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

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BACKGROUNDER

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

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David Ditch

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A Sham "Stimulus" Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

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Obama-Pelosi Plan Would Create Thirty-Two Government Programs Ernest Istook

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