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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Social Security beneficiaries will not see a cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) to their benefits this year. Social Security beneficiaries won’t see a boost in their benefits because… Read More
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Important budget questions were discussed this week at a widely attended event by the Institute to Reduce Spending that featured Chairman of the House Budget… Read More
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Debt limit panic is about to hit Congress. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced last week that the U.S. government may not have enough cash on… Read More
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In yet another example of government waste, Washington maintains a $111 million program that sells information that is mostly available for free on the internet…. Read More
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It’s not easy to live on $944 per month, especially if you are disabled. But $944—less than the federal poverty level—is what the average disabled… Read More
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In June, Greece defaulted on a €1.73 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund. In a national referendum shortly thereafter, the Greeks strongly rejected European… Read More
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The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing last week on “Promoting Opportunity for Disability Insurance Beneficiaries” to discuss, among other measures, a… Read More
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Waste is a real and pressing issue in Social Security’s disability programs. According to a recent report by the Office of the Inspector General of… Read More
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Have you heard your member of Congress say much about what he or she would do to control the national debt lately? If you’re like… Read More
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What do you do when one-third of your budget is limited by a spending cap? Shift funding to the part of the budget that is… Read More
