The RSC Budget: A First Look
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has proposed a budget that balances in just four years while holding tax revenue at near its historical average. It… Read More
Articles by Patrick Louis Knudsen
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
The Senate Continuing Resolution and Its Demons
The massive spending bill released by the Senate this week suffers the same flaws as the measure the House passed last week: It spends too… Read More
2 Problems With House Spending Plan
The House version of the continuing resolution (CR) — necessary to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year on September 30 —… Read More
In Congress, a Welcome Desire for “Regular Order”
As Members of Congress left town last week for the Presidents’ Day break, a refreshing and commendable sentiment followed them: nostalgia for the “regular order”… Read More
Senate Sequester Plan: They Can’t Be Serious
The Hill newspaper demonstrated a keen knack for understatement today with its account of Senate Democrats’ $110 billion sequester replacement proposal: “The bill would appear… Read More
Memo to Congress: Capitulation on Sequestration Cuts Is a Path to Defeat
With current funding for government operations scheduled to run out March 27, the House is beginning work on another Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the… Read More
CBO: Tax Increase Fails to Solve Spending and Debt Crisis
While President Obama keeps calling for more taxes, today’s figures from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show the tax hike he signed into law just… Read More
Obama’s Sequester Proposal: Details AWOL
In another stunning failure of leadership, President Obama today asked Congress to delay the scheduled across-the-board spending cuts, including those that will decimate the national… Read More
Obama’s Budget to Be Late Again
President Obama’s budget will be late again. When the President and Congress failed to close the fiscal cliff deal until January 2, it was predictable… Read More
