Other Spending

One of the more complicated aspects of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget is what he does with the sequester that will take effect on January 2, 2013 due...

Yesterday, the Senate passed a two-year $109 billion transportation bill by a 74-22 vote. Since 2009, when the last five-year transportation bill...

In an op-ed in the Washington Post, Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) disapproves of the current debate on the transportation bill that is being considered. He...

With CBO recently having scored President Obama's 2013 Budget Request, included within the total score is a score of a policy known as capping...

Continuing on in our blog series, we will be discussing discretionary spending proposals in the President's budget. The FY 2013 budget was notable for...

Military pensions for high-ranking officers are going up significantly, according to a USA Today article. Due to a change in the Defense Authorization...

Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta fleshed out the widely-anticipated FY 2013 defense budget. The budget showed to some extent how the Obama...

Update: The American College of Physicians has also called for eliminating the SGR and the sequester and partially paying for them with war savings...

Both CBO and OMB in the last week released sequestration reports, technical reports that detail whether the government is adhering to discretionary...

Playoffs in Full Swing – The Packers packed it in; the Broncos got busted; the Saints went marching out; and Houston had a problem as the NFL Playoffs...

After hinting at how they would cut defense spending yesterday, the Obama Administration has given out another small detail of its upcoming budget...

As we mentioned on Tuesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was scheduled to roll out the strategic outline for the Pentagon's future. Earlier today...