Fiscal Check-up Shows U.S. Is Ailing
June 22, 2018Uncle Sam just got a fiscal health check-up from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and it didn’t go well.
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Debt Clock Keeps on Ticking
June 17, 2018The Elsworth American
The Congressional Budget Office, in its “Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018-2028,” says that our federal debt is projected to be on a steadily rising trajectory throughout the coming decade.
Reel Reviews
June 04, 2018SUN Thisweek (Minnesota)
"I.O.U.S.A." [DVD Only]: An alarming, frightening, eye-opening, eyebrow-raising, in-depth, 85-minute, 2008 documentary . . .
CBO Report Underscores Problems in Trump's Budget Plan
May 24, 2018WASHINGTON -- The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its analysis of President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2019. Robert L.
Budd Holding Monday Workshop
May 14, 2018News & Record (North Carolina)
U.S. Rep. Ted Budd (R-Advance) is hosting a workshop on the federal budget Monday evening at the Central Library in Greensboro.
April Budget Surplus Sets Record, But It Doesn't Change Long-term Deficit Projections
May 09, 2018Circa
As the White House prepared to formally call upon Congress to take back $15 billion in unused federal appropriations, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announced Monday that the government coll
GAO Suggests Ways to End Duplication, Save Money
May 03, 2018Congress and the Trump administration could save tens of billions of dollars by acting to improve efficiency and effectiveness in dozens of federal programs that range from Medicare to mi
A Bad Time to Skip Budget Resolution
April 30, 2018As lawmakers start to move forward on spending legislation for the Fiscal 2019, it seems increasingly likely that they will skip an essential first step in the congressional budget proces