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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Commentary

Nothing Is More Emblematic of the “Swamp” Than Earmarks Matthew D. Dickerson

Apr 9, 2021 2 min read

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Earmarks Won't Fix Washington's Budgeting Dysfunction Justin Bogie

Mar 29, 2018 3 min read

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Keep Earmarking Out of Infrastructure Michael Sargent

Feb 7, 2018 4 min read

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7 Reasons Earmarks Are a Very Bad Idea

Feb 1, 2018 7 min read

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Don't Reopen the Earmark Favor Factory

Jan 29, 2018 3 min read

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Causes of the Federal Government’s Unsustainable Spending Paul Winfree

Jul 7, 2016 28 min read

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A Blueprint for Balance: A Federal Budget for 2017 The Heritage Foundation

Feb 23, 2016 2 min read

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Blueprint for Congressional Fiscal Action in the Remainder of 2015

Sep 2, 2015 42 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, Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies

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Budget and Spending