Domestic Spending
Latest
-
Senate Funding Bill Would Rely on OCO Gimmick
Read moreThe Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week posted a draft bill that would extend government funding until December 11 and avert a...
-
How to Get This Year's Budget Process Back on Track
Read moreOn October 1, lawmakers will have to pass new appropriations or a continuing resolution, or the government will shut down for the second time in two...
-
Congress Might Gladly Pay You in 2022 for Sequester Relief Today
Read moreA recent press report (paywall) indicates that Republicans may be looking to pay for increased defense spending next year by promising defense cuts...
-
-
-
CBO Forecasts Costs of Climate Change
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released new estimates of the cost of climate change, specifically as it relates to hurricanes. The report...
-
-
Four Takeaways from the Solutions Initiative Plans
Read moreThe Peterson Foundation's Solutions Initiative III produced five different fiscal plans that would improve the current long-term budget outlook. We...
-
Op-Ed: Paving the Way for Sustainable Highway Financing
Read moreRealClearPolicy | May 21, 2015 Congress faces yet another deadline, and yet again is set to stall. This time, there literally could be a bumpy road...
-
Discretionary Spending and the Sequester in the Final Budget Conference
Read moreThe budget resolution conference agreement has passed both the House and Senate. While we previously wrote about the conference's deficit reduction...
-
164 Ways to Reduce the Deficit
Read moreCRFB has released a new compendium of over 150 options to reduce mandatory spending and raise revenue. Despite declining in deficits in recent years...
-