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From increasing transparency to taking a close look at the F-35, the new president has plenty of popular options available to him. → Read More
An eleventh-hour Obama executive order has benefitted pharmaceutical interests while hurting consumers. The current president can change all that. → Read More
While we may not know exactly what a well-functioning budget process will look like after all of this managed chaos, we can know what not to do. → Read More
Whatever one feels about the tax cuts, the numbers don’t lie: Spending is and will remain the root of the problem. → Read More
We should be encouraged to see steps in the meantime that bring sunlight to the myriad ways government wastes. → Read More
Cloud’s bill attempts to put at least a little pause on this trend by requiring CBO to include debt service costs in its estimates of bills before Congress. → Read More
Modern history shows few examples of deficits this high outside of recession, war or the immediate aftermath of either. → Read More
What Congress and the president are currently doing with the budget would certainly make headlines in a sane world. → Read More
It's time to change the narrative. → Read More
Plans to spend billions on outdated military defenses hurts America's ability to protect itself and its taxpayers. → Read More
It is hard to find any Republicans who seem to care as their party continues to ratchet up the spending. → Read More
This week’s reports are yet another reminder of the severity of the crisis that’s coming if politicians are not able to think long-term. → Read More
But a toothless budget is still better than none at all. → Read More
Thursday’s vote is nothing more than window dressing for members who wish to obscure Congress’ actual spending record. → Read More
Thursday’s vote is nothing more than window dressing for members who wish to obscure Congress’ actual spending record. → Read More
Those who (rightly) argue for less Pentagon funding sometimes sound ignorant of the facts. That needs to change. → Read More
Exhibit A is last week’s omnibus legislation, which appropriated $1.3 trillion in spending. → Read More
Exhibit A is last week’s omnibus legislation, which appropriated $1.3 trillion in spending. → Read More
Few on either side oppose giving the armed forces the full funding necessary to protect the country. But is that what we’re doing? → Read More
Reducing spending is a goal that’s worthy in and of itself. → Read More