House of Representatives

Budget Season Ramping Up – Football season may have ended last night, but budget season is just heating up. Lawmakers have introduced a plethora of...

With the House Appropriations Committee releasing their spending allocations for each subcommittee yesterday, it is useful to examine what the Senate...

The debate over a Constitutional balanced-budget amendment has been going on in Washington for quite some time. However, the current fiscal...

Earlier today, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chair of the House Budget Committee, unveiled new levels for discretionary spending for the remainder of FY...

Game On – The Super Bowl in Texas won’t be until Sunday, but Washington had its own big game last week as President Obama gave his State of the Union...

Today, the House voted to end public financing of political party conventions and presidential campaigns by a vote of 239-160. This is part of a...

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has released her proposal to reign in federal spending, amounting to over $425 billion in cuts annually. Shortly after...

The House of Representatives this afternoon passed a rule directing Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chairman of the House Budget Committee, to set non...

What Will He Say? – On Tuesday President Obama will avail himself of one of the most effective tools a President has to shape the Washington agenda...

Speaking today on the House floor, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) gave a speech expressing his growing concern about our national deficit and debt. He also...

Today, the House Ways and Means Committee held its first hearing on tax-reform of the 112th Congress. Several witnesses testified at the meeting...

Today the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the caucus of conservatives in the House of Representatives, announced their proposal for reducing our...