Federal Spending
November 14th, 2024
Authored by David Bier and originally published on cato.org
February 29th, 2024
‘Members of this body are charged to do the hard work of negotiating, debating, and passing bills to provide government agencies with on-time funding.’‘It's hard to do when Senator Schumer has us in session two-and-a-half...
April 6th, 2022
Based on data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we find that immigrants consume 28 percent less welfare and entitlement benefits than native‐born Americans on a per capita basis.
August 13th, 2019
We all know Washington doesn’t have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. Even with revenues increasing due to tax reform and our booming economy, our government spending is growing at an unsustainable pace. Congress...
October 29th, 2015
Yesterday, I voted against a deal to raise the debt limit to $19.6 trillion with no ceiling.This budget deal is irresponsible and represents Washington at its worst.It abandons spending caps, increases the nation’s deficit,...
October 24th, 2024
Washington, D.C. – Recently, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released a report showing that swing state voters overwhelmingly believe that the rising national debt is a critical campaign issue.
January 18th, 2024
On the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the Senate’s repeated failures to pass appropriations bills in a timely manner and the impact Senate Majority Leader Schumer’s broken government funding process has on...
December 20th, 2021
The Democratic Leader is on track to miss yet another deadline.
February 5th, 2019
At the end of 2018, President Trump elected to freeze pay for civilian federal employees in an effort to help keep federal agencies on a more sustainable fiscal course.