Two Things Washington Cannot Ignore
Members of Congress are still at an impasse—they cannot agree on the debt limit, spending cuts, Obamacare, or funding the government. The House has passed… Read More
61% of Americans Want Spending Cuts Before Debt Limit Is Raised
A clear majority of Americans believes that imposing a firm limit on borrowing with spending cuts is the only chance for Congress to kick its… Read More
Debt Ceiling Raised Seven Times Under Obama, Costing $43,000 Per Household
Did you know that since President Obama came into office, the debt limit has been raised seven times? With those increases, Congress has added $43,000… Read More
Plan to Suspend Debt Limit Means Debt Would Rise to $17.8 Trillion
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a new debt ceiling deadline today, urging congressional lawmakers and the President to come to an agreement concerning the nation’s… Read More
Democrats Threaten Government Shutdown If They Don’t Get More Spending
While much of the debate over government funding has centered around funding for the President’s unworkable health care law, Democrats’ appetite for more unnecessary federal… Read More
SecurityNews
America’s First-Rate Power Status on the Chopping Block
Last Thursday, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert warned that some of the crown jewels of the Navy could be on the chopping block… Read More
While Debt Crisis Looms, Washington Still Focused on Undoing Sequestration
Lawmakers are on track to bargain away the one spending cut they got. The Washington Post reports that President Obama and a group of Republican… Read More
EconomyNews
Sequestration Helps Force Needed Spending Cuts and Enables Private-Sector Jobs
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a letter this week describing how canceling sequestration in 2014 would affect the economy. The CBO dutifully plugged the… Read More
Energy Budget Cuts Are Attack on Subsidies, Not Science
House Members who are proposing cuts to the Department of Energy (DOE) budget are facing bogus criticism that the cuts are an attack on science…. Read More
Greece: Austerity Doesn’t Involve Public-Sector Layoffs
Slate’s Matthew Yglesias might be attacked as an “austerity denier” now that he has joined Heritage’s Salim Furth in pointing out that there is a… Read More
