Domestic Spending

Yesterday was a big day for getting specific as the National Taxpayers Union and the United States Public Interest Research Group, as well as the...

They Did It! Kudos to the Esquire Budget Commission for releasing a budget plan this morning! Former Senators Gary Hart, Bill Bradley, Bob Packwood...

With the fiscal debt clock ticking, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget yesterday brought together members of Congress and other fiscal...

Today the Republican caucus of the House of Representatives released an agenda-setting document as a part of its strategy to take control of the House...

The Center for American Progress released a paper yesterday titled " A Thousand Cuts." The paper aims to show how deep policymakers would have to cut...

We reported a lot in June about small efforts the White House and OMB were taking to cut costs in the government. Now, the Obama Administration is...

House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) gave an economic speech today that was billed as setting the policy table if Republicans gain control of...

Gone and Back – The Senate has left for its August recess, the House will return this week (for a day). Congress will be back in session after Labor...

A few weeks ago, Fiscal Commission co-chair Erskine Bowles suggested that in designing a plan, "revenue as a percentage of GDP [should not] be much...

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a deficit reduction and budget reform bill yesterday, aptly titled the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of...

There have been a lot of numbers thrown around with regards budget resolutions, deeming resolutions, and discretionary spending limits. To keep it...

Today, four Democratic congressmen—Reps. Gary Peters, John Adler, Jim Himes, and Peter Welch—introduced four-pronged legislation, called the REDUCE...