Domestic Spending

Up next on the list of Fiscal Speed Bumps is the July 1 deadline upon which the 3.4 percent interest rate for subsidized Stafford loans is set to...

After the deadlock last Thursday in the Senate over student loan interest rates, there still appears to be a gap between Democrats and Republicans on...

Although efforts to replace the sequester have been on hold for a while, the House Democrats, led by House Budget Committee ranking member Chris Van...

Update: This blog has been updated to include numbers from the CBO score of the House farm bill. As we have written previously, the American Taxpayer...

Sometimes, the timing of things can really work out in Washington. Yesterday, President Obama nominated Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC) to be the head of the...

Although most discussion of Erskine Bowles' and Al Simpson's Bipartisan Path Forward has focussed on its health and tax reforms, the plan also...

Over the past few years, lawmakers have made the most progress in discretionary spending in the deficit reduction effort. Additional opportunities for...

The last Congress attempted to work out a new farm bill but could never reach an agreement. The American Taxpayer Relief Act, the agreement reached...

There has been a lot of talk about the sequester in recent weeks as the latest in a long line of fiscal stand-offs ensues in Washington. In FY 2013...

Update: This post has been updated as of February 27, 2013 to reflect new proposals from the Senate Republicans With time running out before the...

In a report released today, the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program offers a proposal to overhaul the federal financial aid system with...

Today, The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported that the U.S. Postal Service will again raise the price on first-class postage stamps...