EconomyCommentary
Get Ready for Two Big Budget Showdowns in Congress
It hasn’t gotten much attention, but two big budget showdowns are looming in Washington in the weeks ahead. The first is what to do about raising the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It hasn’t gotten much attention, but two big budget showdowns are looming in Washington in the weeks ahead. The first is what to do about raising the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The recent Boehner-Obama budget deal is bad public policy. Formally known as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, it’s devoid of serious entitlement reform and allows… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In October 2008, Congress raised the debt limit to $11.3 trillion. Then-presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced the action as “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic.” But those were… Read More
EconomyNews
Sen. Mike Lee’s Facebook post thanking Sen. Rand Paul for a floor speech fighting against the two-year budget deal is blazing across social media, reaching more… Read More
EconomyNews
Looking to protest a budget agreement that increases spending by $80 billion over two years, conservatives may be inclined to advance appropriations bills that include… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It can’t be overstated: Our current fiscal track is unsustainable and our ways of repairing it are inadequate. Or in the words of new House… Read More
EconomyNews
Less than five days after it was introduced, the Senate passed the 144-page, two-year budget deal that suspends the debt limit until March 2017 and raises… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and a lame-duck Speaker John Boehner have once again linked arms with a lame-duck President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats to… Read More
EconomyNews
Two conservative lawmakers are accusing Republican leaders of using an accounting gimmick in their budget deal—a “trick” that mimics a tactic Democrats employed to pass… Read More
EconomyNews
Despite overwhelming opposition from the majority of Republicans, the House of Representatives voted to pass a two-year budget deal today that raises spending caps by… Read More