Romina Boccia focuses on federal spending and the national debt as director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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As the budget season heats up, congressional Republicans are focused on two key issues: how much defense spending should be and whether to use a… Read More
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Following the House budget which was released Tuesday, the Senate Budget Committee released its fiscal year 2016 budget blueprint today. Any good budget should balance within… Read More
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Today the House Budget Committee released its fiscal year 2016 budget blueprint. Any good budget should balance within 10 years or less, without raising taxes… Read More
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Tax dollars paid for about 85 cents of every dollar spent in 2014—the rest was borrowed. Where did all that money go? Your 2014 tax… Read More
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Today, on March 16, the debt limit returned at $18.1 trillion in total national debt. The largest share of this debt—$13 trillion—comes out to $41,000… Read More
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It’s March 16, 2015, and it is the day the debt limit returns—with a vengeance. Since Congress suspended the debt limit for more than a… Read More
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You’ve probably heard the claim that deficits have been cut in half and are at the smallest level since 2009, implying that the nation has… Read More
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It’s a special-interest group that exercises disproportionate influence over public policy at all levels of government. Government bestows special favors on it, thereby perpetuating and… Read More
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It is budget season in Washington and the debate is focused on who wants to increase spending and by how much. But the debate should… Read More
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Four years into the Budget Control Act of 2011, President Obama is expected to once again ask Congress to break its commitment to reduce spending…. Read More
