Budget

With the possibility still hanging in the air that the federal government could shut down on December 8, the Congressional Research Service has issued a revised study (updated November 30) explaining the how's and why's of such events.

Lost in the shuffle of DC's wrestling with its creepy congressmen problem, North Korean missile launches, the tax reform debate, and so on was that Democrats are threatening to shut down the federal government (t

Congress has reached an agreement on a spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through September. What does that mean? No government shutdown, for starters.

The clock continues to count down toward the day when the federal government runs out of money (April 29, to be precise).

The President's budget proposal has been largely panned on Capitol Hill, and among various outside groups, for the spending reductions it offers, and the priorities it sets.

The President's proposed budget has hit the streets, and it represents a big shift in spending priorities, including the proposed elmination of 19 federal agencies, and big cuts to others that grew fat and happy under the Obama administration:

More information about the President's new budget is dribbling out, and it contains a whopper that is sure to set official Washington on its heels:

The Congressional Budget Office has released its long-term fiscal outlook, and the news is incredibly bad, though unsurprising for anyone who has been paying attention:

It's commonplace for advocates of bigger, more intrusive, more expensive government to laugh at those who say the government is still plagued by waste, fraud, and abuse.