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Ernst, Lankford, and Perdue Introduce The "No Budget, No Recess Act"
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with Senators Lankford (R-OK) and Perdue (R-GA), today introduced the "No Budget, No Recess Act." The legislation...
Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Last Updated 1/17/2019
No appropriations legislation was enacted by midnight on the night of Dec. 21, resulting in a partial...
More Borrowing Not a Shutdown Solution
For Immediate Release
Recently, several senators have suggested increasing next year’s discretionary spending caps as part of a deal to secure wall...
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 1/15/2019: A continuing resolution funding the seven appropriations bills that had not been previously enacted lapsed at midnight on December...
CBO: Fixing the Debt Could Increase Average Income by $6,000 Per Person
While some recent commentators have suggested Americans stop worrying about our debt, evidence shows there is a significant upside to addressing...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels....
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American Health Care: Rethinking the Challenges, Opportunities, and... -
There is a growing consensus that the budget process is broken.... -
In our series, Budgeting for the Next Generation,[*]we review federal... -
Our Fiscal FactCheck series holds policymakers and candidates... -
FixUS seeks to better understand the root causes of our nation’s... -
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative is a project dedicated... -
The Campaign to Fix the Debt is a non-partisan national movement...
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