Budget Battles
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Deficit Jumps in Trump’s First Fiscal Year
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Some GOP Senators Want to Slash Gas Taxes — and Federal Highway Spending
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Democrats and the Deficit: The Intraparty Fight Ahead
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Another Problem with Larry Kudlow's Deficit Whopper
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Larry Kudlow, Trump’s Top Economic Adviser, Says the Deficit Is Falling. It Is Not.
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US Interest Costs Will Match Social Security Spending by 2048, CBO Says
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A Conservative Bashes GOP Dysfunction on Spending Cuts
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Everything You Need to Know About the New GOP Budget
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3 Reasons More Tax Cuts Would Be a Terrible Idea, According to the Center for American Progress
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Congress Faces a Rocky Road to November
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Why Trump’s Spending Clawbacks Matter ... and Why They Don’t
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Trump’s Rescissions Package Will Save Only $1.1 Billion, CBO Says
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Boomers vs. Kids: Federal Spending on Children Is Falling
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Do Deficit Hawks Have a Snowball’s Chance in Hell in Today’s Politics?
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Appropriations Watch 2019: Rev Up the Minibuses
Newsletter
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Stock Buybacks Soar to Another Record
U.S. companies announced more than $346 billion in share buybacks in the second quarter of 2018, according to data released by the investment research firm TrimTabs last week, shattering the previous...
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Is the War on Poverty Over?
The White House declared this week that the war on poverty “is largely over and a success” as it pushes for stiffer work requirements for recipients of federal aid. In a paper released Thursday,...
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Deficit Jumps in Trump’s First Fiscal Year
The federal budget deficit rose by 16 percent in the first nine months of the 2018 fiscal year, which began last October. The shortfall came to $607 billion, compared to $523 billion in the same...
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Some GOP Senators Want to Slash Gas Taxes — and Federal Highway Spending
Republican Sens. Mike Lee, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz introduced a bill Tuesday that would dramatically reduce federal involvement in transportation systems in the U.S. The Transportation Empowerment...
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The Steep Costs of Tax Cuts Since 2001
Tax cuts enacted since the turn of the 21 st century have added nearly $6 trillion to the deficit while disproportionately benefiting wealthy households, according to a new study from the Institute...
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Trump Wants NATO to Spend More – a Lot More – on Defense
President Trump wasted no time Wednesday morning criticizing NATO allies for their military spending, calling for them to double their defense spending targets to 4 percent of GDP. Trump’s call came...
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Some Drugmakers Are Canceling Price Hikes – but Not Because of Trump
Pfizer may have decided to roll back drug price hikes after being criticized by President Trump, but Bloomberg reports that several other large drugmakers are canceling or reducing planned price...