Official Time"
6/19/13
Will U.S. Taxpayers Need to Bailout the Federal Housing Administration?
6/14/13
United States Can Cut Defense Spending without Threatening National Security
6/7/13
Privatization of Government Programs Benefits the Economy
6/4/13
The Case for Eliminating Farm Subsidies
5/7/13
Obama Budget Proposals Raises Taxes on Middle Class
4/30/13
New Bowles-Simpson Fiscal Plan Shows Promise
4/26/13
Obama's Budget Proposal Seeks to Cap Retirement Savings
4/23/13
Economists' Spreadsheet Error Upends the Debt Debate
4/21/13
Estimates of Federal Student Loan Profits Inaccurate
4/17/13
Obama’s Spend-Tax-Spend Budget
4/12/13
Obama Makes Budget Gamble
4/11/13
Redundant Federal Programs Waste Billions
4/10/13
Disability: The New Welfare?
4/8/13
NASA plans to lasso asteroid, bring it closer to Earth
4/6/13
The Case for Across-the-Board Spending Cuts
4/4/13
White House Weighing Entitlement Limits
3/30/13
U.S. Senate Approves First Budget in Four Years
3/23/13
Farm Subsidies: Inexcusable Waste
3/20/13
Senate Dems' budget accused of double-counting spending cuts
3/18/13
How the Ryan Budget Plan Measures Up to Heritage’s Proposal
3/13/13
Senate Democrats release first budget in four years, includes $1 trillion in tax increases
3/13/13
Fracking Could Reduce Budget Deficit.
3/11/13
Ryan: New House Republican budget includes ObamaCare repeal.
3/10/13
Larger Spending Cuts Would Help the Economy.
3/7/13
Mismanaged Federal Properties Cost Taxpayers Billions.
3/4/13
White House retreats from doomsday spending cuts predictions.
3/3/13
Fiscal Pain to Be Parceled Out Unevenly.
3/1/13
Cuts Roll In as Time Runs Out.
3/1/13
Obama, Party Leaders Remain at Impasse Over Sequester.
3/1/13
Is Sequestration As Bad As President Obama Would Have You Believe?
2/28/13
White House denies staffer threatened Watergate journalist Woodward.
2/28/13
Official Resigns After Release of Illegal Immigrants.
2/27/13
Would automatic spending cuts even put a dent in US debt?
2/21/13
Rhetoric Turns Harsh as Budget Cuts Loom.
2/20/13
Public Expenditure Fails to Improve Labor Productivity.
2/20/13
Obama pledge to spend without adding 'dime' to deficit draws skepticism
2/13/13
Pelosi: 'False argument' to say Washington has spending problem
2/11/13
White House Defers to Congress on Sequester Strategy.
2/8/13
Obama Presses Plan to Delay Spending Cuts.
2/5/13
House Republicans tee up new debt ceiling package
Obama: No haggling on debt ceiling.
1/14/13
How to Reduce the Debt Burden for Future Generations.
1/14/13
America's Massive Debt Has Come Back to Bite Us
1/11/13
"America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership,"
Barack Obama-2006
A Winning Plan for Entitlement Reform
"The tax issue is finished"
The Cost of Spending: National debt nears 'dangerous level'
12/19/12
Raising Medicare Eligibility a First Step toward Deficit Reduction
12/12/12
Raising Revenue: The Least Worst Options
12/10/12
The Anti-Capitalist Mentality
12/10/12
American Men Find Careers in Collecting Disability
12/5/12
The Outlines of a Budget Deal Are Obvious
11/30/12
ObamaCare Faces the Implementation Iceberg
11/30/12
Why $16 Trillion Only Hints at the True U.S. Debt
11/30/12
The Fiscal Cliff: A Primer
11/12/12
White House Plans Public Appeal on Deficit
11/12/12
GM's Profit Drops 13%
10/31/12
Beware the “Grand Bargain”
10/29/12
"Fiscal Cliff" Already Hampering U.S. Economy
10/29/12
Mugging our descendants
10/27/12
The farm bill is a big issue — a $1 trillion issue
10/15/12
A Road Map for Avoiding the Fiscal Cliff
10/9/12
Politico questions Ryan budget tweak
9/29/12
Obama Administration Coast Guard Cuts Could Enable Illegal Drug Trade
9/19/12
Fact-checkers find exaggerations in Obama, Biden conventions speeches
9/8/12
How Do Spending Cuts Affect an Economic Recovery?
9/4/12
U.S. Hones Plans for Big Bailout of Egypt
9/4/12
Economic Effects of Reductions in Defense Outlays
9/1/12
The Defense Budget Will Suffer Even More Cuts
8/29/12
Saving the American Dream
8/27/12
Heritage Exposes $63 Million in Waste at Agriculture Department
8/22/12
Did Local Media Ask Questions The White House Wanted?
8/21/12
Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget
8/6/12
Health Reform Will Spend More, Tax More and Reduce the Deficit Less than Previously Thought
8/3/12
27 Things That Every American Should Know About The National Debt
7/30/12
FREE STUFF
7/30/12
Overpaid Unemployment Benefits Top $14 Billion
7/26/12
States Face Pressure on Pension Shortfalls
6/23/12
The Farm Bill
6/16/12
New Spending Cut Scorecard
6/16/12
Farming Cuts Sow Discord
6/8/12
GM's Future (Our Future?).. in china !!!
5/23/12
House Passes $642 Billion Defense Bill
5/19/12
Charlie Rose Talks to Senator Tom Coburn
5/3/12
The Ryan Budget May Cut Economic Data
5/3/12
States Unfunded retirement promises
5/2/12
'Trojan horse'
4/3/12
Ryan says he 'totally misspoke'
4/1/12
Bloomberg's View: Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan Gets Better
3/22/12
Ryan Budget a disappointment to Club for Growth
3/24/12
Germany to Balance Budget Early
3/21/12
U.K. Government Outlines Tax Cuts
3/21/12
Canada Budget May Be More Austere Than Expected
3/21/12
6 Steps to Saving The American Dream
3/16/12
Running on empty - The President's 2013 budget
2/13/12
House Republicans unveil budget blueprint
3/20/12
Why Congress Won't Attack the Budget
3/8/12