EconomyCommentary
Are conservatives going to allow liberals to rewrite the history of the Great Recession, just as they so successfully did in writing the fictitious account of the Great… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
The Congressional Budget Office reported that the budget deficit is falling rapidly from its trillion-dollar-plus Rocky Mountain highs during President Obama’s first term. I estimate… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
While the budget has received relatively little attention since February, one misleading headline has made the rounds: “US on Track for Narrowest Budget Gap Since… Read More
How much does it cost to run the Senate hair salon? Lawmakers say they want to know. Or do they? Since its earliest days, Congress… Read More
What happens to an economy when you do just about everything wrong? Say you spend $830 billion on a stimulus stuffed with make-work government-jobs programs… Read More
The House Appropriations Committee, headed by Hal Rogers (R–KY), has completed three drafts of the 12 annual spending bills and expects to bring two of… Read More
According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), total deficits under President Obama’s 2015 budget proposal would be $1.7 trillion higher than the administration’s previous… Read More
Why does House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan’s (R–WI) budget proposal matter to you? Because it would empower citizens and state and local governments, not… Read More
SocietyNews
The budget presented by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–WI) takes a positive view of religious freedom, calling for funding and reforms that advance… Read More
The budget presented by House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R–Wis.) provides a topline function 500 (spending on education, training, employment, and social services) budget… Read More
