Defense
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Heritage Foundation Releases 2022 Budget Blueprint
Read moreThe 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
Read moreCongress 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?
Read morePresidential 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
Read moreThe 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
Read morePresident 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
Read moreDue to the large temporary increase in discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, spending is...
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House Spending Plan Would Increase Discretionary Spending to Record Levels
Read moreThe House Budget Committee proposal to raise the caps on discretionary spending would add over $2 trillion in projected debt over the next decade...
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Policymakers Should Set Responsible Spending Levels
Read moreFor Immediate Release Earlier this year, the Trump Administration appeared poised to recommend new discretionary spending levels that would have...
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Are Defense and Disasters Causing the Deficit Increase?
Read moreWhen asked about the increasing deficit, President Trump yesterday pointed to defense spending increases and disaster relief. While both of those...
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Taking a Look at CBO's New Transparency Efforts
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has worked hard to improve transparency and accessibility of its data and analysis. Over the past two years, CBO...
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Letter to the Veterans Affairs Conference Committee
Read moreBelow is a letter from CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to the conferees appointed to negotiate between the House and Senate versions of the Veterans...
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Did the U.S. Really Spend $7 Trillion on Middle Eastern Wars?
Read moreIn a roundtable in Minnesota yesterday, President Donald Trump claimed "we have $7 trillion in the Middle East", a rephrasing of his previous claims...