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 COMMENTARY How We Can Finally Overcome the Affordability Crisis Dec 5, 2025 3 min read Author E.J. Antoni, PhD Read the article COMMENTARY How to Modernize America’s Air Traffic Control Dec 4, 2025 3 min read Author Diana Furchtgott-Roth Read the article Refine by Keyword budget (387) (-) Congress (128) federal spending (204) spending (148) Wasteful Government Spending (128) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type commentary (125) report (50) Facet Content type Commentary Congress Has a Pathological Spending Problem Tommy Binion Aug 16, 2017 2 min read Commentary Trump's Budget Grasps What Congress Doesn't Brett D. Schaefer May 29, 2017 8 min read Commentary Trumponomics 101: Good Riddance to Eight Years of Obama Budget Chaos Romina Boccia Mar 6, 2017 3 min read Commentary Congress Should Reassert Itself, Learn from Obama’s Last-Minute Spending Binge Brett D. Schaefer Jan 24, 2017 3 min read report Improving Accuracy in Congressional Scorekeeping Romina Boccia Sep 8, 2016 7 min read report Congress Should Look Toward Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill as a Start... Justin Bogie Jun 8, 2016 3 min read report CBO Should Update Its Methodology Before Dynamically Scoring Spending Bills Curtis S. Dubay Mar 5, 2015 5 min read report Congress Should Fund Wildfire Suppression Without Creating a New Spending Loo... Romina Boccia Jul 28, 2014 4 min read See More on Budget and Spending Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos
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