by Jane Richey | Jan 23, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio is sticking by his “no budget, no pay” proposal, despite some griping within his conference that the plan is no good, and he seems to be bringing much of the conference along with him. In his first news conference of the 113th Congress,...
by Jane Richey | Jan 19, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Leaders of the most conservative bloc in the House Republican Conference are backing leadership’s plan to increase the debt ceiling for three months, even though the increase has no concrete spending cuts attached to it. In exchange, conservatives have won assurances...
by Jane Richey | Dec 28, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
n one of its last actions of the year, the United Nations General Assembly on Christmas Eve agreed to extend for another three years the formula that has U.S. taxpayers contributing more than one-fifth of the world body’s regular budget. No member-state called for a...
by Jane Richey | Aug 10, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Senate Budget Committee Republican staff under Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL) on Friday released the following chart: Click here to see the chart. As the chart clearly shows, it has been a full 1,200 days and $5 trillion in new debt since the...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Republican Governor Tom Corbett certainly can’t be accused of being a big spender. The 2011 budget he signed into law cut more than $1 billion in state spending, reducing funding for nearly every state department. This year’s budget, finalized last month,...
