$1.9 Trillion Worth of Bad Policies
by An activist from FreedomWorks, where I worked until the end of last month before moving to a new job, called me today to ask for …
Category: Federal Spending
Earmarks Are Coming Back
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) recently said that earmarks will return in the 117th Congress. With the appropriations cycle soon beginning, the chairs of …
Remembering the Budget Control Act
Back in August 2011, President Barack Obama signed the Budget Control Act into law. The Budget Control Act came as Republicans, who had the House …
States Are Getting a Ton of Money in the New COVID-19 Bill
Economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 hit most states hard. Governors shutdown their economies, leading to losses of revenue through the second quarter of 2020. Considering …
CBO Cost-Estimates for the FY 2021 Budget Reconciliation Legislation
In early February, Congress passed, S.Con.Res. 5, directing 12 House committees to produce recommendations for budget reconciliation to be submitted to the House Budget Committee …
CBO’s Latest Ten-Year Budget Outlook Shows a Sightly Rosier Picture, But It’s Still Alarming
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an update to its recurring report, The Budget and Economic Outlook, which shows a somewhat rosier budgetary picture over …
Four Years in the Past, Forever in the Future
“[A]s you know, we’ve inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.” – Lisa Simpson Perhaps I should apologize to the Canadian hardcore band Grade for …