by Jane Richey | May 2, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility
Sunday marked the three-year anniversary since the Senate last passed a budget. April 29 was the record 1,096th day without a federal budget since passing a budget was required by law in 1974. Normally, each house of Congress passes its own budget, reconciles the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 30, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
Citizens Against Government Waste “Pig Book” is now available. The Congressional Pig Book is CAGW’s annual compilation of the pork-barrel projects in the federal budget. A “pork” project is a line-item in an appropriations bill that...
by Jane Richey | Apr 25, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
April 29 marks the third year in which the U.S. Senate has not passed a budget — a staggering dereliction of duty, particularly given the country’s near-$16 trillion debt. But that’s not the Senate’s only blockbuster failure under the leadership of Majority Leader...
by Jane Richey | Apr 19, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
The Obama administration on Wednesday stated for the first time that the president will not sign any 2013 spending bills until the House abandons the spending levels in Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget. That budget cuts spending next year by $19 billion compared to the August...
by Jane Richey | Mar 28, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
A liberal coalition against Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget plan told lawmakers that plugging loopholes and tax breaks would “grow the pie” of state government, but economists and business groups said Pennsylvania should grow the private sector. Better Choices for...