Spending Bills Setting Up Reckless Defense Cuts
Cracks in the Budget Control Act’s (BCA) spending caps are growing more visible as negotiators near completion of the first three appropriations bills for fiscal… Read More
Articles by Patrick Louis Knudsen
Courting Disaster: Two Gaping Loopholes in the Debt Deal That Will Drive Up Spending
Among the more egregious failings of the Budget Control Act (BCA)—the proxy fiscal plan spawned by the summer’s debt ceiling debate—are a pair of gaping… Read More
Appropriations Tracker: Monitoring FY 2012 Spending Bills
The Heritage Foundation yesterday launched its fiscal year (FY) 2012 Appropriations Tracker, which monitors the progress of appropriations bills as they move through the House… Read More
The Continuing Saga of the CR: Choking on Offsets
Although differences over the continuing resolution (CR) that failed in the Senate Friday seem absurdly small, the stakes may indeed be significant—and not just because… Read More
The President’s “Debt Reduction”: $1.6 Trillion in Tax Hikes, Almost No Net Spending Reductions
During his Rose Garden speech Monday, the President claimed that his new “debt reduction” plan would provide $2 of spending cuts for every $1 of… Read More
