Other Spending

On 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...

A recent press report (paywall) indicates that Republicans may be looking to pay for increased defense spending next year by promising defense cuts...

Our recent analysis of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) August baseline focused on CBO's official current law baseline projections, which show...

Lawmakers have dealt with several Fiscal Speed Bumps – budgetary deadlines – throughout the year, but quite a few will appear over the next few months...

The three-month highway law that passed last month was intended to buy time for a more lasting solution for the Highway Trust Fund's finances, so it...

At last night’s Republican presidential debate, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) claimed that "71% of federal spending right now is on entitlements, and...

During last night's debate, Gov. Huckabee said, “We’ve reduced the military by 25 percent under President Obama.” There are a lot of ways to interpret...

Some candidates may suggest that we can fix the debt simply by cutting welfare spending, but there is not enough spending in this category to...

When asked how they will fix the debt, many candidates may point to seemingly painless solutions such as reducing fraud, ending earmarks, or cutting...

Some policymakers and commentators have conflated calls for deficit reduction with calls for austerity. It is true that some countries have enacted...

We commended the Senate last week for seeking a long-term solution to the highway funding shortfall and for funding its proposal with real offsets...