EconomyCommentary
Members of Congress are promoting the concept of changing three programs from the discretionary category (requiring annual appropriations) into mandatory (auto-pilot) spending. Such changes would… Read More
EconomyNews
Restoring fiscal sanity to Congress is a matter of national security, the chairman of the House’s largest Republican caucus says. “It’s not a sustainable trajectory,”… Read More
Economy Analysis
Today we feature Genevieve Wood’s interview with Rep. Mike Johnson, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, and Rep. Jim Banks. The two Republicans, who represent… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats are trying to put the last nail in the coffin of the Budget Control Act of 2011, one of the few remaining semblances of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
I have been an advocate for years of changing our Social Security system to a program of ownership rather than government taxing and spending. To… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Senate is at it again, maneuvering to consider another poorly targeted disaster aid package that would add billions of dollars in deficit spending. At… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Senate Budget Committee will move one step closer to producing a new budget this week when it meets for a mark-up hearing on its… Read More
EnergyCommentary
We can’t ignore the numbers when talking about the federal budget. Twenty-two trillion dollars in the hole is a scary place to be, and President… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Inside Defense magazine recently reported that the Department of Defense returned $80 billion to the Treasury in canceled funds over the past six years. That… Read More
EconomyNews
President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2020 spending blueprint would cut the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s budget by 16 percent, but HUD Secretary Ben Carson… Read More
