Every year, the White House releases the President’s Budget, outlining the priorities the President would like to see in the upcoming government spending bills.
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Even though the House passed the package with significant bipartisan support, Senate Democrats got hung up on the funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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On Friday, January 30th, funding is set to run out for the Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Labor Health and Human Services (LHHS), Transportation, Defense, Education, and House and Urban Development (HUD).
Continue reading →While this report is based on fiscal year 2025 numbers, much of it passed before President Trump came into office, it shows that the waste runs deep in the federal government.
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Our nation’s debt is out of control. We are currently $38.4 trillion in debt, which amounts to $288,000 per household in the United States.
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In 1974, the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) was passed, setting the framework for the current budget and government spending process.
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The Senate has until July 18th to pass the House-passed rescissions bill that the Trump administration crafted. Inside this bill is $9.4 trillion in waste that our tax dollars have funded for decades.
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In an incredible conclusion to over a year of planning, pushing, and politicking, the One Big, Beautiful Bill “OBBB” (H.R. 1) was signed into law on Independence Day last week.
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As we prepare to celebrate our Nation’s 249th Independence Day, for the first time in years, we will pay less at the grocery store.
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The Department of Defense has recently faced accusations of overspending, underspending, and even simple misspending — criticisms which are all well founded.
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House Republicans handed down another victory this week! After months of negotiations and deliberation, the House passed the reconciliation package, deemed H.R. 1. It’s been a long and slow process, but that’s precisely how legislating was intended.
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All eyes have been on Congress as they begin to craft legislation implementing the cuts that DOGE has recommended from various agencies.
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PRESS RELEASE March 7, 2025 Washington, D.C. Conservatives support President Trump’s efforts to streamline and rebuild a federal government that works for the American people.
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For months now, House and Senate Republicans have discussed a way to fund President Donald Trump’s agenda.
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The national debt has hit an all-time high at $35.46 trillion and American taxpayers are paying $892 billion in interest for fiscal year 2024 alone.
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Lawmakers have been trying to find a path forward this week on keeping the government open. We have seen different iterations of a continuing resolution (CR), but none have been a straightforward, “clean” CR.
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The Congress that started with Kevin McCarthy barely getting the Speaker’s gavel, and then losing it over a spending bill, is ending with Speaker Mike Johnson struggling to get a spending bill over the finish line while facing a revolt from all sides.
Continue reading →Before leaving town for two weeks, Congress caused quite a stir. The House and Senate passed a $1.2 trillion spending package that funds six of twelve government agencies for an entire year.
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Congress can’t seem to shake its spending problem. On Wednesday, the House passed six out of twelve spending bills, packaged into one bill called a “minibus,” to the tune of over $450 billion.
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President Biden has called for $100 billion in supplemental funding, much of which includes foreign aid. With the United States now over $33 trillion in debt, it’s more important than ever to scrutinize supplemental funding requests.
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Congress is trying to tie up loose ends before leaving town this week. Securing the border, passing the defense authorization bill, providing supplemental aid to Israel and Ukraine, and extending the Foreign Surveillance Act are the outstanding issues that Members must either reach an agreement on or leave unresolved when they leave Washington for the rest of this year.
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Amidst all the turmoil in Washington, D.C. in recent months, House Republicans are forging ahead with their goal of passing individual spending bills for each federal agency. For at least a decade, Congress has not done this and instead has enacted continuing resolutions that fund the government at or above previous years’ spending levels.
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For the first time in U.S. History, the House of Representatives ousted the Speaker of the House. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) instigated the “motion to vacate the chair” to depose Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) because the Speaker repeatedly broke his promises to conservatives.
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With the government’s fiscal year ending on September 30th, Congress has only a few days to act to keep the government open. The House must act first on spending bills as required by the Constitution.
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