This November, the Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on whether a large swath of President Trump‘s tariffs are illegal or not, possibly leading to a ruling before the end of the year. The U.S.

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released its Mid-Session Review (MSR) for the Preside ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its updated economic projections for 2025 through 2028, updated from ...

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will end at midnight on September 30, and unless policymakers agree on passing all 12 appropriations bills or passing a continuing resolution (CR) before then, the federal ...

Chris Towner is the policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an op-ed for the Washington Monthly, an excerpt of which is below: ...

On September 10, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole made a motion to conference with the Senate to advance the Agriculture, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans ...

Appropriations are decisions made by Congress about how to allocate a portion of federal spending. In general, the appropriations process addresses the discretionary portion of the federal budget – ...

Although a significant share of federal spending goes toward health care and Social Security, the budget covers many other areas from defense to food stamps to education.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will end on September 30, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills to fund the government for FY 2026. Policymakers have until midnight on ...

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