Federal Spending

Authored by David Bier and originally published on cato.org
‘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...
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.
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...
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,...
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.
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...
The Democratic Leader is on track to miss yet another deadline.
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.
 

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