Budget and Spending

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Federal spending has grown rapidly over the last decade, leading to substantial budget deficits that have crippled the economy and financially harmed Americans.

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The Road to Inflation: How an Unprecedented Federal Spending Spree Created Economic Turmoil

Sep 21, 2023 Over an hour read

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BACKGROUNDER

Funding Leftism: The Biden’s Administration’s Bureaucratic Radicalism

Apr 18, 2024 30 min read

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David Ditch

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Keep the Spending Caps

Apr 1, 2015 17 min read

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Achievable Economic Policy Reforms for Congress Daren Bakst

Mar 31, 2015 27 min read

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$4 Trillion and Counting: President Obama’s 2016 Budget Presents a Vision of ...

Mar 26, 2015 About an hour read

Commentary

Breaking the budget Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Mar 25, 2015 2 min read

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Why the budget matters Romina Boccia

Mar 25, 2015 3 min read

Commentary

Congress should know whether programs work; right now, it doesn’t David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.

Mar 25, 2015 2 min read

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Evidence-Based Policymaking: An Idea Whose Time Has Come David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.

Mar 17, 2015 24 min read

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7 Priorities for the 2016 Congressional Budget Resolution Romina Boccia

Mar 11, 2015 6 min read

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Rachel Greszler

Senior Research Fellow, Roe Institute

Parker Sheppard, PhD, PhD

Director, Center for Data Analysis

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David Ditch

Senior Policy Analyst, Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

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Richard Stern

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

Thomas Dans

Visiting Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

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Budget and Spending