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FY 2023 Omnibus Means Over $700 Billion Boost to Baseline Spending
The recently-passed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations package will substantially boost appropriations levels this fiscal year and into the...
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Congress Approved $113 Billion of Aid to Ukraine in 2022
Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine less than one year ago, Congress has approved more than $113 billion of aid and military assistance to...
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Appropriations 101
This paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...
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Representatives Lee and Pocan Introduce Defense Spending Cuts Legislation
Earlier this week, Defense Spending Reduction Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the...
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Adding Up Aid to Ukraine from the U.S. and the Rest of the World
Policymakers are currently considering an additional aid package to Ukraine, with $41 billion of support split roughly evenly between military aid and...
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What's in the FY 2022 Omnibus Bill?
Last week, Congress passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 omnibus appropriations bill, which sets appropriations levels and allocations for the remainder...
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Heritage Foundation Releases 2022 Budget Blueprint
The Heritage Foundation recently released their 2022 Budget Blueprint, a list of over 200 specific policy proposals that would “roll back excessive...
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Options for a Responsible Defense Budget
Congress is considering the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this month. The Senate Armed Services Committee approved a bill...
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Have We Spent Trillions on Wars?
Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claimed at the presidential debate last week that the wars in the Middle East "have cost us...
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Addressing Common Claims About the Budget Deal
The President and Congressional leaders announced a plan to raise the caps on discretionary spending by $322 billion for Fiscal Years (FY) 2020 and...
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Budget Deal's Offsets Don't Even Cover The Interest
President Trump and leaders in Congress announced a deal this week to increase caps on discretionary spending by $169 billion in 2020 and $153 billion...
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A Plan to Raise the Caps Without Breaking the Bank
Due to the large temporary increase in discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, spending is...