Revised and Updated on January 12, 2012 Download a PDF version with hyperlinks to House and Senate Appropriations Committee documents: Appropriations Tracker: FY 2012 Designed to inform American policymakers and citizens, the… Read more
House Republicans are now pledging to reduce fiscal year 2011 discretionary spending to $100 billion below President Obama’s original request. As reported, this new budget proposal would: Unwisely reduce security spending by… Read more
At the close of business, the federal government’s debt limit will increase by another $1.2 trillion, the final...… Read more
President Obama will release his annual budget proposal late yet again. Choosing the date is not merely a convention. By...… Read more
On Thursday, President Obama formally notified Congress that the total federal debt (debt subject to statutory limit) is...… Read more
Dark clouds hover over the nation’s finances and threaten a perfect storm of massive debt and crushing taxation unless...… Read more
Last week, the independent California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Group recommended that the state legislature not...… Read more
Oregon cheese, IHOP pancakes, and a Hawaiian chocolate festival. Your mouth may be watering right now, but watch...… Read more
With the failure of the super committee to recommend at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction, Congress’s latest...… Read more
Medicare—on its current path—cannot be sustained. At a recent hearing held by the Senate Special Committee on Aging,...… Read more
When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D–CA) staff released a chart in May that attempted to illustrate how much...… Read more
In its latest video railing against reform of Medicare and Social Security, AARP pushes for a pinch hitter to solve...… Read more
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