The Federal Budget

President Joe Biden, center, signs into law H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on the South Lawn of the White House on Aug. 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/Sipa USA) No Use Germany.

Do politicians get rewarded for spending money?

Vanessa Williamson

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 9, 2023. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Why is federal spending so hard to cut? —There’s a right way and a wrong way

Monday, March 13, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks about his budget for fiscal year 2024 at the Finishing Trades Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

The president’s budget and the battle ahead

Molly E. Reynolds

Friday, March 10, 2023

The Department of The Treasury building is seen in Washington, D.C. on January 19, 2023, as the United States hits the debt ceiling set by Congress. (Photo by Bryan Olin Dozier/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

Why is federal spending so hard to cut? — Three popular ideas that won’t fix the federal debt

Donald F. Kettl

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

FILE PHOTO: US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union Address before lawmakers in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S., March 1, 2022. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Biden State of the Union 2023: Debt ceiling rhetoric is politically potent but often wrong

Isabel V. Sawhill

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

FILE PHOTO: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building is seen in Washington, U.S. September 28, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

Cutting IRS funding is a gift to America’s wealthiest tax evaders

Vanessa Williamson

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-NY) holds a press conference in Statuary Hall following a vote in the House of Representatives in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 12, 2023. This marks the conclusion of McCarthys first week as Speaker after 15 rounds of ballots, which was the first time in over 100 years that more than 1 ballot was needed. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

The McCarthy deal is guaranteed fiscal brinkmanship

Molly E. Reynolds

Thursday, January 12, 2023

A general view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

What Americans still want from government reform—a midsummer update

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

A piggy bank with a COVID protein

Inflation-related updates to ‘Recession Remedies’

Wendy Edelberg and Mitchell Barnes

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin testify before a House Armed Services Committee hearing on "Department of Defense's Budget Requests for FY2023”, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 5, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

As Biden administration’s defense budget and National Defense Strategy emerge, concerns abound

Wednesday, April 13, 2022