Domestic Spending
Latest
-
More News on the Spending Front!
The Obama Administration is looking at spending once again. A day after the White House announced a plan to encourage savings by executive agencies...
-
A Small Change, But a Good Idea
Looks like the White House wants to attack the deficit one small change at a time. After promoting the Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act to give the...
-
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
We at CRFB believe in the Wizard of Oz theory of deficit reduction. Passing the right package of spending cuts and tax increases requires a brain – so...
-
Spending Cuts Make Good Offsets Too
The extenders bill the House is considering would cost $190 billion between 2010-2020. Only $56 billion of that would be offset. Emergency...
-
Will Congress Embrace Spending Restraints?
As Congress debates hundreds of billion of dollars of new deficit-spending this week, they may also begin considering two proposals which can actually...
-
First YouCut Winner Would Save $2.5 billion
Last week we wrote about the introduction of YouCut, a project designed to allow people to vote on spending cuts they would like to see Congress enact...
-
Congressman Eric Cantor Introduces YouCut
Yesterday, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) launched a new project - YouCut. YouCut allows people to vote online or from their cell phones on...
-
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The Chicago Tribune criticized both parties for reckless spending...
-
CAP Takes the Spending Challenge
The Center for American Progress recently discussed what it would take to meet the President's fiscal goal of a primary balance in 2015, or finding...
-
‘Line’ Items: Derby Edition
Super Saver Cashes In – Those who couldn’t resist the irony of betting it all on a horse named Super Saver were rewarded handsomely on Saturday as the...
-
Improper Payments Are a Start--But Cuts Must Go Deeper
In an OMBlog today, OMB director Peter Orszag applauded the House's passage of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. Improper payments...
-
Blue Dogs Bark: They Want Spending Caps
Attempting to place a leash on federal spending, members of the Blue Dog Coalition are introducing legislation this week to reinstate discretionary...