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

Let’s Make Washington Work Like We Do The Hon. Kay Coles James

Feb 16, 2018 3 min read

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5 Principles the New House Budget Committee Chairman Should Follow in the 201... Justin Bogie

Feb 5, 2018 3 min read

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Hill Must Act to Alter Nation’s Fiscal Trajectory Patrick Louis Knudsen

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How, and Why, The Values Bus Rolls Alison Acosta Fraser

May 19, 2012 1 min read

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Commonsense Cuts Will Keep America Safe Brian Darling

May 11, 2012 1 min read

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A Blueprint to Rein in Spending in 2011 Brian M. Riedl

Nov 9, 2010 3 min read

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Monkeys, Ants, Dogs and Dinosaur Egg Stimulus Brian Darling

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Congressional Spenders Ignore Deepening Government Waste Brian M. Riedl

Nov 9, 2009 2 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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