Senate and House Republicans have different plans for tax cut legislation
Senate GOP leaders have endorsed a two-bill strategy while House Republicans are plowing ahead with Trump’s desire for ‘one big, beautiful bill’ ...
How an arcane Treasury Department office is now ground zero in the war over federal spending
A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...
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Get rid of FEMA? Trump-appointed group to look at shifting disaster response to states
Trump, who proposed doing away with the Federal Emergency Management Agency altogether while on a tour of disaster scenes in ...
Beneath Trump’s Chaotic Spending Freeze: An Idea That Crosses Party Lines
There is a long, bipartisan history of attempts to rein in spending and address concerns about government inefficiencies, ...
What is 'impoundment' and how does it work?
The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...
Cabinet tracker: Senate gets faster start on confirming Trump nominees
The Senate has confirmed five members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet since he assumed office on Jan. 20, with five more ...
Dysfunctional U.S. Budget Process Deserves Some Blame For Pause Chaos
Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...
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Technical Note: Difference Between CBPP and CBO Ten-Year Budget Projections
This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...
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Breaking Down How The Pentagon Could Spend An Extra $200 Billion
Sen. Roger Wicker says he wants another $200B for defense through reconciliation, and John Ferrari of AEI is here to try and ...
White House eyes fight to expand Trump’s power to control spending
Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.
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President Trump, Congressional Republican Proposals Would Shift Large Costs to States, Inflict Widespread Harm
Recent federal budget proposals would shift significant costs, explicitly or implicitly, to states and localities by ...
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Trump’s Best Shot to Get His Agenda Through Congress, Explained
Richard Stern joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the players, procedures, and policy options on the table for budget ...