Issue Budget and Spending Federal spending has grown rapidly over the last decade, leading to substantial budget deficits that have crippled the economy and financially harmed Americans. Personal Inflation Calculator Copied SPECIAL REPORT The Road to Inflation: How an Unprecedented Federal Spending Spree Created Economic Turmoil Sep 21, 2023 Over an hour read Read the report BACKGROUNDER Funding Leftism: The Biden’s Administration’s Bureaucratic Radicalism Apr 18, 2024 30 min read Author David Ditch Read the report Refine by Keyword budget (257) federal spending (96) spending (87) entitlements (58) taxes (58) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type commentary (1370) testimony (37) video (34) event (27) explainer (13) article (7) impact (2) external_url (1) (-) report (998) Facet Content type report President Bush Should Keep His Pledge to Halve the Number of Earmarks Brian M. Riedl Jan 25, 2008 6 min read report Omnibusted: The Top 10 Worst Problems with the Omnibus Spending Bill Nicola Moore Dec 21, 2007 6 min read report Omnibus Earmarks Out: President Bush Should Cancel Congress's Pork Spending Brian M. Riedl Dec 20, 2007 6 min read report CBO Confirms: Long-Run Fiscal Outlook Remains Grim J.D. Foster, Ph.D. Dec 17, 2007 7 min read report Omnibus Spending Bill Busts the Budget to Pay for Pork Brian M. Riedl Dec 17, 2007 5 min read report Watch Out for Budget Gimmicks in the Omnibus Appropriations Bill Ernest Istook Dec 14, 2007 3 min read report Spending Hikes: A Guide to the Gimmicks Ernest Istook Dec 14, 2007 5 min read report Five Benchmarks for the Omnibus Spending Bill Dec 12, 2007 4 min read See More on Budget and Spending Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos