“Something that nobody is talking about here that should be a bipartisan issue is the national debt. Every American right now owes almost $70,000, or that’s their share of the national debt. It’s going to go up about $30,000 over the next 10 years," said Heritage expert Justin Bogie on CNBC's "Countdown to Closing Bell." 

"The third Monday in February has come to be known, wrongly, as President's Day. America's political leaders should take this occasion to remember Washington's deeds, recollect his advice, and again call the holiday celebrating him by its legal name: Washington's Birthday."

Congress is back at it with a last-minute, massive spending bill that no one will have time to read. Late Wednesday night, House and Senate negotiators released text of a nearly 1,200 page omnibus spending bill that does nothing to reduce wasteful spending and is a letdown for America’s taxpayers. Lawmakers are expected vote on the bill by Thursday evening ..."

"Today, lawmakers in Congress are voting on a proposal that would fund portions of the U.S. government for the remainder of the fiscal year," said Heritage President Kay Coles James. "While that’s a welcome effort to avoid another government shutdown, this plan falls short of the much-needed resources to secure America’s border." 

"We are talking about trillions of dollars, and as the president mentioned in his State of the Union, oil and gas, we are now the world's leader, and if this resolution were somehow put into legislative text and implemented it would decimate that industry," said Heritage expert Nick Loris on Fox News' "Fox & Friends First."